The Resource The bear went over the mountain : tall tales of American animals
The bear went over the mountain : tall tales of American animals
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The item The bear went over the mountain : tall tales of American animals represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri Libraries.
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- Summary
- Anthology of American folk humor collected by a former president of the American Library Association
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xvii, 358 pages
- Contents
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- How it all began
- Yankee yarns
- Major Brown's coon story / Richard M. Dorson ; Very friendly horse / James M. Bailey ; Sea serpent of Spoonville Beach / Harold Helfer ; Boston terrier. Hour of letdown / E.B. White ; Perfect bait / Scott Corbett
- Southern sagas
- Grinning the bark off a tree / Davy Crockett ; Uncle Heber's flytrap. Bear hunt in reverse / W.C. Hendricks ; Young Melvin / James R. Aswell ; Red rats of Plum Fork / Jesse Stuart ; Angry sailor / Norris Yates ; Memoirs of the stable / H.L. Mencken ; Little wine of the country / Priscilla D. Willis ; Surest thing in show business / Jesse Hill Ford
- Brer Rabbit and his friends
- Why Brer Rabbit doesn't have to work any more / John B. Sale ; Animals' spring. How Mr. Rabbit fooled Mr. Possum / William H. Vann ; How the burro tricked the buzzard / Genoveva Barrera ; Senor Coyote and Senor Fox / Dan Storm ; Doodang / Joel Chandler Harris
- Ozark Ozone
- Indestructible razorback / Charles F. Arrowood ; Randolph carnival / Vance Randolph ; Toadfrog ; Grandpap hunted birds ; Talking turtle ; Tobey the kingsnake ; Mare with the false tail ; Wolves are my brothers ; What cows do on Christmas ; Big rabbit ; Fabulous monsters
- Texas tall talk
- Tall tales for the tenderfeet / A.W. Penn ; Pecos Bill and the mountain lion / Mody C. Boatright ; Blue quail dog / Charles F. Arrowood ; Musical snake / Roy Scudday ; Buffalo named Woodrow. Billingsley's bird dog / Dillon Anderson
- Wondrous West
- Jim Baker's bluejay yarn. Ants / Mark Twain ; Dog that was pensioned by the legislature / Anon. ; Family pet / Vardis Fisher ; Old Mitts / Lloyd Lewis ; Just a simple country boy / Priscilla D. Willis ; Wonder horse / George Byram ; Cow country critters / Stan Hoig ; Harold Peavey's fast cow / George Cronyn
- From East to West
- Mule. Poodle / Josh Billings ; Intelligent steer / Edward H. Mott ; Prehistoric animals of the middle west. Pet department. Dog that bit people / James Thurber ; Horse that played third base for Brooklyn / Wilbur Schramm ; How to cure bird-watchers / John Fischer ; Dogs / Ring Lardner ; How Lillian Mosquito projects her voice / Robert Benchley ; Rufus / H. Allen Smith ; Horse in the apartment / Frances Eisenberg ; Story of the young man and the mouse / William Saroyan ; Pigs is pigs / Ellis Parker Butler ; Duck that flew backwards / Don Tracy
- Label
- The bear went over the mountain : tall tales of American animals
- Title
- The bear went over the mountain
- Title remainder
- tall tales of American animals
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Anthology of American folk humor collected by a former president of the American Library Association
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1903-1991
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Downs, Robert B.
