Tall tales and tall men; twelve plays based on American Legends. / by Nellie McCaslin by the author of Legends in Action and More Legends in Action. Illustrated by Clifford Schule.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCaslin, Nellie.

Contributor:

Schule, Cliff.

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

American Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children's plays, American.

Genre:

Drama.

Physical Description:

238 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Macrae Smith Company, [1956]

Contents:

Legends of the South. The bell witch of Tennessee; John Henry; With the sunrise in his pocket

Legend of the Southwest. Tall Bill and his big ideas

Legend of the Northwest. Giant of the timber

Legend of the Middle West. Apples in the wilderness

Legends of New England. The yankee peddler; Seafaring giant

Legend of the Mormon Country. He traveled the world

Legend of New York. Saint Nicholas of New Amsterdam

Legend of the Ottawa Indians. The gift of corn

Legend of the Ojibwa Indians. The star that never moves.

Notes:

With half-title.

"'Tall Tales and Tall Men' contains twelve original, non-royalty plays suitable for production by junior-high-school students. All require a minimum of costuming and scenery and are well adapted for eading aloud in the classroom as well as production on the stage."--Dustjacket.

Black cloth spine lettered and decorated in gilt with marbled brown paper boards. Top edge brown stained.

Local Notes:

Culture Class Collection copy has dustjacket retained.

OCLC:

1598148