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Main Author: Chase, Richard, 1904-1988-
Other Authors: Williams, Berkeley, 1904-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Houghton Mifflin Co., [2003?]
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Tales, American > North Carolina > Juvenile nonfiction.
Tales, American > Virginia > Juvenile nonfiction.
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Item Description:Originally published by Houghton Mifflin in 1948.
Physical Description:xii, 222 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:0618346910
0618346902
Author Notes:Richard Chase collected The Jack Tales in the mountain country of North Carolina, where they have been handed down for generations. Everyone knows the story of Jack and the Beanstalk. This book contains eighteen stories about Jack, many of them still completely new to the average reader. And what adventures Jack has! Noted American folklorist Richard Chase (1904-1988) has been called the man most responsible for the renaissance of Appalachian storytelling." A collector of tales that had been handed down from generation to generation in the Appalachian regions of the United States, Chase was born in Alabama and lived in the mountains of North Carolina."

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