Michael McCurdy's wood engravings and drawings add realistic impressions to the text, such as Crockett in his coonskin hat, wrestling a panther, and Davy's fictional wife, Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind up against a bear and a large snake. Embellishments of the lives and deeds of such men and women are attributed to the ' storytelling of ordinary people', and the ' imagination of professional writers'. In her Introduction, Osborne writes that a few of the tall-tale characters were real-life historical figures, such as Davy Crockett and Johnny Appleseed.
American Tall Tales by Mary Pope Osborne & Michael McCurdyĪward-winning author Mary Pope Osborne brings together nine folk heroes in American Tall Tales.
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