Author : David Adams Leeming
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 23,97 MB
Release : 2000
Category : African Americans
ISBN : 0195117840
Presents a variety of myths, tales, and legends. Includes Native American tales about creation, goddesses, trickster gods, the Indian and the white man, as well as Hispanic American, Asian American, Anglo American, and African American stories. Features patriotic heroes, American loners, frontiersman, and tall tales, Western outlaws, lawmen, and cowboys, slave rebels, and Blues legends, among other topics.
Author : Richard Erdoes
Publisher : Pantheon
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 37,15 MB
Release : 2013-12-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 080415175X
More than 160 tales from eighty tribal groups present a rich and lively panorama of the Native American mythic heritage. From across the continent comes tales of creation and love; heroes and war; animals, tricksters, and the end of the world. “This fine, valuable new gathering of ... tales is truly alive, mysterious, and wonderful—overflowing, that is, with wonder, mystery and life" (National Book Award Winner Peter Matthiessen). In addition to mining the best folkloric sources of the nineteenth century, the editors have also included a broad selection of contemporary Native American voices.
Author : Kevin M. Kruse
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 24,27 MB
Release : 2023-01-03
Category : History
ISBN : 1541601408
In this instant New York Times bestseller, America’s top historians set the record straight on the most pernicious myths about our nation’s past. The United States is in the grip of a crisis of bad history. Distortions of the past promoted in the conservative media have led large numbers of Americans to believe in fictions over facts, making constructive dialogue impossible and imperiling our democracy. In Myth America, Kevin M. Kruse and Julian E. Zelizer have assembled an all-star team of fellow historians to push back against this misinformation. The contributors debunk narratives that portray the New Deal and Great Society as failures, immigrants as hostile invaders, and feminists as anti-family warriors—among numerous other partisan lies. Based on a firm foundation of historical scholarship, their findings revitalize our understanding of American history. Replacing myths with research and reality, Myth America is essential reading amid today’s heated debates about our nation’s past. With Essays By Akhil Reed Amar • Kathleen Belew • Carol Anderson • Kevin Kruse • Erika Lee • Daniel Immerwahr • Elizabeth Hinton • Naomi Oreskes • Erik M. Conway • Ari Kelman • Geraldo Cadava • David A. Bell • Joshua Zeitz • Sarah Churchwell • Michael Kazin • Karen L. Cox • Eric Rauchway • Glenda Gilmore • Natalia Mehlman Petrzela • Lawrence B. Glickman • Julian E. Zelizer
Author : Steven Kellogg
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 46,86 MB
Release : 1995-09-27
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0688140424
On the day she is born this amazing baby proudly announces she can out-talk, out-grin, out-scream, out-swim, and out-run any baby in Kentucky. Within a few years Sally is off to the frontier, where she stuns a hungry grizzly bear, makes a lasso out of six rattlesnakes, and is more than a match for the mighty Mike Fink. And when Sally Ann rescues Davy Crockett from a pair of ferocious eagles, even her hornet's-nest bonnet and skunk perfume don't stop him from proposing marriage. You won't find Sally Ann in any history book, but that hasn't kept her from becoming an authentic American frontier legend and the unforgettable heroine of Steven Kellogg's most delightfully rip-roaring tall tale.
Author : Katharine Berry Judson
Publisher :
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 22,50 MB
Release : 1916
Category : Indians of North America
ISBN :
Author : Joseph Bruchac
Publisher : Fulcrum Publishing
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 38,70 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781555910945
A collection of Native American tales and myths focusing on the relationship between man and nature.
Author : Anita Yasuda
Publisher : 12-Story Library
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 11,62 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781632350107
Amazing America celebrates the most incredible aspects of the United States. This volume features the fascinating myths and legends of the United States.
Author : J.K. Jackson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 34,28 MB
Release : 2018-12-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1787556352
The Algonquins, Iroquois, the legend of Hiawatha and The Last of the Mohicans – the tribes of North America and their folk tales are deeply fascinating because they are unique amongst the mythologies of the world. The tribes were isolated from outside influence for thousands of years and developed a fruitful, empathetic relationship with their landscape, evolving a tradition that respected and feared nature in equal measure. The retold tales collected for this new book celebrate the diverse tribal vision of a rich and powerful land that still resonates today. FLAME TREE 451: From mystery to crime, supernatural to horror and myth, fantasy and science fiction, Flame Tree 451 offers a healthy diet of werewolves and mechanical men, blood-lusty vampires, dastardly villains, mad scientists, secret worlds, lost civilizations and escapist fantasies. Discover a storehouse of tales gathered specifically for the reader of the fantastic.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,9 MB
Release : 2022
Category : Indians of North America
ISBN : 9781398817111
Author : Leo Hardy
Publisher :
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 35,98 MB
Release : 2019-10-26
Category :
ISBN : 9781702606622
La Llorona is a mythical, legendary story with Hispanic origins. In English, it translates loosely to the wailing woman. La Llorona is a mythical, legendary story with Hispanic origins. In English, it translates loosely to the wailing woman. You may have seen the movie, here you will learn the truth behind the legend. The Wendigo legend has its roots in Algonquian Native American folklore. All versions of the legend refer to the creature as a cannibal. The legend of Skinwalker originates from the Navajo culture, a Native American tribe. The people in Navajo refer to skinwalkers as "yee naaldooshii" to mean, "one who walks on all four."With All Hallows Eve right around the corner, could there be a better time to talk about the Bell Witch? After all, it is one of the longest-standing, shiver-inducing, American legends. The unique twist is that while there is little concrete evidence of the happenings, as is the case with most folklore, this story features real, once living, people, the Bell Family.El Coco, also known as Cucuy or Cuca, is a mythical monster that manifests in various shapes and forms. This creature, which is the equivalent of the bogeyman in Western culture, is a household name in Spain, Portugal, and Latin America. Also we will take a unique look at the legend of the Leeds or Jersey Devil.
