Tall tale america : a legendary history of our humorous heroes /: a legendary history of our humorous heroes. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Walter Blair.
• Authors: Blair, Walter, 1900-1992
• Contents: 1. Overcoming Hardships, America Gets Discovered and Settled Leif the Lucky Discovers America, 1000 A.D. The Continent Temporarily Misplaced Columbus Discovers America for Good, 1492 Ponce de Leon and Other Discoverers Have a Time of It Getting the Place Settled 2. Captain Stormalong, the Revolution and Clipper Ships John Smith in Virginia, 1607 Miles Standish in New England, 1620 Young Stormalong Goes to Sea and Licks a Kraken Revolution Begins, 1775 Declaration of Independence, 1776 Stormy Helps Paul Jones in the Raid on Whitehaven, 1778, and in the Battle off Flamborough, 1779 End of Revolution, 1783 Old Stormy Builds the Albatross, Whitens Cliffs and Perfects Whaling 3. Jonathan Slick, Southerners, Dutchmen and Daniel Boone Hardships in Yankeeland "Sharp Bargains Make Fat Purses" Jonathan Drives a Mighty Fine Bargain He Sees the Whole of the Country Daniel Boone's Discovery of Kentucky and His Other Puzzling Habits 4. Mike Fink, King of Mississippi Keelboatmen: George Washington, President, 1789-1797 John Adams, President, 1797-1801 Thomas Jefferson, President, 1801-1809 Mike Fink Born in Pittsburgh His Education on the Frontier He Starts Keelboating He Battles and Becomes King of the Keelboatman 5. Mike Fink, Mountain Man in the Far West Fulton Invents the Steamboat, 1807 Mike Fights a Steamboat, Rough and Tumble He Goes West with Ashley-Henry Trapping Expedition, 1822-1823 James Monroe, President, 1817-1825 Mike Out-traps the Mountain Men He Beats Davy Crockett in a Shooting Match 6. Davy Crockett, Tennessee Settler The Amazing Crockett Family Davy Becomes a Great Hunter He Marries a Streak of Lightning and Sets Up as a Settler He Tames Wild Beasts, including the Bear, Death Hug, and Operates a Fertile Farm 7. Davy Crockett, Soldier, Congressman and Comet Licker Davy Whops the Indians "Crockett for Congress" (twice) Andrew Jackson, President, 1829-1837 Davy Defeats the Spaniards in Texas End of War, 1836 Davy Licks a Dangerous Comet He Unfreezes the Earth 8. Johnny Appleseed, Planter of Orchards on the Frontier Johnny's Extraordinary Birth and Boyhood He Discovers His Mission, Apple Trees for the West Martin Van Buren, President, 1837-1841 Johnny Visits the Merritts He Dies and Haunts Apple Orchards 9. Mose, New York Firemen and California Miner: The Growth of New York James K. Polk, President, 1849-1850 "The Bowery, The Bowery" Mose, the World-Renowned He Joins Fire Co. No. 40 He Saves Four People on One Trip Mexican War, 1846-1848 California Gold Rush, 1849 Mose Strikes It Rich in the Gold Fields 10. Windwagon Smith and the Santa Fe Trail Seaman Tom Smith's Theory about Dry Oceans His Upsetting Arrival in Westport, Mo. Test Trip of the Windwagon: Westport to Council Groves and Back in Seven Days Westport and Santa Fe Dry Ocean Navigation Company, Inc. Franklin Pierce, President, 1853-1857 Super-Windwagon-Farewell Ensign Dick Yocum and Admiral Windwagon Smith 11. Feboldson and Bridger, Western Scientists Civil War, 1861-1865 Abraham Lincoln, President, 1861-1865 Year of the Great Heat Feboldson Provides Mud for Nebraska Year of the Grasshoppers Prairie Dogs Invented Andrew Johnson, President, 1865-1869 Jim Bridger, Trapper, Trail-breaker, Scientist He Starts Independence Rock He Discovers the Peetrified Forest His Hair-Rising Fight With Injuns 12. Paul Bunyan, Northwoods Lumberman Paul Invents the Grindstone, the Two-Man Saw and the Down-Cutter He Also Invents the Round-Turn Babe the Blue Ox Babe Straightens Out the St. Croix Road Brimstone Bill, Big Joe and Johnny Inkslinger Ulysses S. Grant, President, 1869-1877 Paul Woos and Wins Carrie Paul's Most Famous Lumbering Operation 13. Pecos Bill, King of Texas Cowboys Birth of the Republic of Texas and of Pecos Bill Baby Bill Baffles Texas Gallinippers He Licksa Pack ofCoyotes Bill Designs the Cowboy Business and Tames Widow Maker He Invents Lariats, Cowboy Songs, Roundups and the Like Pecos Bill Busts a Cyclone He Tames Sweet Sue 14. John Henry and the Machine in West Virginia Remarkable Birth and Childhood of John Henry He Picks Three Bales of Cotton in One Day He Marries Lovely Polly Ann End of Civil War, 1865 John Henry's Wanderings Big Bend Tunnel, 1872 John Henry Beats the Machine 15. Paul Bunyan, Scientific Industrialist in the Oilfields Year of the Worst Winter Paul Digs the Columbia River He Invents Motorcycles and Telephones Theodore Roosevelt, President, 1901-1908 Paul Invents Irrigation and Refrigerator Cars He Goes in for Scientific Industrialism He Revolutionizes the Oil Industry His Most Remarkable Oil Operation 16. Joe Margarac, Pittsburgh Steel Man City of Smoke and Steel World War I, 1914-1918 Joe Magarac's Birth Joe Wins a Hand and Drops It His Prodigious Work in the Mills He Races the Man from Gary Depression, 1929-1937 Joe Magarac Retires 17. "We've Still Got Heroes" America Enters World War II, Dec. 8, 1941 The Whirligig of Wartime Washington The Bewildering Pentagon Building Professor Blur and His Plan to Win the War "We've Still Got Heroes" Shipyards, Gremlins, and Marines Professor Blur Sets Out to Become a Hero Afterword Proof (A bibliographical note).
• Publisher Details: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 398.20973; Heroes -- United States -- Humor; Tall tales -- United States; Legends -- United States; United States -- History -- Humor
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780226227917
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