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Author
Publisher
Greathall Productions
Pub. Date
p2003.
Language
English
Description
You will laugh out loud as you meet Paul Bunyan, taller than the trees and mightier than the rivers; Johnny Appleseed, whose gentle generosity makes him a beloved legend; Pecos Bill, whose outrageous Texas-sized exploits make him the greatest of all cowboys; and Jim's original tale of the Wild West.
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.
44) Thunder Rose
Author
Language
English
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.
46) John Henry
Publisher
Clearvue & SVE
Pub. Date
c2005.
Language
English
Description
This tall tale tells the legend of John Henry, who single-handedly defeats the steam drill in a steel-driving competition.
51) Davy Crockett
Author
Publisher
Abdo
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
James Howard Kunstler describes various episodes of Davy Crockett's life, from his boyhood confrontation with a hungry bear to his campaign for Congress to his heroic role at the battle of the Alamo. This lively tale shows how an early frontiersman became a true American legend.
52) Tall tale
Publisher
Buene Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008].
Language
English
Description
Pecos Bill teams with Paul Bunyan and John Henry to help a brave young man in the fight against a greedy land-grabber.
54) Women of wonder
Series
Tell me a story volume 3
Publisher
Universal Press Syndicate
Pub. Date
c2009.
Language
English
Description
Legendary heroines and goddesses seek and struggle, win and lose, laugh and cry in magical stories and marvelous music from around the world.
Author
Publisher
Old City Press
Pub. Date
p1997.
Language
English
Description
Travelling storyteller Joel ben Izzy takes us for a wild ride in this collection of tales about his liver lovin' days, train hopping hobos, moose turd pie and more. As with Joel ben Izzy's other award winning CDs and tapes, this one is a mix of classic tales along with his own adaptations. The title story tells of his disgust when he found, as a kid, that he would have to eat liver (yuck!), and how he went from there to liking liver, loving it in...
Publisher
Rabbit Ears
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Davy Crockett: Follow the escapades of America's ultimate backwoods hero as he travels the frontier in his trademark coonskin cap in search of adventure and brags his way into history at the Battle of the Alamo.
Rip Van Winkle: This Washington Irving classic tells the story of likeable but lazy Rip Van Winkle, who shared a strange brew with some mysterious strangers and fell into a deep sleep for 20 years. He discovers when he finally wakes that...
58) John Henry
Author
Publisher
Dial
Language
English
Formats
Description
Retells the life of the legendary African American hero who raced against a steam drill to cut through a mountain.
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