The Jack tales
By: told by R. M. Ward and his kindred in the Beech Mountain section of western North Carolina and by other descendants of Council Harmon (1803-1896) elsewhere in the southern mountains; with three tales from Wise County, Virginia. Set down from these sources and edited by Richard Chase; with an appendix compiled by Herbert Halpert; and illustrated by Berkeley Williams, Jr.
Contributors: Halpert, Herbert.; Williams, Berkeley, 1904- illus.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 1943
Place of publication: [Boston]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 201
Subjects: Tales -- North Carolina
Description: Contains an American version of the story of Jack and the beanstalk, together with 17 other tales about the adventures of Jack, a poor Appalachian farm boy.
Notes: Bibliographical references included in "Parallels" (p. 189-200)