American fairy tales : from Rip Van Winkle to the Rootabaga stories
(1998)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
ESL/TALES/AMERICAN
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Hyperion, 1998
EDITION
First Hyperion paperback edition
DESCRIPTION
160 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
ISBN/ISSN
0786810939 (pbk.)
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Includes works and discussion of Washington Irving, Horace E. Scudder, M.S.B., Frank Stockton, Howard Pyle, Louisa May Alcott, L. Frank Baum, Laura E. Richards, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Will Bradley, Carl Sandburg, and Neil Philip
CONTENTS
Rip Van Winkle /
Washington Irving -- Feathertop /
Nathaniel Hawthorne -- Rich man's place /
Horace E. Scudder -- What they did not do on the birthday of Jacob Abbott B., familiarly called Snibbuggledyboozledom /
M.S.B. -- Bee-man of Orn /
Frank Stockton -- Apple of contentment /
Howard Pyle -- Rosy's journey /
Louisa May Alcott -- Glass dog /
L. Frank Baum -- Golden windows /
Laura E. Richards -- Princess who could not dance /
Ruth Plumly Thompson -- Lad and Luck's house --
How they broke away to go to the Rootabaga country /
Carl Sandburg