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The perfect addition to every family’s home library and just right for sharing aloud, American Tall Tales introduces readers to America’s first folk heroes in nine wildly exaggerated and downright funny stories.
Here are Paul Bunyan, that king-sized lumberjack who could fell “ten white pines with a single swing”; John Henry, with his mighty hammer; Mose, old New York’s biggest, bravest
2) Stormalong
Author
Language
English
Description
Recounts some of the astounding adventures of the legendary New England sea captain who could tie an octopus in knots.
6) John Henry
Author
Publisher
Dial
Language
English
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Retells the life of the legendary African American hero who raced against a steam drill to cut through a mountain.
Publisher
Disney DVD
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
A compilation of four animated short films profiling legendary figures in American history. John Henry goes up against a machine with his hammer to help build America's railroads; Casey Jones, the brave engineer delivers the U.S. mail in record-breaking time; Johnny Appleseed plants apple trees across America to benefit the early pioneers; Paul Bunyan, the giant lumberjack, clears the land for American setters.
10) Paul Bunyan
Author
Publisher
Abdo
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
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Description
Recounts the exploits of the legendary giant logger and his big, blue ox, Babe.
13) Pecos Bill
Author
Publisher
Mulberry
Pub. Date
c1983
Language
English
Description
An account of the remarkable exploits of the legendary hero, Pecos Bill.
16) Thunder Rose
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Language
English
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Description
Unusual from the day she is born, Thunder Rose performs all sorts of amazing feats, including building fences, taming a stampeding herd of steers, capturing a gang of rustlers, and turning aside a tornado.
18) Alligator Sue
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
After being separated from her parents by a hurricane on the bayou, a young girl is raised by an alligator and later must discover who she really is.
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