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Grandfather Tales: American-English Folk Tales

by Richard Chase · 1948

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A collection of folk tales from North Carolina and Virginia for a slightly older audience than that for Chase's Jack Tales.

Genre
folklorefolkloreMore like thisLess of thismyths and folkloremyths and folkloreMore like thisLess of this
Themes
storytellingstorytellingMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1940s1940sMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrens
Length
medium · 222 pages
Form
short storiesshort storiesMore like thisLess of this

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