Harold Courlander (1908–1996)

Auteur van The Cow-Tail Switch and Other West African Stories

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Harold Courlander (1914-1996) wrote many well-regarded books about the traditions, lore, and oral literature of various peoples in Africa. His works include The Fourth World of the Hopis, Tales of the Yoruba Gods and Heroes, The African, and The Son of the Leopard

Bevat de namen: H. Courlander, Courlander Harold, Harold Courlander, narrator Harold Courlander, compiler Harold COURLANDER, Harold Courlander for The United Nations Women's G

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Populair Recent

The Cow-Tail Switch and Other West African Stories (1947) 432 exemplaren

The Fourth World of the Hopis: The Epic Story of the Hopi Indians as Preserved in Their Legends and Traditions (1971) 211 exemplaren

A Treasury of Afro-American Folklore: The Oral Literature, Traditions, Recollections, Legends, Tales, Songs, Religious… (1976) 207 exemplaren

Negro Folk Music, U.S.A. (1963) 57 exemplaren

The Tiger's Whisker, and Other Tales from Asia and the Pacific (1959) 49 exemplaren

The African (1970) 40 exemplaren

Tales of Yoruba: Gods and Heroes (1973) 36 exemplaren

People of the Short Blue Corn: Tales and Legends of the Hopi Indians (1970) 35 exemplaren

The Fire on the Mountain and Other Ethiopian Stories (1950) 34 exemplaren

The King's Drum and Other African Stories (1963) 34 exemplaren

The Heart of the Ngoni : heroes of the African kingdom of Segu (1988) 32 exemplaren

The Drum and the Hoe: Life and Lore of the Haitian People (1960) 31 exemplaren

The hat-shaking dance, and other Ashanti tales from Ghana (1957) 27 exemplaren

Ride with the sun; an anthology of folk tales and stories from the United Nations (1955) 19 exemplaren

The Crest and The Hide: And Other African Stories of Heroes, Chiefs, Bards, Hunters, Sorcerers, and Common People (1981) 19 exemplaren

The Cow-Tail Switch (1947) 15 exemplaren

Hopi voices: Recollections, traditions, and narratives of the Hopi Indians (1982) 14 exemplaren

Piece of Fire and Other Haitian Tales (1964) 13 exemplaren

Terrapin's Pot of Sense (1957) 11 exemplaren

Olode the hunter, and other tales from Nigeria (1968) 10 exemplaren

The master of the forge : a west African odyssey (1983) 9 exemplaren

Kantchil's Lime Pit and Other Stories from Indonesia (1950) 9 exemplaren

The Son of the Leopard (1988) 8 exemplaren

The Mesa of Flowers (1977) 7 exemplaren

Negro songs from Alabama; (1963) 4 exemplaren

The Bordeaux Narrative (1990) 4 exemplaren

The Big Old World of Richard Creeks (1962) 3 exemplaren

Haiti Singing (1973) 2 exemplaren

Caribbean folk music. Vol. 1 2 exemplaren

Uncle Bouqui of Haiti (1942) 2 exemplaren

Ashanti Folktales from Ghana: stories of Anansi [sound recording] 1 exemplaar

The King's Drum, and other African stories ... Illustrated by Enrico Arno 1 exemplaar

Talk 1 exemplaar

A Treasury of African Folklore 2 Ed by Harold Courlander (2002-02-09) 1 exemplaar

Kantchil's Lime Pit 1 exemplaar

Fourth World of the Hopis (The) 1 exemplaar

Religion and politics in Haiti;: Two essays, (ICR studies, 1) 1 exemplaar

Music of Equatorial Africa : Etnich folkways Library : EFL 402 1 exemplaar

Music of Ethiopia : Etnich folkways Library : EFL 405 1 exemplaar

Tiger's whisker,: And other tales and legends from Asia and the Pacific, The 1 exemplaar

The Tigers Whisker (1959) 1 exemplaar

The Piece of Fire and Other Hatian Tales (1964) 1 exemplaar

On recognizing the human species (The One Nation library) 1 exemplaar

Negro folk music of Alabama -- Secular, Vol. 1 1 exemplaar

The Fire on the Mountain (1950) 1 exemplaar

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The Young Folks Shelf of Books, Volume 02: Once Upon a Time (1957) — Medewerker — 178 exemplaren

Great Stories for Young Readers (1969) — Medewerker — 91 exemplaren

Folk and Fairy Tales (Childcraft) (1949) — Medewerker — 78 exemplaren

A Second Storyteller's Choice (1965) — Medewerker — 12 exemplaren

A Portrait Of Chris (2005) — Songwriter — 1 exemplaar

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Algemene kennis

Gangbare naam: Courlander, Harold
Geboortedatum: 1908-09-18
Overlijdensdatum: 1996-03-15
Geslacht: male
Nationaliteit: USA
Geboorteplaats: Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Plaats van overlijden: Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Oorzaak van overlijden: emphysema
Woonplaatsen: Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Opleiding: University of Michigan (BA|1931)
Columbia University
Beroepen: novelist
folklorist
anthropologist
editor
Organisaties: Ethnic Folkways Library
Office of War Information
Voice of America
Prijzen en onderscheidingen: Guggenheim Fellowship
Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal Nomination (1979)
American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults (1969)
Newberry Honor Medal (1948)

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The Cow-Tail Switch: And Other West African Stories door Harold Courlander

A collection of West African folk tales about men and animals, kings, warriors, and farmers
First published in 1947, it was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1948.

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The Fourth World of the Hopis: The Epic Story of the… door Harold Courlander

Great book to read about the common legends and history of the Hopi Indians

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The Cow-Tail Switch: And Other West African Stories door Harold Courlander

Western African Folktales.

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The Cow-Tail Switch: And Other West African Stories door Harold Courlander

This is a photocopy of the book. The Cow-Tail Switch, and Other West African Stories by Harold Courlander is a collection of West African folk tales about men and animals, kings, warriors, and farmers. First published in 1947, it was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1948.

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