Folklore of Canada: Tall Tales, Stories, Rhymes and Jokes from Every Corner of Canada
by Fowke, Edith
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0771032048
- ISBN 13
- 9780771032042
- Seller
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Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Ltd, 1992. -----The scan you see is the book you get. Large soft cover, 349 pages with illustrations, tight square and clean, flat uncreased spine, no names or writing, Near Fine condition. "From the hilarious to the eerie, from the simple (and sometimes stereotypical) to the profound, the 'hidden culture' found within the pages of this book is drawn from English and French Canadian tradition, from the Native stories handed down through the ages, and from the many Ethnic backgrounds found in Canada. In this serious work of classic scholarship the robust, plain-talking traditions of Canadian folklore are captured for all time." Check out the scans. . Reprint. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Illus. by Cover By Frances Anne Hopkins, Interior Illustrations By Laszlo Gal . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Nessa Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010386
- Title
- Folklore of Canada: Tall Tales, Stories, Rhymes and Jokes from Every Corner of Canada
- Author
- Fowke, Edith
- Illustrator
- Cover By Frances Anne Hopkins, Interior Illustrations By Laszlo Gal
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 0771032048
- ISBN 13
- 9780771032042
- Publisher
- McClelland & Stewart Ltd
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- FOLKLORE CANADA SOCIAL SCIENCE MYTHOLOGY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Canadiana; Fantasy and Science Fiction;
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