American fairy tales : from Rip Van Winkle to the Rootabaga stories / compiled by Neil Philip ; illustrated by Michael McCurdy ; preface by Alison Lurie.
Includes works and discussion of Washington Irving, Horace E. Scudder, M.S.B., Frank Stockton, Howard Pyle, Louisa May Alcott, L. Frank Baum, Laura E. Richards, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Will Bradley, Carl Sandburg, and Neil Philip.
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New York :
Hyperion,
[1996]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Rip Van Winkle / Washington Irving
- Feathertop / Nathaniel Hawthorne
- The rich man's place / Horace E. Scudder
- What they did not do on the birthday of Jacob Abbott B., familiarly called Snibbuggledyboozledom / M.S.B.
- The bee-man of Orn / Frank Stockton
- The apple of contentment / Howard Pyle
- Rosy's journey / Louisa May Alcott
- The glass dog / L. Frank Baum
- The golden windows / Laura E. Richards
- The princess who could not dance / Ruth Plumly Thompson
- The lad and Luck's house / Will Bradley
- How they broke away to go to the Rootabaga Country / Carl Sandburg.