Blair, Walter
Tall tale America: a legendary history of our humorous heroes Walter Blair - New York Coward-McCann 1944 - ix, 262 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 21 cm
Map on pastedowns and endpapers
The stories of American tall tale heroes--Johnny Appleseed, Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, and others.
Overcoming hardships, America gets discovered and settled --
Captain Stormalong, the revolution and clipper ships --
Jonathan Slick, southerners, Dutchmen and Daniel Boone --
Mike Fink, king of Mississippi keelboatmen --
Mike Fink, mountain man in the far west --
Davy Crockett, Tennessee settler --
Davy Crockett, soldier, congressmen and comet licker --
Johnny Appleseed, planter of orchards on the frontier --
Mose, New York fireman and California miner --
Windwagon Smith and the Santa Fe trail --
Feboldson and Bridger; western scientists --
Paul Bunyan, Northwoods lumberman --
Pecos Bill, king of Texas cowboys --
John Henry and the machine in West Virginia --
Paul Bunyan, scientific industrial in the oilfields --
Joe Magarac, Pittsburgh steel men --
"We've still got heroes."
1050L
--United States--United States
j398.2 Bla 23
Tall tale America: a legendary history of our humorous heroes Walter Blair - New York Coward-McCann 1944 - ix, 262 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 21 cm
Map on pastedowns and endpapers
The stories of American tall tale heroes--Johnny Appleseed, Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, and others.
Overcoming hardships, America gets discovered and settled --
Captain Stormalong, the revolution and clipper ships --
Jonathan Slick, southerners, Dutchmen and Daniel Boone --
Mike Fink, king of Mississippi keelboatmen --
Mike Fink, mountain man in the far west --
Davy Crockett, Tennessee settler --
Davy Crockett, soldier, congressmen and comet licker --
Johnny Appleseed, planter of orchards on the frontier --
Mose, New York fireman and California miner --
Windwagon Smith and the Santa Fe trail --
Feboldson and Bridger; western scientists --
Paul Bunyan, Northwoods lumberman --
Pecos Bill, king of Texas cowboys --
John Henry and the machine in West Virginia --
Paul Bunyan, scientific industrial in the oilfields --
Joe Magarac, Pittsburgh steel men --
"We've still got heroes."
1050L
--United States--United States
j398.2 Bla 23