{"product_id":"the-tall-tale-in-american-carolyn-s-brown-9780870496271","title":"The Tall Tale in American Folklore and Literature","description":"\u003cp\u003eDrawing on previous research and her own original fieldwork, the author develops a definition of the tall tale as a genre of folklore, and she then explores how tall tale methods and meanings have been translated into literary humor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe work moves from the Crockett Almanacs, sketches, newspaper hoaxes, and frontier frame tales to present new readings of such standard works as George Washington Harris' \u003ci\u003eSut Lovingood\u003c\/i\u003e and Mark Twain's \u003ci\u003eAutobiography\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e Brown views the tall tale as a challenge and an entertainment as well as a story that identifies and binds a folk group and helps people to cope with a stressful world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carolyn S. Brown\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0870496271\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780870496271\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Univ Tennessee Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/28\/1989\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 186\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.48h x 5.56w x 0.61d","brand":"Carolyn S. Brown","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947421696255,"sku":"9780870496271","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_62956fec-a5ae-4b98-a6bf-e399bbaf3f87.jpg?v=1681518627","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-tall-tale-in-american-carolyn-s-brown-9780870496271","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}