Southern Jack Tales
Publisher: August House
Published: September 25, 1993
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 217
ISBN-13: 9780874835007
Subjects: Social Science - Folklore & Mythology; Jack tales; Children: Grades 2-3; Juvenile Nonfiction; Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction; Fairy Tales & Folklore - American; Juvenile Fiction / General; Appalachian Region; Appalachian Region, Southern; Folklore
First sentence: At some point in their reading, most educated folks will run across the name of Jack, and of "the Jack tales"-an intriguingly complex phrase, evoking in one breath the humility of the commonplace and the grandeur of art.