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Kentucky folktales : revealing stories, truths, and outright lies /
The storytelling tradition has long been an important piece of Kentucky history and culture. Folktales, legends, tall tales, and ghost stories hold a special place in the imaginations of inventive storytellers and captive listeners. In Kentucky Folktales: Revealing Stories, Truths, and Outright Lies...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Lexington, KY :
University Press of Kentucky,
©2012.
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Full text (Wentworth users only) |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Front cover; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; HAUNTS, FRIGHTS, AND CREEPY TALES; Stormwalker; Promises to Keep; The Gingerbread Boy; Little Ripen Pear; Flannel Mouth; The Blue Light; The Open Grave; TALL TALES AND OUTRIGHT LIES; Daniel Boone on the Hunt; Farmer Brown's Crop; Hunting Alone; Otis Ayers Had a Dog
- Two Stories; Some Dog; MORE KENTUCKY FOLKTALES; The Enormous Bear; The Farmer's Smart Daughter; The Fortune Teller; The Princess Who Could Not Cry; Rawhead and Bloody Bones; BEYOND KENTUCKY FOLKTALES; Kate Crackernuts; The King and His Advisor; Rabbit and the Alligators.
- FAMILY TALES AND PERSONAL NARRATIVESA Place to Start; Jeff Rides the Rides; Jump Rope Kingdom; Mary Helen's Fiance; This Is the Story . . .; Permissions and Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index.