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James Cloyd Bowman (1880–1961)

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The Young Folks' Shelf of Books, Volume 07: Legends of Long Ago (1900) — Bidragsgivare — 173 exemplar
Writing Books for Boys and Girls (1952) — Bidragsgivare, vissa utgåvor5 exemplar

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Note: I received a paperback copy of this book at ALA Midwinter 2020.
 
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fernandie | 4 andra recensioner | Sep 15, 2022 |
A gathering and retelling of the Pecos Bill legends for a young audience. S'okay, but not really my favorite genre.
 
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electrascaife | 4 andra recensioner | Oct 30, 2018 |
Many stories translated and retold from the Finnish standard collections of stores: Suomen kansan satuja ja tarinoita by Eero Salmelainen and Suomen kansan satuja by Iivo Harkonen.
 
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Leslie_L.J. | 1 annan recension | Mar 2, 2018 |
Ok, it was long, but still a fairly quick read. Definitely a boys' book, with fistfights, practical jokes, braggadocio, etc. Poor Slue-foot Sue gets put in her place but good. Also glorifies the process of clearing the plains for Indians and buffalo to make way for cattle.

But it's an engaging story, readable and accessible even to modern children. If I were a parent I'd read it with my child and use the controversial bits as teachable moments. There are good bits about courage, honor and egalitarianism, etc., too. And the pictures are marvelous - so alive, expressive, and joyful.

What struck me most significantly is that this version of [b:Pecos Bill|1558260|Pecos Bill|James Cloyd Bowman|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/book/50x75-4845f44723bc5d3a9ac322f99b110b1d.png|1023021]'s story is a narration, told almost straight. Sure, most of the tall-tale episodes are here, but they're not told in the familiar style that I associate w/ other tall-tale tellings. There's too much detail of sequence, too much depth of character - tall tales that I'm more familiar with are concise listings of anecdotes, with an emphasis on the humor of the exaggeration. Despite the claim in the intro. re' broad humor," I didn't find this all that funny.

And now I'm going to read my childhood favorite, [b:Pecos Bill and Lightning|9572074|Pecos Bill and Lightning|Leigh Peck|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1288033620s/9572074.jpg|14458911]"
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Cheryl_in_CC_NV | 4 andra recensioner | Jun 6, 2016 |

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15
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Medlemmar
283
Popularitet
#82,295
Betyg
½ 3.6
Recensioner
8
ISBN
12

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