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Folk Tales, Tall Tales, Trickster Tales, and Legends of the Supernatural from the Pinelands of New Jersey: Recorded Between 1936 and 1951 and Annotated by Herbert Halpert
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Product Description: This book presents a unique corpus of over 400 traditional tales, collected by North America's most distinguished scholar of Folk Studies. It includes anecdotes, historical and aetiological tales, legends (including the tales of the Jersey Devil), and tall tales...read more
By Violetta M. Halpert (editor), Carl Lindahl (introduced by), J. D. A. Widdowson (editor) and Carl Withers (editor)
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Hardcover:

9780773413238 | Edwin Mellen Pr, November 18, 2010, cover price $179.95 | About this edition: This book presents a unique corpus of over 400 traditional tales, collected by North America's most distinguished scholar of Folk Studies.

A Rocket in My Pocket: The Rhymes and Chants of Young Americans
Rhymes and other verbal rigmarol that is chanted, sung, or said in children's games and banter
By Carl Withers
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Reinforced:

9780606039031 | Demco Media, March 1, 1988, cover price $17.83 | About this edition: Rhymes and other verbal rigmarol that is chanted, sung, or said in children's games and banter

World of Nonsense
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Some fifty nonsense stories from the folklore of many lands, many of which are either tall tales or stories of numskulls or fools, and all of which share a humorous exaggeration or absurdity.
By Carl Withers
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School and Library:

9780030679902 | Henry Holt & Co, June 1, 1968, cover price $4.59 | About this edition: Some fifty nonsense stories from the folklore of many lands, many of which are either tall tales or stories of numskulls or fools, and all of which share a humorous exaggeration or absurdity.

Riddles of Many Lands
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A collection of 800 riddles from 90 countries representing most of mankind from ancient times to present day
By Sulac Benet and Carl Withers
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Library:

9780200000994 | Harpercollins, June 1, 1956, cover price $9.89 | About this edition: A collection of 800 riddles from 90 countries representing most of mankind from ancient times to present day

The Penguin Book of Sonnets
By Carl Withers (editor)
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Hardcover:

9780896091283 | Roth Pub, June 1, 1943, cover price $19.50

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