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Chapters: Snowden Family Band, Jonathan Winters, Dan DeQuille, Lansford Hastings, Henry B. Banning, Benjamin T. Frederick, Robert M. Nevin, Robert O. Fink, Webb C. Ball, Daniel William Cooper, Martin Welker, William Fletcher Sapp, Robert W. Levering, William R. Sapp, Todd Londot, Thomas Peter Akers, Novice Gail Fawcett, Henry M. Beardsley, William E. Stanley,. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 69. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Snowden Family Band was an 19th century African American musical group. The children of the Snowden family of Clinton, Knox County, Ohio, comprised the ensemble. The band's career stretched from before the American Civil War into living memory; no other African American band of their type lasted as long. The Snowdens made their living by farming. However, through their music, they integrated themselves into their predominantly white community and entertained, corresponded with, and even taught their white neighbors. A long Knox County tradition credits them with composing (or helping to compose) the famous song "Dixie". The Snowden children began touring sometime around 1850. Friends and contacts in other towns often invited them to perform, and their advertising consisted of nothing more than a few handbills and word of mouth. This invitation from Arthur Kirby is typical: As we are going to have a Suinging party the 12th off August on Saturday The neighborhood requested me to drop you a few Line to inform you that They want you to come and give us a Concert on that Same evening. The Suinging part is in The grove is rite by the School House now i want you to be sure and come if you possibly can and if you can come Send me three or four bill if you have got them and i will put Them up for you I am Shure off a Big crowd if you will Come if you can come Send me...http://booksllc.net/?id=3629341 ... Read more

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The tale of the greatest lumberjack in North American history and his friends. ... Read more

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yet another politcally correct tall tale
What happened to just looking at history for what it was?This book ends with Paul feeling sorry for cutting down all those trees and going off to plant new ones.How very PC.While now we know that maybe it wasn't such a great idea to clear cut and rape the land, at the time these legends emerged it was seen as a sign of progress.I would have much preferred simply enjoying the rough and ready, log chopping, flannel covered, pancake eating fun.That era is gone forever, and books like this detract from it rather than pay tribute to the hard work and ingenuity required to build our nation.Add an addendum if you must at the end of story, explaining how and when the logging was done and how we now do things differently, but don't change the original story.

I also felt the text itself was somewhat patronizing with its contrived language and overuse of hyperbole.

Not My Favorite "Rabbit Ears," but well done.
I remember reading "Paul Bunyan" stories in grade school.I find this video rendition a bit less charming than other Rabbit Ears stories, but I have to admit that it's very well done.One of the things that the Rabbit Ears series does very well is to match the actor/reader to the story, and Jonathon Winters--who is himself rather larger than life--is certainly the perfect choice to narrate the stories of Paul Bunyan and his giant blue ox, Babe.

What's particularly amusing is the political correctness of this video.After all, the Paul Bunyan stories are really meant to glorify the clear cutting of forests and to promote the idea that the frontier is something to be tamed and used by white settlers.(One of the stories concerns Teddy Roosevelt ordering Buyan to clear the Dakota territory for white settlers.)Rabbit Ears was clearly uneasy with the politics of these stories, and the ending has Paul Bunyan feeling sorry for his deeds and planting new forests.This is a nice environmental message for children, but it distorts what loggers actually did--rather like Disney's Pocohontas ending with the English and the Indians deciding to live together in peace and mutual understanding.Nice sentiment, but that's not quite what happened.

Still--a triumph of storytelling if not of history.

Paul Bunyan lore at its finest
This version of some of the tales about Paul Bunyan is the finest I've heard.Jonathan Winters is a master at this type of story telling and he is in peak form here.Our 8-year old boy and 5-year old girl wereenthralled with this story and frequently asked us to rewind the tape sothey could hear the parts missed while laughing.I've lost track of thenumber of times we've listened to this tape.My only regret is that thereweren't even more stories included.The accompanying music is alsoexcellent. ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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Discover 100 Ways to burn fat quickly, Feel Better & Become Healthier ... Without Taking Any "Magical Pills". Buying an Expensive Gym Membership ... Or Going on a Dangerous Fat Diet!If you have been searching for weight-loss and better health tips that really work ... tips that you can begin using immediately to feel and look better than you have in years, than you have hit the jack pot!Basically, this book provides you with a lifetime of weight-loss education in an hour or less. ... Read more

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Thanks Jonathan
I have read numerous lose weight books. This book has changed the way I eat and feed my family. We like our results! I believe the american people are being mislead with misinformation and half truths. We have limited choices and inferior products available in most of our restaurants and grocery stores. I hope people educate themselves and find their own good health. I highly recommend " 100 ways to burn fat quickly" if you are looking for a weight loss plan that DOES work. ... Read more