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Feb 1, 2023 at 10:37 history edited CommunityBot
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Jun 25, 2021 at 9:49 comment added Adamant Since people don't tend to write reviews when they are satisfied, I would not expect the Goodreads reviews to he particularly positive even if the book were actually good. Still, I doubt they're wrong in this case. Apparently the book extensively modified the stories to appeal to American audiences, distorting them in the process; employed exoticism and inaccurate cultural references; and, inevitably, failed to properly credit the people who actually contributed the folktales, among other problems. Kind of what one would expect from a book published in 1925, but that is hardly redeeming.
Jun 23, 2021 at 19:56 history edited Clara Díaz Sanchez CC BY-SA 4.0
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Jun 23, 2021 at 19:47 comment added Buzz Tales from Silver Lands is an awesome book. I read it decades ago, and my memory of mamy if the stories was sufficiently vivid that I immediately knew what story the question was looking for.
Jun 23, 2021 at 19:44 history edited Buzz CC BY-SA 4.0
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Jun 23, 2021 at 16:41 comment added 7VoltCrayon That is it! Thank you! I believe that collection had a variety of stories from different countries and cultures. Another one was about a letter Lincoln wrote to a young boy, yet another was about an anthropomorphised Frost.
Jun 23, 2021 at 16:40 vote accept 7VoltCrayon
Jun 23, 2021 at 15:05 history edited Laurel CC BY-SA 4.0
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Jun 23, 2021 at 10:21 history edited Clara Díaz Sanchez CC BY-SA 4.0
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Jun 23, 2021 at 9:01 history edited Clara Díaz Sanchez CC BY-SA 4.0
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Jun 23, 2021 at 8:51 history answered Clara Díaz Sanchez CC BY-SA 4.0