Regional Tall Tale America from Inquiry Unlimited practitioner formerly sited at Boston KidWeb

Tall tales include larger-than-life heroes from a specific region in a story where there is a hardship, exaggeration, and humor in the plot.

Collections of American Tall Tale Stories

Carmer, Carl. The Hurricane's Children. NY: David McKay, 1937. (175 pages) (Bibliography)
Osborne, Mary Pope. American Tall Tales. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. (115 ps)(Bibliography) [Includes Davy Crockett, Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind Crockett, Johnny Appleseed, Stormalong, Mose, Febold Feboldson, Pecos Bill, John Henry, Paul Bunyan]
Stoutenburg, Adrian. American Tall Tales. NY: Puffin, 1966. (112 ps.) [Includes Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, Stormalong, Mike Fink, Davy Crockett, Johnny Appleseed, John Henry, Joe Magarac]
Simon, Tony. Far Out Tales. NY: Scholastic, 1958 (64 ps) [Includes Pecos Bill, Kemp Morgan, Tony Beaver, Febold Feboldson, Mike Fink, Stormalong, Bowleg Bill, Paul Bunyan]
Walker, Paul. Big Men, Big Country. NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1993. (79ps.)(annotated bibliography) [Includes Davy Crockett, Old Stormalong, Big Mose, John Darling, Ol' Gabe, Paul Bunyan, John Henry, Gib Morgan, and Pecos Bill]

John Chapman (Johnny Appleseed) (1774 - 1845)
(Massachusetts) [orchard worker]
John * Chapman plant apple seeds as he moves westward from Massachusetts
Aliki. The Story of Johnny Appleseed. NY: Trumpet Club, 1963. (unp)
Carmer, Carl. The Hurricane's Children. NY: David McKay, 1937. (175 ps.)(Bibliography) ("How Johnny Appleseed Brought Appleblossoms to the West," ps. 139-145)
Cohn, Amy. From Sea to Shining Sea. NY: Scholastic, 1993. (399 ps.) (Glossary, notes, biblio., subject guides) ("Johnny Appleseed! Johnny Appleseed!" ps. 274-276)
Kellog, Steven. Johnny Appleseed. New York: Scholastic, 1989. (unp)
Lisker, Tom. Tall Tales: American Myths. Milwaukee: Raintree Children's Books, 1977. (48 ps) ("Johnny Appleseed - The Appleseed Planter")
Malcolmson, Anne. Yankee Doodle's Cousins. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1969. (260 ps.) ("Johnny Appleseed," ps. 119-128)
Moore, Eva. Johnny Appleseed
Osborne, Mary Pope. American Tall Tales. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. (115 pages)(Bibliography) ("Johnny Appleseed," ps. 25-36.)
Stoutenburg, Adrian. American Tall Tales. NY: Puffin, 1966. (112 ps.) (D4; Lee) ("Johnny Appleseed - Rainbow-walker," ps. 77-87)
York, Carol Beach. Johnny Appleseed. New Jersey: Troll, 1980. (46 ps.)

Barney Beal (Maine)
Jagendorf, M. New England Bean-Pot. NY: Vanguard Press, 1948. (272 ps) ("Tall Barney Beal," ps. 30-36)

Tony Beaver (West Virginia)
[axe-swinging lumberjack]

Carmer, Carl. The Hurricane's Children. NY: David McKay, 1937. (175 ps)(Bibliography) ("How Tony Beaver Built the Candy Dam," ps. 93-102)
Carmer, Elizabeth. Tony Beaver, Griddle Skater. NY: Garrard, 1965. (35 ps.)
Malcolmson, Anne. Yankee Doodle's Cousins. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1969. (260 ps.) ("Tony Beaver," ps. 109 - 118.)
Simon, Tony. Far Out Tales. NY: Scholastic, 1958 (64 ps.) ("Tony Beaver ... Axe-Swinger of Old Virginny," ps. 19-23)

Big Mose (New York)

