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Ten stories from Ancient Greece, Mexico, Peru, Israel, France, Persia, Poland, Mongolia, the United States, and Ireland. Folktales are among the most resilient types of lore one generation passes to another. Tales we tell today whether they are cautionary, humorous, or embedded with moral instruction date back to ancient civilizations. Storyteller, writer, and folktale enthusiast Pleasant DeSpain has an uncanny ear for those tales that transcend particular eras or cultures and have passed into ....;DeSpain, Pleasant is the author of 'Tales of Wisdom & Justice', published 2002 under ISBN 9780874836714 and ISBN 0874836719.
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