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    Five Tall Tales From the Prairie
    Five Tall Tales From the Prairie
    Five Tall Tales From the Prairie
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    Five Tall Tales From the Prairie

    By Jerri Garretson

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    Five rollicking tall tales of men and women of the prairie, from Johnny Kaw who shaped that land and trails of Kansas to Kansas Katie who made it the sunflower state; from Cottonwood Clyde whose fiddle music transformed a town to Fireball Faye who charmed a young newcomer into playing with fire and Twister Twyla who rode tornadoes in the rodeo. Notes about tall tales and each story are included. Tall tales are good read-aloud stories for all ages.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJerri Garretson
    Release dateSep 14, 2013
    ISBN9781301969005
    Five Tall Tales From the Prairie
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    Jerri Garretson

    Jerri loves stories, reading them and writing them. Although she has written nearly all her life, beginning in the second grade, she began publishing articles and stories in the early 1970s. She began writing children's books while she was a children's librarian in Manhattan, Kansas with her first Kansas tall tale, "Johnny Kaw - The Pioneer Spirit of Kansas."In addition to tall tales, she especially likes writing ghost stories and her YA ghost story and mystery, "The Secret of Whispering Springs" has been popular with readers from nine to ninety. Four of her ghost stories for adults were published in the anthology, "Trespassing Time - Ghost Stories From the Prairie."Jerri grew up in Manhattan, Kansas, earned a B.A. degree in English and psychology from the University of Kansas, and A.A. degree in graphic design and printing from Manhattan Area Technical College, and an M.Ed. in educational technology from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. She is married and together with her husband, has lived in several countries and states. They now live in Florida.Jerri has worked as a public affairs officer, a children's librarian and a reference librarian. She loves photography, computers, and traveling.

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      Five Tall Tales From the Prairie - Jerri Garretson

      Five Tall Tales from the Kansas Prairie

      by

      Jerri Garretson

      Smashwords Edition

      Published by Jerri Garretson at Smashwords

      Smashwords Edition License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person you share it with. If you're reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then you should return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the author's work.

      Note:

      Except for Cottonwood Clyde, these stories were previously published as noted in the copyright notice below. This ebook version is text only and does not include the illustrations that accompanied the original picture book versions.

      Johnny Kaw - The Pioneer Spirit of Kansas ©1997, 2008, 2011, 2013 by Geraldine A. Garretson

      Kansas Katie - A Sunflower Tale ©2000, 2008 by Geraldine A. Garretson

      Twister Twyla - The Kansas Cowgirl ©2003, 2008, 2011 by Geraldine A. Garretson

      The three stories above originally were published by Ravenstone Press as children's picture books and are still available as picture books and in the illustrated anthology Kansas Tall Tales.

      Cottonwood Clyde ©2013 by Geraldine A. Garretson

      Fireball Faye ©2005, 2013 by Geraldine A. Garretson

      Fireball Faye was originally published by Ravenstone Press in the paperback anthology Trespassing Time - Ghost Stories From the Prairie, and in the ebook of the same name by Double Dragon Press. Both editions are still available.

      Table of Contents

      A Note About Tall Tales

      Johnny Kaw - The Pioneer Spirit of Kansas

      Kansas Katie - A Sunflower Tale

      Cottonwood Clyde

      Twister Twyla - The Kansas Cowgirl

      Fireball Faye

      More About the Stories

      Kansas Katie's Sunflower Seed Cookie Recipe

      About Jerri Garretson

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      A Note About the Stories

      American tall tales gained popularity in the 1800s with the pioneer expansion into wilderness lands. They were a way to combat in story the extreme weather, unusual and dangerous animals, the difficulty of travel, homesteading and breaking the sod, even the boredom. They conquered the new, untamed land with superhuman feats. Tall tale heroes were usually gigantic, restless, courageous, powerful, heroic, and flamboyant.

      The stories also offered a strong sense of place, a sense of community and past (through shared stories and experiences), absurd humor and outlandish feats, and a showcase for local landscape, animals, weather, occupations, etc. They originally weren't just stories for children; they were the TV of the day, entertainment and performance around campfires or at community gatherings.

      Some were true folk stories that grew out of the oral tradition. Others were real people whose stories became legendary over time through storytelling. A third group were literary characters invented by a particular person that later gained popularity and moved into the folk tale area. Some examples:

      Davy Crockett and Johnny Appleseed (John Chapman) were real people.

      Pecos Bill was first written by Edward O'Reilly

      Febold Feboldson was invented by a Nebraska lumberman

      Sally Ann Thunder Ann

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