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The Life treasury of American folklore
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From the Book
g. 1. The glory of Christmas.--
v. 2. The pageantry of Christmas.--
v. 3. The merriment of Christmas.
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The explorers. Sea of darkness
The Vikings and their traces
The lost continent of Atlantis
The islands of the Amazons
St. Elmo's fire
St. Brendan's Isles of the Blest
The fountain of youth
The search for the golden cities
Coronado and the Indian guide
Madoc
Mermaids
A map of myths of early America.
The Indians. Sky woman
Evil-minded and good-minded
The dance of the corn maidens
Hiawatha
Blood Clot boy
Manabozho, the trickster
The white buffalo
Escape from the underworld
Sedna and the Fulmar
Island of the dead
The singing river
Raven's deed
How fire came to the Earth
The rocks of Bryce Canyon
The twins' journey to the sun.
The colonists. Father Marquette and the Manitou
Drop star
The blacksmith of Brandywine
The pirates and the Palatines
Tom Quick, the Indian slayer
Ichabod, Crook-Jaw, and the witch
The monster of Leeds
The pirate women
Black Sam and the haunted treasure
Evangeline
The witch of Wellfleet
The white doe
The angel of Hadley.
Backwoodsmen and borderers. How Daniel Boone met his wife
Johnny Appleseed
Mike Fink, last keelboatman
Corpse maker and calamity's child
Brady's leap
The tragedy of Potts' Hill
Davy Crockett's boast.
Yankees, Yorkers, and their neighbors. Peter Rugg
Thar she blows
Joe Hamelin and the "loup-garou" [werewolf]
The Gloucester sea serpent
Block Island wreckers
Esau and the gorbey
Jumping Sam Patch
Rip Van Winkle
How Sam Hart beat the devil
Yankee peddlers
Big Mose, the Bowery boy
"Mary Celeste"
Manhattan hoax
Old Stormalong and the octopus.
Southerners. The rebel belle
Daddy mention
The brave drummer boys
The rattlesnake that played Dixie
The lovers of Dismal Swamp
John Henry
Alas for Theodosia
De witch woman
Joe John and the carpenter
Joe Baldwin's light
It's a long time between drinks
Gossamer wedding
Blue Johnny and the pilot
Bras coupe
The army of the dead
The Hatfields and the McCoys.
Westerners. The phantom train of Marshall Pass
Jesse James and the widow
Skeleton Cliff of Montana.
Sam Bass, Texas Robin Hood
Gretchen and the white stallion
Black Bart, Bandit, and "Po8" [poet]
The McCanles fight as Hickok told it
Roy Bean, necktie justice
Wise, wise burros
Bigfoot Wallace and the hickory nuts
Julia Bulette of Virginia City
The miracle of the mail
The hole in the back wall
Sweet Betsy
The Indians' secret
Calamity Jane, the loud canary
The ordeal of Hugh Glass
How Kate Shelley saved the Express
The death of Billy the Kid.
Modern folklore. The man in the middle
Snake Magee's rotary boiler
Silent Cal
Frankie and Albert
The Fabulous Wilson Mizner
The telltale seaweed
John McGraw's jinx killer
The girl in the lavender dress
The legend of Lizzie Borden
The trail of the white cat
Room for one more
Joe Magarac, the man of steel
Casey Jones
The ghosts in the White House
Murgatroyd, the kluge maker.
Wit, wisdom, and whoppers. Lorenzo Dow raises the devil
The talking turtle
Blood stoppers
The swapper
Pecos Bill and the mountain lion
High winds and funny weather
"That's once"
Fables of animals and friends
Ole Sis Goose
The doodang
Dry farming
A little piece of thread
The sissy from Anaconda
Paul Bunyan
Febold Feboldson
How hoop snakes can sting
Frozen people
Snipe hunters
Fur-bearing trout
Slappy Hooper
Jim Bridger overcomes gravity
The Seabees
Yarns, tall tales, and practical jokes
A regional guide to American folklore.
From the Book
Introduction: How mankind worships --
[1.] The spirit of Hinduism: Hindu beliefs --
[2.] The path of Buddhism: Buddhist doctrines --
[3.] The philosophy of China: Chinese precepts --
[4.] The world of Islam: Moslem truths --
[5.] The law of Judaism: Jewish wisdom --
[6.] The faith of Christianity: The life of Christ: Holy land ; The onward march of Christian faith ; Chart of beliefs --
Christendom: The Vatican ; The Sistine Chapel ; The Reformation ; The wars of religion ; The Eastern Orthodox ; The sword of Christianity ; Europe's cathedrals ; The Bible ; Christian scriptures --
Christianity today: The churchgoing U.S. ; Church of South India ; The Seven Sacraments.
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