About this title: Handed down from one storyteller to another for generations in the Southern Appalachians, each folktale in this collection centers on a single colorful character, the irrepressible Jack. Black-and-white illustrations.
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Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
ISBN-13:9780618346936ISBN:0618346937
Description: Good. 0618346937 Former library item may have library binding and show stamps, stickers or other marks. Items not meeting quality expectations may be returned. Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. read more
Edition: Later Printing
Binding: S Paperback
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, New York
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780395669518ISBN:0395669510
Description: Williams, Berkeley, Jr. [illustrator] Very Good- 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall VG-in wraps [edgewear, creasing, ink name to fore edge] 8vo 202pp. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Sandpiper
Date Published: 2003-08-25
ISBN-13:9780618346929ISBN:0618346929
Description: Very Good. Mild shelf and corner wear; Mild soiling to page edges; Mild rubbing and wear to covers and spine; ** Free USPS tracking and confirm on US orders ** read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Sandpiper
Date Published: 2003-08-25
ISBN-13:9780618346929ISBN:0618346929
Description: New. Brand New. Gift Condition. Free tracking # included! International buyers are welcome. We ship every business day. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Sandpiper
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780395669518ISBN:0395669510
Description: Very Good. Text pages clean & tight with no markings or highlighting. Cover has scattered scratches. Small sticker scar on first interior page. Folk tales from the Southern Appalachians. Very nice copy! read more
Description: Very good. Softcover. The binding is a little rubbed. Prior owner's named pencilled inside front cover. No other marks or defects. read more
"During my last 30 years as an elderhostel instructor, this book has been a primary resource. Chase 'collected' most of his stories directly from mountain folks, and he completed this collection at a very significant time. The oral tradition was fading, primarily because no one told stories to the family after the advent of TV. Consequently, when Chase began his collection of old traditional Jack tales, the stories were already fading from the memories of Applachia's elderly. In many instances, Chase came to feel that he had interviewed one of the last living "tellers." In the process of collecting the stories, Chase noted that many of the Jack tales were actually versions of the Grimm brothers' tales, or even "variations" of Chaucer, of tales in the Decameron. Like Joseph Campbell, Chase noted that there were many variations of the same story. For example, there are numerous versions of "Godfather Death" ranging from the Appalachian "Soldier Jack" to Spanish and Italian versions that reflect differing cultural attitudes toward death."
"You know Jack from Jack and the Beanstalk? He got up to much more than just giant-killing. If I remember correctly, Richard Chase traveled around the southern Appalachians collecting all the Jack stories that had been passed down in the oral tradition for generations and this is the result. They probably get kind of predictable, but we used to fight over who got to check this out of our school library. This book was a lot of fun."
"Bizarre, violent, and completely hilarious. As a kid, I checked this book out over and over from the library. (I own a tattered copy now.) I was constantly pulled back by Jack's unfaltering sense of self and his ability to never get fazed - whether he's facing a three-headed man-eating giant wandering the Appalachian backwoods or whether he's given some strange, impossible task by a hillbilly king. A world far more rich and interesting than 99% of the fantasy books out there."
"These stories take me back to sitting around the fire in the back yard, eating roasted marshmallows, or sitting on the front porch swing with the family after a big meal of garden foods and listening to these stories of Jack....told to us, not out of a book, but as a story....just like Jack was a long, lost cousin..... It's really fun to read this stuff and to remember that I actually heard some of these stories from my family growing up! Awesome!!"
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