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Meet the fascinating women of American Folklore and Legend in this award-winning collection!

Have you heard of the Star Maiden, Old Sally Cato, or Sweet Betsey from Pike?

Everyone knows about Paul Bunyan, Johnny Appleseed, and Davy Crockett, But have you heard of these larger-than-life women? From Bess Call, who wrestles any and all challengers, to Molly Cottontail, who can outwit any critter iin the woods, to Hekeke, who slays a giant singlehandedly, here are fifteen funny, stormy, and always entertaining tall tales of legendary American women. They're as difference as can be, but still cut from the same cloth.

An impressive and gratifying collection that's a cut above other such compilations.--School Library Journal

Winner of the Aesop Prize

Cut from the Same Cloth American Women of Myth

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    A Paperback / softback by Robert D. San Souci, Brian Pinkney

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      Publisher Putnam Publishing Group,U.S.
      Published 1 February 2000
      ISBN-13 9780698118119
      978-0698118119
      ISBN-10 0698118111

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Meet the fascinating women of American Folklore and Legend in this award-winning collection!

      Have you heard of the Star Maiden, Old Sally Cato, or Sweet Betsey from Pike?

      Everyone knows about Paul Bunyan, Johnny Appleseed, and Davy Crockett, But have you heard of these larger-than-life women? From Bess Call, who wrestles any and all challengers, to Molly Cottontail, who can outwit any critter iin the woods, to Hekeke, who slays a giant singlehandedly, here are fifteen funny, stormy, and always entertaining tall tales of legendary American women. They're as difference as can be, but still cut from the same cloth.

      An impressive and gratifying collection that's a cut above other such compilations.--School Library Journal

      Winner of the Aesop Prize

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