Felton, Harold. Big Mose, Hero Fireman. NY: Garrard Pub., 1969. (39 ps)
Osborne, Mary Pope. American Tall Tales. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. (115 ps.)( (Bibliography) ("Mose," ps. 51-62)
Osborne, Mary Pope. New York's Bravest. NY: Knopf, 2002. (unp.) [1840s NEW YORK] (Mose Humphreys]
Walker, Paul. Big Men, Big Country. NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1993. (79ps.)(annotated bibliography) ("Big Mose and the Lady Washington," ps. 29-36)

Bowleg Bill (Wyoming/California/Massachusetts)
[tuna fishing conqueror of the horse mackerel; broncobuster]

Blassingame, Wyatt. Bowleg Bill, Seagoing Cowboy. NY: Garrard Pub., 1976. (40 ps.)
Jagendorf, M. New England Bean-Pot. NY: Vanguard Press, 1948. (272 ps.) ("The Strange Adventure of the Cowboy-Sailor," ps. 117-125)
Simon, Tony. Far Out Tales. NY: Scholastic, 1958 (64 ps.) ("Bowleg Bill .. Conqueror of the Horse Mackerel" ps. 51-56)

Ol' Gabe (Jim Bridger) (1804 - 1881)(Yellowstone)

Jim Bridger, Jedediah Smith, John Colter and other fur traders and mountain men opened the Pacific Northwest.
Walker, Paul. Big Men, Big Country. NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1993. (79ps.)(annotated bibliography) ("Ol' Gabe in the Valley of the Yellowstone," ps. 42-48)

Strap Buckner (Texas)

Carmer, Carl. The Hurricane's Children. NY: David McKay, 1937. (175 ps.) (Bibliography)("How Strap Buckner Fought the Foul Fiend," ps. 72 - 82)
San Souci, Robert D. Larger Than Life. NY: Doubleday, 1991. (59 ps.) ("Strap Buckner: The Texas Fighter," ps. 35-46)

Paul Bunyan (Maine/North Dakota/northern states)
[lumberjack and logger]

Paul * Bunyan's adventures

Carmer, Carl. The Hurricane's Children. NY: David McKay Company, 1937. (175 ps) (Bibliography)("How Paul Bunyan and His Blue-eyed Ox Straightened the Crooked Road," ps 164-172)
Cohn, Amy. From Sea to Shining Sea. NY: Scholastic, 1993. (399 ps.)(Glossary, notes, biblio., subject guides) ("Paul Bunyan, the Mightiest Logger of Them All," ps 280-283)
deLeeuw, Adele. Paul Bunyan and His Blue Ox. Illinois: Garrard Publishing, 1968. (unp).
deLeeuw, Adele. Paul Bunyan Finds A Wife. Illinois: Garrard Publishing,1969. (31 ps)
Jagendorf, M. New England Bean-Pot. NY: Vanguard Press, 1948. (272 ps) ("Young Paul," ps 3-7)
Kellog, Steven. Paul Bunyan. NY: Scholastic,
Lisker, Tom. Tall Tales: American Myths. Milwaukee: Raintree Children's Books, 1977. (48 ps) ("Paul Bunyan - the Giant Logger")
Lyman, Nanci A. Paul Bunyan. New Jersey: Troll, 1980. (48 ps.)
Malcolmson, Anne. Yankee Doodle's Cousins. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1969. (260 ps.) ("Ol' Paul Bunyan," ps. 229-230; "Ol' Paul's Camp on the Big Onion River," ps 241-250; "How Ol' Paul Changed the Map of America," ps 251-260)
McCormick, Dell. Paul Bunyan Swings His Axe. Idaho: Caxton Printers, 1972. (111 ps)
Osborne, Mary Pope. American Tall Tales. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. (115 ps) (Bibliography)("Paul Bunyan," ps 97-110)
Rounds, Glen. Ol' Paul, The Mighty Logger. NY: Holiday House, 1949.
San Souci, Robert D. Larger Than Life. NY: Doubleday, 1991. (59 ps) ("Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox," ps 47 - 59)
Simon, Tony. Far Out Tales. NY: Scholastic, 1958. (64 ps) ("Paul Bunyan ... World's Mightiest Lumberjack, ps 57-63)
Stoutenburg, Adrian. American Tall Tales. NY: Puffin, 1966. (112 ps.) ("Paul Bunyan -Sky-bright Axe, ps 11-23)
Wadsworth, Wallace. Paul Bunyan and His Great Blue Ox. NY: Doubleday, 1964.
Walker, Paul. Big Men, Big Country. NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1993. (79 ps.)(annotated bibliography)("Paul Bunyan and the Winter of the Blue Snow," ps 49-55)

