Myths, legends, and folktales of America
Subtitle: an anthology
By: [edited by] David Leeming and Jake Page.
Contributors: Leeming, David Adams, 1937-; Page, Jake.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
Subjects: Folklore -- United States; Tales -- United States; Legends -- United States; Indians of North America -- Folklore; African Americans -- Folklore; Ethnic folklore -- United States; United States -- History; United States -- Social life and customs
Genres: Folklore.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-214) and index.