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Best-loved stories told at the National Storytelling Festival

National Association for the Preservation and Perpetuation of Storytelling (U.S.) (Added Author).

Summary: A collection of thirty-seven traditional and adapted folk and fairy tales, original tales, true narratives, and ghost stories, told at the annual National Storytelling Festival from 1973 to 1990. Includes information about the storytellers, the tales, and the background of the festival.

Record details

ISBN: 1879991012
ISBN: 1879991004
Physical Description: 223 pages ; 24 cm
print
Edition: 20th anniversary edition.
Publisher: Jonesborough, Tennessee : National Storytelling Press, [1991]
Copyright: ©1991

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Marie Jolie / J. J. Reneaux -- Carna and the boots of seven strides / Bill Harley -- The day the cow ate my britches / Ray Hicks -- Possum, turtle, and the wolves / Doug Elliott -- Black hair / Brenda Wong Aoki -- The pinch-hitter / Michael Parent -- Morgan and the pot o'brains / Milbre Burch -- The innkeeper's wise daughter / Peninnah Schram -- Willie the bug-man / Susan Klein -- A fisherman and his wife / Carol L. Birch -- The two sons / Alice McGill -- Jack and the silver keys / Duncan Williamson -- C-R-A-Z-Y / Donald Davis -- The sword of wood / Doug Lipman -- The girl and the ghost / Laura Simms -- No news / The Folktellers -- The wise shoemaker of Studena / Syd Lieberman.