Bess Call (Essex County, New York)
[1830s strongwoman]

San Souci, Robert. Cut From the Same Cloth: American Women of Myth, Legend, and Tall Tale. NY: Philomel Books, 1993. (140 ps.)(Bibliography)("Bess Call: Anglo American," ps 12-18)

Annie Christmas (New Orleans, Louisiana)
[riverwoman]

Carmer, Carl. The Hurricane's Children. NY: David McKay Company, 1937. (175 ps) (Bibliography) ("How Annie Christmas Mourned For Her Gambling Man," ps 103- )
Cohn, Amy. From Sea to Shining Sea. NY: Scholastic, 1993. (399 ps.) (Glossary, notes, biblio., subject guides) ("Strong as Annie Christmas," ps 277-279)
San Souci, Robert. Cut From the Same Cloth: American Women of Myth, Legend, and Tall Tale. NY: Philomel, 1993. (140 ps.)(Bibliography) (J398.2 SA Turner)("Annie Christmas: African American," ps 35-40)

Davy Crockett (1786 - 1836) (Tennessee)
the 1836 Texas Revolution]

Carmer, Carl. The Hurricane's Children. NY: David McKay, 1937. (175 pages) (Bibliography)(J398.2Ca Turner) ("How Davy Crockett Fiddled His Daughter Out of A Husband," ps 11-20)
Cohn, Amy. From Sea to Shining Sea. NY: Scholastic, 1993. (399 ps.) (Glossary, notes, biblio., subject guides) ("Strong but Quirky: The Birth of Davy Crockett," ps 85-88)
Dewey, Ariane. The Narrow Escapes of Davy Crockett. NY: Greenwillow, 1990. (48 ps)
Lisker, Tom. Tall Tales: American Myths. Milwaukee: Raintree Children's Books, 1977. (48 ps) ("Davy Crockett - King of the Old Wild West")
Malcolmson, Anne. Yankee Doodle's Cousins. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1969. (260 ps.) ("Davy Crockett," ps. 149-156)
Osborne, Mary Pope. American Tall Tales. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. (115 ps)(Bibliography) ("Davy Crockett," ps 3-14)
Stoutenburg, Adrian. American Tall Tales. NY: Puffin, 1966. (112 ps.) ("Davy Crockett - Frontier Fighter," ps 64-76)
Walker, Paul. Big Men, Big Country. NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1993. (79ps.)(annotated bibliography) ("Davy Crockett Teaches the Steamboat a Leetle Patriotism," ps 15-21)

Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind Crockett (Mississippi River Area)

Cohen, Caron Lee. Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind Crockett. NY: Greenwillow Books, 1985. (40 ps.)
Cohn, Amy. From Sea to Shining Sea. NY: Scholastic, 1993. (399 ps.) (Glossary, notes, biblio., subject guides) ("Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind Crockett Meets Mike Fink, Snappin' Turtle," ps 118-121)
Kellogg, Steven. Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind Crockett
Osborne, Mary Pope. American Tall Tales. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. (115 ps)(Bibliography) ("Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind," ps 15-24)

John Darling (1809 - 1893) (Catskills, New York)
[New York farmer; California goldminer]

Carmer, Carl. The Hurricane's Children. NY: David McKay, 1937. (175 ps) (Bibliography) ("How John Darling Went Fishing and Caught A Bride," ps 131-138)
Malcolmson, Anne. Yankee Doodle's Cousins. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1969. (260 ps.) ("John Darling," ps. 1-10)
Walker, Paul. Big Men, Big Country. NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1993. (79ps.)(annotated bibliography) ("John Darling and the Skeeter Chariot," ps 37-41)

