Cut from the Same Cloth, Robert D. San Souci
Cut from the Same Cloth, Robert D. San Souci
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Cut from the Same Cloth
American Women of Myth, Legend, and Tall Tale

Author: Robert D. San Souci

Narrator: Allyson Johnson

Unabridged: 3 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/19/2019


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

About The Author

Robert D. San Souci is the author of The Talking Eggs, a 1990 Caldecott Honor Book and Coretta Scott King Honor Book, The Samurai's DaughterThe Hired Hand, and many other award-winning books, most of which are based on legend, myth, folklore, and history. He lives in San Francisco, California.


Reviews

Cut from the Same Cloth is a collection of myths, legends, and tall tales that told the lives/stories of legendary American Women. It told of women from the Northeast, South, Midwest, Southwest, and West. The book was not one of my favorite reads. This was my first time to read a book that had many......more

America is graced by the strength, bravery, and cunning of many girl heroines, but we seldom hear their stories. This collection introduces many of them; there are stories from the Chippewa, Anglo Americans, African Americans, Pueblo, Tewa, Mexican American, Miwok, Eskimo, and Hawaiian. Each story,......more

The organization of the book was interesting, stories were broken up by region, I'm not sure if this was for the best. I did enjoy that before the telling of each myth the author provided back story regarding the culture and history of the people it belonged to, America has been diverse from the ver......more