The Jack Tales - Softcover

Richard Chase

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0395669510 ISBN 13: 9780395669518

Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers, 1993

Synopsis

A collection of folk tales from the southern Appalachians that center on a single character, the irrepressible Jack.

About this title

About the Author:

Richard Chase collected The Jack Tales in the mountain country of North Carolina, where they have been handed down for generations. Everyone knows the story of Jack and the Beanstalk. This book contains eighteen stories about Jack, many of them still completely new to the average reader. And what adventures Jack has! Noted American folklorist Richard Chase (1904-1988) has been called the man "most responsible for the renaissance of Appalachian storytelling." A collector of tales that had been handed down from generation to generation in the Appalachian regions of the United States, Chase was born in Alabama and lived in the mountains of North Carolina.

Review:

"Humor, freshness, colorful American background, and the use of one character as a central figure in the cycle mark these eighteen folktales, told here in the dialect of the mountain country of North Carolina." -- Review

About this edition

• Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0395669510
• ISBN 13: 9780395669518
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224