Andrew Lang's Fairy Books are a series of twenty-five collections of true and fictional stories for children, published between 1889 and 1913. The best known books of the series are the twelve collections of fairy tales, known as Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's Fairy Books of Many Colors. In all, the volumes feature 798 stories, besides the 153 poems in The Blue Poetry Book. The Strange Story Book contains thirty-four stories on a variety of subjects, including ghost stories, Native American legends, true stories, and tales from Washington Irving. Storied Included Within This Book: The Drowned Buccaneer The Perplexity of Zadig The Return of the Dead Wife Young Amazon Snell The Good Sir James Rip van Winkle The Wonderful Basket The Escape of the Galley-slaves The Beaver and the Porcupine An Old-world Ghost The Gentleman Highwayman The Vision of the Pope Growing-up-like-one-who-has-a-grandmother The Handless Brigade The Son of the Wolf Chief Blind Jack of Knaresborough Blind Jack Again The Story of Djun What Became of Owen Parfitt? Blackskin The Pets of Aurore Dupin The Trials of M. Deschartres Aurore at Play How Aurore learned to Ride Land-Otter the Indian The Disinheriting of a Son The Siege of Rhodes The Princess of Babylon The Adventures of Fire-Drill's Son The Strange Story of Elizabeth Canning Mrs. Veal's Ghost The Chief's Daughter The Boyhood of a Painter The Adventures of a Spanish Nun
Product Identifiers
Publisher
CreateSpace
ISBN-10
1546694072
ISBN-13
9781546694076
eBay Product ID (ePID)
237951937
Product Key Features
Book Title
Strange Story Book
Author
Andrew Lang
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology
Publication Year
2017
Book Series
Andrew Lang's Fairy Bks.
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
134 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
11 in
Item Height
0.3 in
Item Width
8.5 in
Item Weight
14.6 Oz
Additional Product Features
Target Audience
Trade
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