Febold Feboldson (Nebraska)
[popcorn balls]

Carmer, Carl. The Hurricane's Children. NY: David McKay, 1937. (175 ps) (Bibliography)("How Febold Feboldson Cured Nebraska of The Coyote Plague with Whimpering Whingdings," ps157-163)
Cohn, Amy. From Sea to Shining Sea. NY: Scholastic, 1993. (399 ps.) (Glossary, notes, biblio., subject guides) ("Febold Feboldson, First Citizen of Nebraska," ps 178-179)
Dewey, Ariane. Febold Feboldson. NY: Greenwillow, 1984. (48 ps.)
Malcolmson, Anne. Yankee Doodle's Cousins. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1969. (260 ps.) ("Febold Feboldson," ps. 173-184)
Osborne, Mary Pope. American Tall Tales. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. (115 ps) (Bibliography) ("Febold Feboldson," pages 63-72.)
Simon, Tony. Far Out Tales. NY: Scholastic, 1958 (64 ps)("Febold Feboldson ... Scientist Extr-r-r-ordinary, ps 24-33)
York, Carol Beach. Febold Feboldson: The Fix-It Farmer. New Jersey: Troll, 1980. (47 ps.)

Mike Fink (Ohio River)
[Mississippi keelboatman]

Mike * Fink and his adventures on the river

Bowman, James. Mike Fink, Snapping Turtle of the O-hi-o-o. NY: Little, 1957. (147 ps.)
Carmer, Carl. The Hurricane's Children. NY: David McKay, 1937. (175 ps) (Bibliography)(J398.2Ca Turner) ("How Mike Fink Lost His Girl," ps. 3-10.)
Carmer, Elizabeth. Mike Fink and the Big Turkey Shoot. NY: Garrard Pub., 1965. (32 ps.)
Felton, Harold. Mike Fink, Best of the Keelboatmen. NY: Dodd, 1960. (159 ps.)
Kellog, Steven. Mike Fink:A Tall Tale. NY: Morrow Junior Books,1992. (unp)
Malcolmson, Anne. Yankee Doodle's Cousins. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1969. (260 ps.) ("Mike Fink," ps. 129 - 138.)
Simon, Tony. Far Out Tales. NY: Scholastic, 1958 (64 ps)(D4) ("Mike Fink ... King of the Keelboatmen", pages 34 - 42.)
Stoutenburg, Adrian. American Tall Tales. NY: Puffin, 1966. (112 ps.) ("Mike Fink - River Roarer," ps 51-63)
York, Carol Beach. Mike Fink. New Jersey: Troll, 1980. (48 ps.)

Sal Fink (Ohio River)
[1820s-1840s "Mississippi Screamer"]

San Souci, Robert. Cut From the Same Cloth: American Women of Myth, Legend, and Tall Tale. New York: Philomel Books, 1993. (140 ps.)(Bibliography) ("Sal Fink: Anglo American," ps 50-55)

Jose Gaspar (Tampa, Florida) [LEGEND]
[pirate] [Gasparilla Festival]

John Henry (Virginia)
[Southern railroad worker]

John * Henry and his race in West Virginia with a steam driver creating the Great Bend * Tunnel on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway [black Southern railroad worker]

