所属专辑:美国故事 | American Stories 声音简介 Today we tell a traditional American story called a “tall tale.” A tall tale is a story about a person who is larger than life. The descriptions in the story are exaggerated – much greater than in real life. This makes the story funny. ...
Bergstrom Stromberg was the fellow who always told stories about his great-uncle,Febold Feboldson,the famous Swedish inventor.Stromberg says his uncle was such a great inventor t. 2、Two frogs from Japan Once upon a time in Japan there lived two frogs.One frog lived in the city of Osaka...
Folktales of the Southwest is acollection of stories from theSouthwestern region of theUnited States. These storiesbegan as spoken tales that have been passed from generation to generation. This book contains four different folktales. The first story is a tall tale about PecosBill, who was ...
Also ranks #28 on Great Historical Black Movies Based On True Stories 90 The Story of a Three-Day Pass Harry Baird, Nicole Berger, Christian Marin 6 votes A black American soldier, Turner (Harry Baird), is given three days leave in Paris. Not knowing what to do with himself, he goes ...
These stories began asspoken tales that have beenpassed from generation togeneration. This book contains four different folktales. The first story is a tall tale abouta mountain man named OldGabe. The second story is aNative American tale about how the Animal People saved theirfish resources. ...
American Hyperbole: The Tall Tale. Discusses the historic derivation and the format and characteristics of traditional tall tales, and modern adaptations of these stories. Describes a select... LM Pavonetti,CM Combs - 《Journal of Youth Services in Libraries》 被引量: 0发表: 1999年 ...
I thought it was time to remind viewers that there was more to this tale. Looking at a school year book one day, gave me an idea: Our children are like library books with a due date unknown. These lives stopped at the start of their story. But their stories live on in friends who...
Sometimes, the story becomes a favorite because of the way it was told. For example, if your grandmother told you a story, it might be more special to you than if you just read it in a book. There are many stories that have been passed down throughgenerations, which are groups of peo...
Remove skin privilege and the stories fall apart, my DNA a rope unraveling. Make fate stronger than this, make them meet in bread lines or protest rallies and I exist, but who am I? Shift the locus of my birth, shift the solidity of my public schooling, shift the capacity of my ...
Here you will find Jack tales as told by traditional storyteller Ray Hicks; stories from the South as collected by John and Alan Lomax; as well as tall tales, jokes, children's stories, and personal experience narratives from contemporary American life" (xvi). In these two precious volumes,...