Pantheon Fairy Tale & Folklore Library. Legends and Tales of the American West
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Call Number: 398 Pa, Adult Book / Nonfiction / Literary Arts / Myths & Folklore / Pantheon
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Pittsfield Branch
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Originally published: Tales from the American frontier. ©1991. (Pantheon fairy tale and folklore library).
Ohio fever -- The long hunters -- Backwoodsmen -- Ring-tailed roarers of the western waters -- Mountain men -- Timber! -- Gold! Gold! Gold! -- Git along, little dogies -- They died with their boots on -- Bucking the tiger -- Lady wildcats of the plain -- The man who never was -- An' that's my Roolin' -- Sky pilots -- Critters -- Mostly lies -- Miracles, saints, and witches.
More than 130 colorful stories of the pioneers, cowboys, outlaws, gamblers, prospectors, and lawmen who settled the wild west and created a uniquely American folk mythology.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Pantheon Books, 1998.
Year Published: 1998
Description: 443 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
0375702660
9780375702662
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Erdoes, Richard, 1912-2008.
SUBJECTS
Tales -- West (U.S.)
Legends -- West (U.S.)
Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) -- Folklore.