Harold Courlander (1908–1996)

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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

Sisältää nimet: H. Courlander, Courlander Harold, Harold Courlander, narrator Harold Courlander, compiler Harold COURLANDER, Harold Courlander for The United Nations Women's G

Image credit: Harold Courlander

Tekijän teokset

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The Cow-Tail Switch and Other West African Stories (1947) 434 kappaletta

The Fourth World of the Hopis: The Epic Story of the Hopi Indians as Preserved in Their Legends and Traditions (1971) 213 kappaletta

A Treasury of Afro-American Folklore: The Oral Literature, Traditions, Recollections, Legends, Tales, Songs, Religious… (1976) 208 kappaletta

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

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

The African (1970) 41 kappaletta

Tales of Yoruba: Gods and Heroes (1973) 37 kappaletta

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Cow-Tail Switch (1947) 15 kappaletta

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

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

Terrapin's Pot of Sense (1957) 11 kappaletta

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

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

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

The Son of the Leopard (1988) 8 kappaletta

The Mesa of Flowers (1977) 7 kappaletta

Negro songs from Alabama; (1963) 4 kappaletta

The Bordeaux Narrative (1990) 4 kappaletta

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

Haiti Singing (1973) 2 kappaletta

Caribbean folk music. Vol. 1 2 kappaletta

Uncle Bouqui of Haiti (1942) 2 kappaletta

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

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

Talk 1 kappale

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

Kantchil's Lime Pit 1 kappale

Fourth World of the Hopis (The) 1 kappale

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

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

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

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

The Tigers Whisker (1959) 1 kappale

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

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

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

The Fire on the Mountain (1950) 1 kappale

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

Great Stories for Young Readers (1969) — Avustaja — 91 kappaletta

Folk and Fairy Tales (Childcraft) (1949) — Avustaja — 78 kappaletta

A Second Storyteller's Choice (1965) — Avustaja — 12 kappaletta

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

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Aasia (9) African (20) African folklore (11) Afrikka (82) Afroamerikkalaiset (19) Amerikan alkuperäiskansa (26) Antologia (28) Antropologia (10) chapter book (10) fiktio (72) Folk & Fairy Tales (9) folktale (14) Ghana (10) Haiti (12) Historia (29) Hopi (30) Kansanperinne (90) kansantarinat (73) Kirjallisuus (10) kokoelma (13) Kulttuuri (14) lapset (17) lasten (19) Lastenkirjallisuus (15) legendat (18) luettavaksi (27) lukematon (10) Länsi-Afrikka (27) Musiikki (19) Mytologia (39) Newbery (15) Newbery Honor (28) novellit (33) nuoriso (12) sadut (17) stories (13) storytelling (12) tales (10) Tietokirjallisuus (19) traditional literature (9)

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Yleistieto

Kanoninen nimi: Courlander, Harold
Syntymäaika: 1908-09-18
Kuolinaika: 1996-03-15
Sukupuoli: male
Kansalaisuus: USA
Syntymäpaikka: Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Kuolinpaikka: Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Kuolinsyy: emphysema
Asuinpaikat: Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Koulutus: University of Michigan (BA|1931)
Columbia University
Ammatit: novelist
folklorist
anthropologist
editor
Organisaatiot: Ethnic Folkways Library
Office of War Information
Voice of America
Palkinnot ja kunnianosoitukset: 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 Tekijä: 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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CarrieFortuneLibrary | 5 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Nov 12, 2022 |

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

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

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Crystal199 | 3 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Jun 27, 2022 |

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

Western African Folktales.

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BLTSbraille | 5 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Sep 10, 2021 |

The Cow-Tail Switch: And Other West African Stories Tekijä: 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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riselibrary_CSUC | 5 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Jun 30, 2020 |

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