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African myths and tales / edited with an introduction by Susan Feldmann.

Van Pelt Library GR350 .F4
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Feldmann, Susan, editor, writer of introduction.
Dell Publishing Company, publisher.
Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Tales--Africa.
Tales.
Africa.
Genre:
Advertisements.
Penn Provenance:
Banks, Joanna (donor) (bookplate) (Banks Collection copy)
Physical Description:
318 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
Place of Publication:
New York : Dell Publishing Company, [1963]
Contents:
Myths of primeval times: the beginning of things
Myths of primeval times: the origin of death
Trickster tales
Explanatory tales
Dilemma stories and moral tales
Tales of human adventure.
Notes:
"A Laurel original."
© Copyright, 1963, by Dell Publishing Co., Inc."--verso of title page
"First printing -- November, 1963"--verso of title page.
Advertisements: [2] pages at end.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 314-318).
Local Notes:
Main Library copy gift of Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon Hackney.
Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
OCLC:
3302338

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