Carmer, Carl. The Hurricane's Children. NY: David McKay, 1937. (175 ps) (Bibliography)("How John Henry Beat the Steam Drill Down," ps. 131-138)
Felton, Harold. John Henry and His Hammer. NY: Alfred Knopf, 1950. (82 ps.)
Keats, Ezra. John Henry. NY: Scholastic, 1965. (unp)
Lester, Julius. John Henry
Malcolmson, Anne. Yankee Doodle's Cousins. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1969. (260 ps.) ("John Henry," ps. 101-108)
Naden, C.J. John Henry. New Jersey: Troll, 1980 (48 ps.)
Osborne, Mary Pope. American Tall Tales. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. (115 ps)(Bibliography) ("John Henry," ps 87-96)
San Souci, Robert D. Larger Than Life. NY: Doubleday, 1991. (59 ps) ("John Henry: The Steel-Driving Man," ps 1-12)
Shapiro, Eirwin. Heroes in American Folklore. NY: Julian Messner, 1962. (256 ps) ("John Henry and the Double-Jointed Steam Drill" ps 105 - 154)
Stoutenburg, Adrian. American Tall Tales. NY: Puffin, 1966. (112 ps.) ("John Henry - Hammerman," ps 88-100)
Walker, Paul. Big Men, Big Country. NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1993. (79ps.)(annotated bibliography)("John Henry Races the Steam Drill," ps 55-61)

Jim Higgins (Tennessee)

Carmer, Carl. The Hurricane's Children. NY: David McKay, 1937. (175 ps) (Bibliography)(J398.2Ca Turner) ("How Jim Higgins and the B'ar Beat the Steamboat," ps. 110-114)

Casey Jones (John Luther Jones of Cayce, Kentucky)
[railroad engineer]

Cohn, Amy. From Sea to Shining Sea. NY: Scholastic, 1993. (399 ps.) (Glossary, notes, biblio., subject guides) ("Casey Jones, Railroad Man," ps 170-171)
Shapiro, Irwin. Heroes in American Folklore. NY: Julian Messner, 1962. (256 ps) ("Casey Jones and Locomotive No. 638," ps 7 - 57)
Troll Video - Casey Jones, America' Greatest Railroad Man, 1987. 11 min. VHS
York, Carol Beach. Casey Jones. New Jersey: Troll, 1980.(46 ps.)

Joe Magarac (Pennsylvania)
[Hungarian post-Civil War steelworker]

Joe * Magarac the hero of the steel mills

Malcolmson, Anne. Yankee Doodle's Cousins. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1969. (260 ps.) ("Joe Magarac," ps. 29-36)
Shapiro, Irwin. Heroes in American Folklore. NY: Julian Messner, 1962. (256 ps) ("Joe Magarac and His U.S.A. Citizen Papers," ps 199-256)
Stoutenburg, Adrian. American Tall Tales. NY: Puffin, 1966. (112 ps.) ("Joe Magarac - Steelmaker," ps 101-112)

Gib Morgan (1842 - 1909)(Pennsylvania/Texas/So. Am./Fiji Islands)
oil man

Dewey, Ariane. Gib Morgan, Oilman. NY: Greenwillow, 1987. (48 ps.)
Rushmore, Helen. Gib Morgan: Fantastic Driller. NY: Garrard, 1970. (64 ps.)
Walker, Paul. Big Men, Big Country. NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1993. (79ps.)(annotated bibliography)("Gib Morgan Brings in the Well," ps 62-68)

Kemp Morgan (Oklahoma/Louisiana)

Carmer, Carl. The Hurricane's Children. NY: David McKay, 1937. (175 ps) (Bibliography) ("How Kemp Morgan Greased the Sky," ps 65-71)
Malcolmson, Anne. Yankee Doodle's Cousins. Boston: Houghton Mifflin,1969. (260 ps.) ("Kemp Morgan," ps. 185-194)
Simon, Tony. Far Out Tales. NY: Scholastic, 1958 (64 ps) ("Kemp Morgan ... Champion Oil Sniffer", ps 15-18)

Ocean-Born Mary (New Hampshire)

Carmer, Carl. The Hurricane's Children. NY: David McKay, 1937. (175 ps) (Bibliography)("How Ocean-Born Mary Came Back From the Dead," ps. 29-37)

Ichabod Paddock (Nantucket)
[whaler]

Carmer, Carl. The Hurricane's Children. NY: David McKay, 1937. (175 ps) (Bibliography) ("How Ichabod Paddock Played Pinochle in a Whale's Belly" ps 46-58)
Malcolmson, Anne. Yankee Doodle's Cousins. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1969. (260 ps.) (J398.2Malcolmson) ("Ichabod Paddock," ps. 53 - 62)

Sam Patch (Massachusetts)

York, Carol Beach. Sam Patch: The Big Time Jumper. New Jersey: Troll, 1980. (46 ps.)

