In the tradition of the original nineteenth-century storytellers, Mary Pope Osborne compiles, edits, and adds her own two cents’ worth - and also supplies fascinating historical headnotes.
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 fireman Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind, who could “outgrin, outsnort, outrun, outlift, outsneeze, outsleep, outlie any varmint” and other uniquely American characters, together in one superb collection. 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.
Juvenile Fiction, Mythology, Short Stories, Historical Fiction
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