A collection of folk tales from North Carolina and Virginia for a slightly older audience than that for Chase’s Jack Tales. “The collector of the Jack Tales has brought new joy to children and storytellers in these twenty-four tales and a mummer’s play . . . richly humorous. Colorful mountain speech comes to life.” — School Library Journal, starred review
- ISBN: 9780395561508
- Author: Chase, Richard
- Published: 1990 , Houghton Mifflin
- Themes: collection, folk tales, Humor, Jack Tales, Mountains
- Descriptors: Folklore and Fairy Tales, Intermediate (ages 9-14), United States
- No. of pages: 239