Author: William Elliot Griffis
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1365156818
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
"MOUNTAIN UNCLE" was the name given by the villagers to a splendid striped tiger that lived among the highlands of Kang Wen, the long province that from its cliffs overlooks the Sea of Japan. Hunters rarely saw him, and among his fellow-tigers the Mountain Uncle boasted that, though often fired at, he had never been wounded; while as for traps -- he knew all about them and laughed at the devices used by man to catch him and to strip him of his coveted skin. In summer he kept among the high hills and lived on fat deer. In winter, when heavy snow, biting winds, and terrible cold kept human beings within doors, old Mountain Uncle would sally forth to the villages. There he would prowl around the stables, the cattle enclosures, or the pig-pens, in hopes of clawing and dragging out a young donkey, a fat calf, or a suckling pig. Too often he succeeded, so that he was the terror of the country for leagues around....
The Unmannerly Tiger and Other Tales
Author: William Elliot Griffis
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1365156818
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
"MOUNTAIN UNCLE" was the name given by the villagers to a splendid striped tiger that lived among the highlands of Kang Wen, the long province that from its cliffs overlooks the Sea of Japan. Hunters rarely saw him, and among his fellow-tigers the Mountain Uncle boasted that, though often fired at, he had never been wounded; while as for traps -- he knew all about them and laughed at the devices used by man to catch him and to strip him of his coveted skin. In summer he kept among the high hills and lived on fat deer. In winter, when heavy snow, biting winds, and terrible cold kept human beings within doors, old Mountain Uncle would sally forth to the villages. There he would prowl around the stables, the cattle enclosures, or the pig-pens, in hopes of clawing and dragging out a young donkey, a fat calf, or a suckling pig. Too often he succeeded, so that he was the terror of the country for leagues around....
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1365156818
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
"MOUNTAIN UNCLE" was the name given by the villagers to a splendid striped tiger that lived among the highlands of Kang Wen, the long province that from its cliffs overlooks the Sea of Japan. Hunters rarely saw him, and among his fellow-tigers the Mountain Uncle boasted that, though often fired at, he had never been wounded; while as for traps -- he knew all about them and laughed at the devices used by man to catch him and to strip him of his coveted skin. In summer he kept among the high hills and lived on fat deer. In winter, when heavy snow, biting winds, and terrible cold kept human beings within doors, old Mountain Uncle would sally forth to the villages. There he would prowl around the stables, the cattle enclosures, or the pig-pens, in hopes of clawing and dragging out a young donkey, a fat calf, or a suckling pig. Too often he succeeded, so that he was the terror of the country for leagues around....
The unmannerly tiger and other Korean tales
Author: William Elliot Griffis
Publisher: Literature Translation Institute of Korea
ISBN: 8993360898
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 113
Book Description
The Digital Library of Korean Classics is a project undertaken by Literature Translation Institute of Korea (LTI Korea) to digitalize selected translated titles of Korean classics published in the late nineteenth to the early twenty-first century. LTI Korea is an affiliate of the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism of the Republic of Korea that seeks to promote Korean literature and culture around the world. This e-book was made by scanning and converting the original book using OCR software. We have made every effort to ensure the book is free of any errors or omissions, but if you discover any, please email us so that we can improve the quality of the book.
Publisher: Literature Translation Institute of Korea
ISBN: 8993360898
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 113
Book Description
The Digital Library of Korean Classics is a project undertaken by Literature Translation Institute of Korea (LTI Korea) to digitalize selected translated titles of Korean classics published in the late nineteenth to the early twenty-first century. LTI Korea is an affiliate of the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism of the Republic of Korea that seeks to promote Korean literature and culture around the world. This e-book was made by scanning and converting the original book using OCR software. We have made every effort to ensure the book is free of any errors or omissions, but if you discover any, please email us so that we can improve the quality of the book.
The Unmannerly Tiger, and Other Korean Tales
Author: William Elliot Griffis
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fairy tales
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fairy tales
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Classified Catalogue of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, 1912-1916 ... V. IX-XI, Series Four, V. 1-3
Author: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Publisher:
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Category : Catalogs, Classified (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 1130
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Catalogs, Classified (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 1130
Book Description
Classified Catalogue of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Author: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classified catalogs (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 1134
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classified catalogs (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 1134
Book Description
Classified Catalogue
Author: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1132
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1132
Book Description
The Bookman
Author:
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Category : Book collecting
Languages : en
Pages : 698
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Book collecting
Languages : en
Pages : 698
Book Description
World Tales for Family Storytelling
Author: Chris Smith
Publisher: Hawthorn Press
ISBN: 1912480689
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Stories from oral traditions from a variety of historical, cultural and world sources, with story sources and resources for families.
Publisher: Hawthorn Press
ISBN: 1912480689
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Stories from oral traditions from a variety of historical, cultural and world sources, with story sources and resources for families.
Index to Fairy Tales, Myths and Legends
Author: Mary Huse Eastman
Publisher:
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Category : Fairy tales
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fairy tales
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Korean Fairy Tales
Author: William Elliot Griffis
Publisher: Alpha Edition
ISBN: 9789356574526
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This Book "Korean Fairy Tales" has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.
Publisher: Alpha Edition
ISBN: 9789356574526
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This Book "Korean Fairy Tales" has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.