Pecos Bill (Texas)
[cowboy raised by coyotes]

Carmer, Carl. The Hurricane's Children. NY: David McKay, 1937. (175 ps) (Bibliography) ("How Pecos Bill Won and Lost His Bouncing Bride," ps 59-64)
Cohn, Amy. From Sea to Shining Sea. NY: Scholastic, 1993. (399 ps.) (Glossary, notes, biblio., subject guides) ("Ride 'em, Round 'em, Rope 'em: The Story of Pecos Bill," ps 286-289)
Dewey, Ariane. Pecos Bill.
Felton, Harold. Pecos Bill and the Mustang. NY: Prentice-Hall, 1965.
Felton, Harold. Pecos Bill, Texas Cowpuncher. NY: Knopf, 1949. (177 ps.)(Bibliography)
Kellog, Steven. Pecos Bill. NY: Wm. Morrow, 1986. (unp)(E Turner)
Lisker, Tom. Tall Tales: American Myths. Milwaukee: Raintree Children's Books, 1977. (48 ps) ("Pecos Bill and the Cyclone")
Lyman, Nanci. Pecos Bill. New Jersey: Troll, 1980. (46 ps)
Malcolmson, Anne. Yankee Doodle's Cousins. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1969. (260 ps.) ("Pecos Bill," ps. 211 - 220.) ("Pecos Bill and His Bouncing Bride," ps 221-228)
Osborne, Mary Pope. American Tall Tales. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. (115 ps)(Bibliography) ("Pecos Bill," ps 73-87)
Simon, Tony. Far Out Tales. NY: Scholastic, 1958 (64 ps) ("Pecos Bill ... Greatest Cowboy of 'Em All, pages 5 - 14)
Stoutenburg, Adrian. American Tall Tales. NY: Puffin, 1966. (112 ps)("Pecos Bill - Coyote Cowboy," ps 24-36)
Walker, Paul. Big Men, Big Country. NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1993. (79ps.)(annotated bibliography) ("Pecos Bill Finds a Ranch but Loses a Wife," ps 69-76)

Railroad Bill (Alabama)

Carmer, Carl. The Hurricane's Children. NY: David McKay Company, 1937. (175 ps) (Bibliography) ("How Railroad Bill Chased Himself to His Girl's Home," ps. 115-121)

Slue-Foot Sue (Texas)

San Souci, Robert D. Larger Than Life. New York: Doubleday, 1991. (59 ps)("Slue-Foot Sue and Pecos Bill," ps 23-34)

Steamboat Bill (Missouri)

Shapiro, Irwin. Heroes in American Folklore. NY: Julian Messner, 1962. (256 ps) ("Steamboat Bill and the Captain's Top Hat," ps 155-198)

Capain Alfred Bulltop Stormalong (Cape Cod, Massachusetts)
[New England sailor]

Carmer, Carl. The Hurricane's Children. NY: David McKay, 1937. (175 ps) (Bibliography) ("How Old Stormalong Whitened the Cliffs of Dover, " ps 38-45)
Cohn, Amy. From Sea to Shining Sea. NY: Scholastic, 1993. (399 ps.) (Glossary, notes, biblio., subject guides) ("With a Way, Hey, Mister Stormalong," ps 104-108)
Felton, Harold. True Tall Tales of Stormalong: Sailor of the Seven Seas. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1968. (64 ps)
Malcolmson, Anne. Yankee Doodle's Cousins. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1969. (260 ps.) ("Stormalong," ps. 63-74)
Osborne, Mary Pope. American Tall Tales. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. (115 ps) (Bibliography) ("Stormalong," ps 37-51)
San Souci, Robert D. Larger Than Life. NY: Doubleday, 1991. (59 ps) ("Old Stormalong: The Deep Water Sailor," ps 13-22)
Shapiro, Irwin. Heroes in American Folklore. NY: Julian Messner, 1962. (256 ps) ("How Old Stormalong Captured Mocha Dick," ps 58-104)
Simon, Tony. Far Out Tales. NY: Scholastic, 1958 (64 ps)("Stormalong ... Master of the Seven Seas", ps 43-50)
Stoutenburg, Adrian. American Tall Tales. NY: Puffin, 1966. (112 ps.) ("Stormalong - Five Fathoms Tall, " pages 37-50)
Troll Video - Old Stormalong, America's Greatest Sailor, 1987. (11 min.)
Walker, Paul. Big Men, Big Country. NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1993. (79ps.)(annotated bibliography) ("Old Stormalong Finds a Man-Sized Ship," ps 22-28)
York, Carol Beach. Old Stormalong. New Jersey: Troll, 1980. (47 ps)

