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Tales the people tell in Russia, by Lee Wyndham. Illustrated by Andrew Antal. Consulting editor, Doris K. Coburn
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks PZ 8.1 .H999 1970
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wyndham, Lee.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tales--Russia.
- Tales.
- Folklore--Russia.
- Russia.
- Physical Description:
- 95 pages illustrations 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, J. Messner [1970]
- Summary:
- Ten folk tales, three fables, and several short sayings from old Russia that are still popular today.
- Contents:
- How the sons filled the hut
- How Grigori Petrovitch divided the geese
- The golden mountain
- Tsar Peter the Great and the peasant
- Hatchet kasha
- The woodcutter and the water demon
- The ungrateful children
- The just reward
- Once there was and once there was not
- Three fables. The wolf and the cat ; The little chest ; The elephant at court
- Baba Yaga
- In Russia the people say
- : short sayings based on long experience.
- Notes:
- "Summary of sources and credits": pages 94-95.
- Local Notes:
- The Balch Ethnic Studies Collection.
- ISBN:
- 0671323253
- 9780671323257
- OCLC:
- 93638
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