African American Folktales: Stories from Black Traditions in the New World (The Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library)

Full of life, wisdom, and humor, these tales range from the earthy comedy of tricksters to accounts of how the world was created and got to be the way it is to moral fables that tell of encounters between masters and slaves. They include stories set down in nineteenth-century travelers' reports and plantation journals, tales gathered by collectors such as Joel Chandler Harris and Zora Neale Hurston, and narratives tape-recorded by Roger Abrahams himself during extensive expeditions throughout the American South and the Caribbean.

With black-and-white illustrations throughout
Part of the Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folkore Library

• American Indian Myths and Legends (The Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library)
• African Folktales (The Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library)
• Chinese Fairy Tales and Fantasies (The Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library)
• Latin American Folktales: Stories from Hispanic and Indian Traditions (The Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library)
• Legends and Tales of the American West (The Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library)
• Yiddish Folktales (The Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library)
• Japanese Tales (The Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library)
• The Norse Myths (The Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library)
• Russian Fairy Tales (The Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library)
• Folktales from India (The Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library)