Cut From the Same Cloth: American Women of Myth, Legend and Tall Tale

Many people grow up hearing legends and tall tales about men like Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, and Johnny Appleseed, but how many of these stories feature a woman in the lead? Tall tales about women are hard to come by, but this great collection features 15 stories from American folklore that the author has unearthed so people can read about larger-than-life female characters. With figures such as Bess Call who can lift an ox over her head with one hand, Old Sally Cato who ran inside the mouth of a giant and stabbed its insides, and Pohaha, a native American who became a war chief and protected her whole tribe, readers of both genders will enjoy the legendary tales in this book. Black and white illustrations accompany the stories. By Robert D. San Souci, 140 pgs, pb. ~Rachel