This week brings three stories from Katherine Judson's "Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest", beginning with an origin of the world tale from the Zuni.
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Ep. 893 - A Ride for a Bride - An American Folktale
Our final story from the American Revolutionary War - 'A Ride for a Bride' - is a much happier tale of a soldier and his love than Wednesday's 'Robert Lockwood's Fate'. A great way to end the week.
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Ep. 892 - Robert Lockwood's Fate - An American Folktale
'Robert Lockwood's Fate' is a tale of love and trust gone terribly, terribly wrong during America's Revolutionary War.
Ep 891 - The Tory's Conversion - An American Folktale
This week we're reading three stories from Charles Skinner's "Myths and Legends of Our Own Land" about the American Revolution, beginning with 'The Tory's Conversion'.
Ep. 881 - How Johnny the Wham Sleeps in Money All the Time and Joe the Wimp Shines and Sees Things - An American Fairytale
In 'How Johnny the Wham Sleeps in Money All the Time and Joe the Wimp Shines and Sees Things' we get a new story from The Potato Face Blind Man, all about two boys who leave their hometown.
Ep. 880 - How Googler and Gaggler, the Two Christmas Babies, Came Home with Monkey Wrenches Pt. 2 - An American Fairytale
In Part 2 of 'How Googler and Gaggler, the Two Christmas Babies, Came Home with Monkey Wrenches' we learn about the war where the Monkey wrenches come from.
Ep. 879 - How Googler and Gaggler, the Two Christmas Babies, Came Home with Monkey Wrenches Pt. 1 - An American Fairytale
Today we return to "Rootabaga Pigeons" by Carl Sandburg for two stories over three days, beginning with the tale of two adventurous boys, Googler and Gaggler.
Ep. 869 - How Bozo the Button Buster Busted All His Buttons When a Mouse Came - An American Fairytale
In our final story from Carl Sandburg this week, 'How Bozo the Button Buster Busted All His Buttons When a Mouse Came' we discover who ran out and held up the sky when the sky began to fall.
Ep. 868 - How Six Umbrellas Took Off Their Straw Hats to Show Respect to the One Big Umbrella - An American Fairytale
Today we get the first of two stories narrated by Sandburg's Hatrack the Horse, 'How Six Umbrellas Took Off Their Straw Hats to Show Respect to the One Big Umbrella'.
Ep. 867 - How the Three Wild Babylonian Baboons Went Away in the Rain Eating Bread and Butter - An American Fairytale
This week we have three new stories about Hatrack the Horse, beginning with 'How the Three Wild Babylonian Baboons Went Away in the Rain Eating Bread and Butter'.