Golden Arm

Golden Arm PDF Author: Carl Deuker
Publisher: HMH Books For Young Readers
ISBN: 0358012422
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 371

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Lazarus Weathers, a high school senior from the wrong side of the tracks, seeks to protect his half-brother while pitching his way out of poverty, one strike at a time.

Golden Arm

Golden Arm PDF Author: Carl Deuker
Publisher: HMH Books For Young Readers
ISBN: 0358012422
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 371

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Book Description
Lazarus Weathers, a high school senior from the wrong side of the tracks, seeks to protect his half-brother while pitching his way out of poverty, one strike at a time.

The Man with the Golden Arm

The Man with the Golden Arm PDF Author: Nelson Algren
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chicago (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 360

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A novel about a young drug addict and his daily encounters as he pursues his eternal quest for means to support his habit.

My Golden Arm

My Golden Arm PDF Author: Velma Browning
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781480909946
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Folk Travelers

Folk Travelers PDF Author: Mody Coggin Boatright
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 280

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The charm of this book of travelers -- wayfarers that include not only stories, but ballads, animal names, bits of folk speech, even the cries of street peddlers.

The Thing at the Foot of the Bed and Other Scary Tales

The Thing at the Foot of the Bed and Other Scary Tales PDF Author: Maria Leach
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486812103
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 128

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A noted folklorist spins a tapestry of spooky yarns involving haunted houses, ghostly visitations, and other chilling vignettes. Moody black-and-white drawings complement the stories, which range from humorous to eerie.

How to Tell a Story, and Other Essays

How to Tell a Story, and Other Essays PDF Author: Mark Twain
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 248

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The Moonlit Road

The Moonlit Road PDF Author: Ambrose Bierce
Publisher: Modernista
ISBN: 9181080301
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 6

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»The Moonlit Road« is a short story by Ambrose Bierce, originally published in 1907. AMBROSE BIERCE [1842-1914] was an American author, journalist, and war veteran. He was one of the most influential journalists in the United States in the late 19th century and alongside his success as a horror writer he was hailed as a pioneer of realism. Among his most famous works are The Devil's Dictionary and the short story »An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.«

Ready-to-tell Tales

Ready-to-tell Tales PDF Author: Bill Mooney
Publisher: august house
ISBN: 9780874833812
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228

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Book Description
A multicultural collection of traditional tales contributed by more than forty of America's most experienced storytellers, with tips for telling the stories.

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.

Ghosts and Goosebumps

Ghosts and Goosebumps PDF Author: Jack Solomon
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820316342
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 221

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Ghosts and Goosebumps is a rich collection of folktales and superstitions that capture the oral traditions of central and southeastern Alabama. In its pages one can glimpse the long-lost horse-and-buggy times, when people sat up all night with the dead and dying, hoed and handpicked cotton, drew water from wells, and met the devil rather regularly. The book is divided into three parts--tales, superstitions, and slave narratives. The spirits of treasure-keepers, poltergeists, murderers and the murdered, wicked men and good-men-and-true float through the book's first section. Sue Peacock, for example, recalls seeing the ghost of her brother, and E.C. Nevin describes a mysterious light in a swamp. In other tales, reports of supernatural experiences are proved to be rationally explicable--Lee Wilson's devil in the cemetery turns out to be a cow and chains rattling near New Tabernacle Church in Coffee County belong not to specters but to hogs. The superstitions are arranged according to subject and include such topics as love and marriage, weather and the seasons, wish making, bad luck, signs, and portents. Anonymous tellers confide that it is bad luck to carry ashes out after dark, to let a locust holler in your hand, to rock an empty rocking chair, to let your fishing pole cross someone else's, or to have a two-dollar bill (unless one corner has been removed). The slave narratives, selected from the Works Progress Administration Folklore Collection, are substantial and yield a fascinating view of nineteenth century African-American folk life, replete with sillies and lazy men, preachers and witches, brave little boys, and reluctant bridegrooms. Although the times and places have changed, the spirit of the folk is unaltered. Taken together, these folktales are marvelously diverse--by turns fearsome, fantastical, witty, ribald, charmingly innocent--showing people from all backgrounds, their endless vices and occasional virtues, their hopes, fears, and loves.