Hoosier Tall Stories

Hoosier Tall Stories PDF Author: Federal Writers' Project (Ind.)
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Category : American wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 48

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Hoosier Tall Stories

Hoosier Tall Stories PDF Author: Federal Writers' Project (Ind.)
Publisher:
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Category : American wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 48

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Hoosiers and the American Story

Hoosiers and the American Story PDF Author: Madison, James H.
Publisher: Indiana Historical Society
ISBN: 0871953633
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 359

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A supplemental textbook for middle and high school students, Hoosiers and the American Story provides intimate views of individuals and places in Indiana set within themes from American history. During the frontier days when Americans battled with and exiled native peoples from the East, Indiana was on the leading edge of America’s westward expansion. As waves of immigrants swept across the Appalachians and eastern waterways, Indiana became established as both a crossroads and as a vital part of Middle America. Indiana’s stories illuminate the history of American agriculture, wars, industrialization, ethnic conflicts, technological improvements, political battles, transportation networks, economic shifts, social welfare initiatives, and more. In so doing, they elucidate large national issues so that students can relate personally to the ideas and events that comprise American history. At the same time, the stories shed light on what it means to be a Hoosier, today and in the past.

Jokelore

Jokelore PDF Author: Ronald L. Baker
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253204066
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288

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" . . . extremely valuable . . . enthusiastically recommend[ed] . . . " —Western Folklore These hilarious and slightly off-color stories, although gathered in Indiana, reflect the ancient origin and universality of the joke. The chuckle, the grin, the uncontrolled belly-laugh evoked by Jokelore attest to the popularity of this ancient form of folk literature.

Creating a Hoosier Self-Portrait

Creating a Hoosier Self-Portrait PDF Author: George T. Blakey
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253345693
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 275

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The story of the New Deal program that produced the first guide to Indiana.

The American People

The American People PDF Author: B.A. Botkin
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000679470
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 566

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This stimulating anthology, prepared by the great folklorist, B.A. Botkin, is comprised of the traditional songs, stories, customs, and beliefs which have been handed down, by word of mouth, for so long that they seem to have a life of their own. For Botkin, they are at the core of peoplehood. When one thinks of American folklore one thinks not only of the folklore of American life, the traditions that have sprung up on American soil, but also of the literature of folklore, the migratory traditions that have found a home in the New World.

Catalogue, WPA Writers' Program Publications

Catalogue, WPA Writers' Program Publications PDF Author: Writers' Program (U.S.)
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Category : American guide series
Languages : en
Pages : 62

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Type and Motif-Index of the Folktales of England and North America

Type and Motif-Index of the Folktales of England and North America PDF Author: Ernest W. Baughman
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3111402770
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 685

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H is for Hoosier

H is for Hoosier PDF Author: Cynthia Furlong Reynolds
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Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48

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The letters of the alphabet are represented by words, set in short rhymes with additional information, relating to the state of Indiana.

Amazing Tales from Indiana

Amazing Tales from Indiana PDF Author: Fred D. Cavinder
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253206589
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 180

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Submitted for your consideration: the blind man who designed and built an automobile, the "volunteertree growing out of a courthouse roof, and much, much more.

Folktales of England

Folktales of England PDF Author: Katharine M. Briggs
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022637582X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 209

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“The most satisfactory general collection of folktales to come out of England since the advent of modern collection and classification techniques.”—Journal of American Folklore Tales of unnatural beings, curses, and ghosts, tall tales, shaggy dog stories—this collection from a renowned British folklorist offers a wide historical range, as well as commentaries. If wonder tales are not as abundant in England as elsewhere, other kinds of folktales thrive: local traditions, historical legends, humorous anecdotes. Many of the favorite tales which English-speaking peoples carry with them from childhood come from a long tradition—stories as familiar to Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Spenser, and their many contemporaries as they are to us. This volume is a “fine, homely feast” for anyone interested in the folklore of the world (Times Educational Supplement). “Should be of special concern to Americans since many of the tales are parallel to or the source of our own folk stories.”—Choice “This is entertainment, to be sure, but is also part of man’s attempts to comprehend his world.”—Quartet