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LEADER: 02924cam a22005651i 4500
001 ocm01410551
003 OCoLC
005 20191109071559.6
008 750625s1964 nyua 000 0 eng
010 $a 64012507
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050 00 $aGR121.H3$bC66 1964
050 14 $aJ398 C
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049 $aMAIN
100 1 $aCourlander, Harold,$d1908-1996.
245 14 $aThe piece of fire, and other Haitian tales /$cHarold Courlander; illustrated by Beth and Joe Krush.
264 1 $aNew York :$bHarcourt, Brace & World,$c[1964]
300 $a128 pages :$billustrations ;$c21 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
505 0 $aMerisier, stronger than the elephants -- Chief of the well -- Bouki gets Whee-Ai -- Break mountains -- Bouki rents a horse -- Pierre Jean's tortoise -- The cat, the dog, and death -- Sweet misery -- The gun, the pot, and the hat -- The lizard's big dance -- Bouki buys a burro -- Ticoumba and the president -- Nananbouclou and the piece of fire -- The fisherman -- Who is the older? -- The voyage below the water -- Bouki cuts wood -- The donkey driver -- The blacksmiths -- Bouki's glasses -- Charles Legoun and his friend -- Bouki and Ti Bef -- The king of the animals -- Janot cooks for the emperor -- Jean Britisse, the champion -- Waiting for a turkey -- Some comments on Haitian folk tales.
520 $aTwenty-six folk tales wherein animals, men, and gods are depicted with the sly humor, gentle simplicity, and sympathetic observation typical of the island people.
590 $bInternet Archive - 2
590 $bInternet Archive 2
650 0 $aTales$zHaiti.
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651 7 $aHaiti.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01205135
650 1 $aFolklore$zHaiti.
653 0 $aTales$aHaiti
655 4 $aH.D. Carberry Collection of Caribbean Studies.
776 08 $iOnline version:$aCourlander, Harold, 1908-1996.$tPiece of fire, and other Haitian tales.$b[1st ed.].$dNew York, Harcourt, Brace & World [1964]$w(OCoLC)577545551
776 08 $iOnline version:$aCourlander, Harold, 1908-1996.$tPiece of fire, and other Haitian tales.$b[1st ed.].$dNew York, Harcourt, Brace & World [1964]$w(OCoLC)607871949
938 $aBaker and Taylor$bBTCP$n64012507
938 $aYBP Library Services$bYANK$n7724753
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