Myths, Legends, and Folktales of America
Author | : David Adams Leeming |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 234 |
Release | : 2000 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780195117844 |
ISBN-10 | : 0195117840 |
Rating | : 4/5 (40 Downloads) |
Download or read book Myths, Legends, and Folktales of America written by David Adams Leeming and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2000 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.