Sweet Betsey from Pike (Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, California)
[westward movement during the 1849 gold mining period]

San Souci, Robert. Cut From the Same Cloth: American Women of Myth, Legend, and Tall Tale. NY: Philomel Books, 1993. (140 ps.)(Bibliography)("Sweet Betsey from Pike: Anglo American," ps 56-64)

John Tabor (Nantucket, Massachusetts)
[sailor who experienced the "Nantucket sleigh ride"]

Day, Edward. John Tabor's Ride. NY: Knopf, 1989. (32 ps.)

Jean Lafitte
[New Orleans pirate]

Lafitte, Jean * - privateer and pirate at the Battle of New Orleans

Edward Teach (Blackbeard) (North Carolina) [LEGEND]
[pirate]

Edward Teach, pirate * (Blackbeard) and his adventures in * North Carolina

Windwagon Smith
[sailor on the plains]

Shapiro, Edna. Windwagon Smith. NY: Garrard Pub., 1969. (35 ps.)

Other Tall Tales and Legends

Arkansas Traveler
Bird, E.J. Chuck Wagon Stew . Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books, 1988. (72 ps)(Gathered folklore of E. J. Bird)
Calhoun, Mary. Jack and the Whoopee Wind. NY: Wm. Morrow, 1987. (unp)
Big Frank McDarmit - wheat harvester
Mitchell, Adrian. The Baron All At Sea. NY: Philomel, 1987.(unp)
Rounds, Glen. Mr. Yowder and the Windwagon. NY: Holiday House, 1983. (unp)
Finn MacCook - engineer that wanted to flatten out the Rockies
Klondike gold rush genre of Jack London's Call of the Wild
Sam McGee found frozen in the Yukon [Robert W. Service stories and poems reflect Yukon folk tales]
Donner Pary disaster through the Sierra Nevada bound for California
Jim Smiley - bet on anything
Maui in Polynesia
Menehunes, friendly pixies in Hawaiian legends, worked only at night to complete the great ditch at Kauai
Gold discovery at Sutter's Mill, California bring out the '49ers
Fur trappers and their rendezvous to trade pelts and swap stories with other trappers and native peoples
Totems of the Northwest Indians
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett
Swamp Angel by Anne Isaacs [Tennessee]
A Million Fish, More or Less by Patricia McKissack
MC BROOM

McBroom Tells a Lie by Sid Fleischman
Here Comes McBroom by Sid Fleischman

Lester, Julius. The Knee-High Man and Other Tales [southern states]
Clemens, Samuel (Mark Twain)

Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn along the Mississippi River]

Harris, Joel Chandler

Brer Fox and Brer Rabbit
Tar Baby

Washington Irving

Legend of Sleepy Hollow with Ichabod Crane, the schoolmaster, and the headless horseman
Rip Van Winkle [Hudson River legend]

Calamity Jane - claimed to be a scout with Custer and a pony express rider. Toured with the Wild Bill Hickok wild west show as a sharpshooter.
Kit Carson - Indian fighter
William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) killed buffaloes to supply meat for the railroad construction gangs
Deadwood Dick Clark - Englishman along the Black Hills seeking gold
Wild Bill Hickok - frontier marshal and his horse, Black Nell [Deadwood, South Dakota]
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