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS648
- LC item number
- .A5 1964
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Animals
- Animals
- Label
- The bear went over the mountain : tall tales of American animals
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- How it all began -- Yankee yarns -- Major Brown's coon story / Richard M. Dorson ; Very friendly horse / James M. Bailey ; Sea serpent of Spoonville Beach / Harold Helfer ; Boston terrier. Hour of letdown / E.B. White ; Perfect bait / Scott Corbett -- Southern sagas -- Grinning the bark off a tree / Davy Crockett ; Uncle Heber's flytrap. Bear hunt in reverse / W.C. Hendricks ; Young Melvin / James R. Aswell ; Red rats of Plum Fork / Jesse Stuart ; Angry sailor / Norris Yates ; Memoirs of the stable / H.L. Mencken ; Little wine of the country / Priscilla D. Willis ; Surest thing in show business / Jesse Hill Ford -- Brer Rabbit and his friends -- Why Brer Rabbit doesn't have to work any more / John B. Sale ; Animals' spring. How Mr. Rabbit fooled Mr. Possum / William H. Vann ; How the burro tricked the buzzard / Genoveva Barrera ; Senor Coyote and Senor Fox / Dan Storm ; Doodang / Joel Chandler Harris -- Ozark Ozone -- Indestructible razorback / Charles F. Arrowood ; Randolph carnival / Vance Randolph ; Toadfrog ; Grandpap hunted birds ; Talking turtle ; Tobey the kingsnake ; Mare with the false tail ; Wolves are my brothers ; What cows do on Christmas ; Big rabbit ; Fabulous monsters -- Texas tall talk -- Tall tales for the tenderfeet / A.W. Penn ; Pecos Bill and the mountain lion / Mody C. Boatright ; Blue quail dog / Charles F. Arrowood ; Musical snake / Roy Scudday ; Buffalo named Woodrow. Billingsley's bird dog / Dillon Anderson -- Wondrous West -- Jim Baker's bluejay yarn. Ants / Mark Twain ; Dog that was pensioned by the legislature / Anon. ; Family pet / Vardis Fisher ; Old Mitts / Lloyd Lewis ; Just a simple country boy / Priscilla D. Willis ; Wonder horse / George Byram ; Cow country critters / Stan Hoig ; Harold Peavey's fast cow / George Cronyn -- From East to West -- Mule. Poodle / Josh Billings ; Intelligent steer / Edward H. Mott ; Prehistoric animals of the middle west. Pet department. Dog that bit people / James Thurber ; Horse that played third base for Brooklyn / Wilbur Schramm ; How to cure bird-watchers / John Fischer ; Dogs / Ring Lardner ; How Lillian Mosquito projects her voice / Robert Benchley ; Rufus / H. Allen Smith ; Horse in the apartment / Frances Eisenberg ; Story of the young man and the mouse / William Saroyan ; Pigs is pigs / Ellis Parker Butler ; Duck that flew backwards / Don Tracy
- Control code
- 1474922
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xvii, 358 pages
- Lccn
- 63016101
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (WaOLN)1278680
- Label
- The bear went over the mountain : tall tales of American animals
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- How it all began -- Yankee yarns -- Major Brown's coon story / Richard M. Dorson ; Very friendly horse / James M. Bailey ; Sea serpent of Spoonville Beach / Harold Helfer ; Boston terrier. Hour of letdown / E.B. White ; Perfect bait / Scott Corbett -- Southern sagas -- Grinning the bark off a tree / Davy Crockett ; Uncle Heber's flytrap. Bear hunt in reverse / W.C. Hendricks ; Young Melvin / James R. Aswell ; Red rats of Plum Fork / Jesse Stuart ; Angry sailor / Norris Yates ; Memoirs of the stable / H.L. Mencken ; Little wine of the country / Priscilla D. Willis ; Surest thing in show business / Jesse Hill Ford -- Brer Rabbit and his friends -- Why Brer Rabbit doesn't have to work any more / John B. Sale ; Animals' spring. How Mr. Rabbit fooled Mr. Possum / William H. Vann ; How the burro tricked the buzzard / Genoveva Barrera ; Senor Coyote and Senor Fox / Dan Storm ; Doodang / Joel Chandler Harris -- Ozark Ozone -- Indestructible razorback / Charles F. Arrowood ; Randolph carnival / Vance Randolph ; Toadfrog ; Grandpap hunted birds ; Talking turtle ; Tobey the kingsnake ; Mare with the false tail ; Wolves are my brothers ; What cows do on Christmas ; Big rabbit ; Fabulous monsters -- Texas tall talk -- Tall tales for the tenderfeet / A.W. Penn ; Pecos Bill and the mountain lion / Mody C. Boatright ; Blue quail dog / Charles F. Arrowood ; Musical snake / Roy Scudday ; Buffalo named Woodrow. Billingsley's bird dog / Dillon Anderson -- Wondrous West -- Jim Baker's bluejay yarn. Ants / Mark Twain ; Dog that was pensioned by the legislature / Anon. ; Family pet / Vardis Fisher ; Old Mitts / Lloyd Lewis ; Just a simple country boy / Priscilla D. Willis ; Wonder horse / George Byram ; Cow country critters / Stan Hoig ; Harold Peavey's fast cow / George Cronyn -- From East to West -- Mule. Poodle / Josh Billings ; Intelligent steer / Edward H. Mott ; Prehistoric animals of the middle west. Pet department. Dog that bit people / James Thurber ; Horse that played third base for Brooklyn / Wilbur Schramm ; How to cure bird-watchers / John Fischer ; Dogs / Ring Lardner ; How Lillian Mosquito projects her voice / Robert Benchley ; Rufus / H. Allen Smith ; Horse in the apartment / Frances Eisenberg ; Story of the young man and the mouse / William Saroyan ; Pigs is pigs / Ellis Parker Butler ; Duck that flew backwards / Don Tracy
- Control code
- 1474922
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xvii, 358 pages
- Lccn
- 63016101
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (WaOLN)1278680
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