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Richard Chase (1) (1904–1988)

Autor(a) de The Jack Tales

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Obras por Richard Chase

Associated Works

The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus (1955) — Editor, algumas edições524 exemplares
The Young Folks Shelf of Books, Volume 02: Once Upon a Time (1957) — Contribuidor — 178 exemplares
Spooks, Spooks, Spooks (1966) — Contribuidor — 13 exemplares

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hcs_admin | Aug 18, 2023 |
This book is quite interesting and entertaining. The older, southern talk in the books did make it hard to follow along at times, but other than that, the book was enjoyable to read. Definitely a silly book for older children.
 
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BlaireEHill | 1 outra crítica | Oct 20, 2016 |
This is a collection of tellings of the "Jack" tales - "Jack and the Bean Stalk" is well known, but there were many more. These versions were collected in North Carolina, where my mother was born.
 
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antiquary | 6 outras críticas | Jan 19, 2014 |
In 1943, Richard Chase - an authority on Anglo-American folklore - published The Jack Tales, a collection of eighteen traditional stories from the southern Appalachian tradition, all featuring the often silly (and always fortunate) hero Jack. This picture-book, originally published in 1950, is a follow-up to that collection, and presents an additional nineteenth Jack tale.

Here, the eponymous hero sets out to market with his wife's cow, having received strict instructions to return with no less than fifty dollars for her. But some rambunctious bovine behavior on the road convinces him to make a trade - the first of many - and when his wife next sees him, he has significantly less than fifty dollars! Infuriated by his behavior, Jack's wife leaves home, vowing not to return until she encounters three peoples as silly as he is...

This is an amusing tale, told in the dialect of the region, and illustrated in both color and black and white by Joshua Tolford. The tale-type, in which a series of foolish exchanges is made, will be very familiar to folklore enthusiasts. Recommended to all readers with an interest in Appalachian folklore and the "Jack Tales!"
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Obras
14
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4
Membros
927
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#27,687
Avaliação
4.1
Críticas
12
ISBN
32
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