Brown. North Carolina Folklore

Today's free book is The Frank C. Brown Collection of North Carolina Folklore (1952-1964). All seven volumes are available online:
Vol. 1: Games and Rhymes, Beliefs and Customs, Riddles, Proverbs, Speech, Tales and Legends
Vol. 2: Folk Ballads
Vol. 3: Folk Songs
Vol. 4: Music of the Ballads and Songs
Vol. 5: Superstitions
Vol. 6: Popular Beliefs and Superstitions
Vol. 7: More Popular Beliefs and Superstitions

For the contents of the "Tales and Legends" in Volume 1, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Hathi Trust (I have not checked for other online sources). You can find the stories listed and linked in Diigo.

(Dragging Nets)

Table of Contents

The Man in the Moon
The Lover's Leap
How Estatoe River Got Its Name
How the Indians Got Fire
The Origin of Negroes
Why the Negro Works
The Origin of the Woodpecker
Jay Birds as the Devil's Servants
Honey Bees and Red Clover
What the Guinea Hen Says
The Maiden-hair Fern
The Sunflower
The Fuschia
The Aspen
The Mistletoe
The Headless Dog
The Land of the Mermaids
The Cows on Christmas Eve
The Poisoned Tree
The Coach-whip Snake
Snakes Swallowing Their Young
The Little Girl Who Fed the Snake
Cats and Corpses
Ripe Fruit at Twelfth Night
Murderer Betrayed by Victim's Blood
How to Keep Corn From Firing
Anointing the Nail
The Self-rocking Chair
Premonitions of Death
The Song of the Saw
Lumber for the Coffin
Wraith of the Sweetheart
Old Quawk
Riding His Horse to Hell
The Letter of Christ
The Witch and the Rooster
'vira Gilberts and Her Witchcraft
Old Henry
Discovering a Remedy Against Witches
Killing the White Rabbit
Sam Guy's Witch Tales
Old Ferro
How to Become a Witch
Transferring the Spell
Ridden by Witches
Witch-ridden Horses
Granny Frone
The Witch and the Silver Bullet
Witches' Salve
Betsey Long-tooth
The Witch at the Shooting Match
Witches as Cats and Rabbits
The Witchery Cruise
A Witch's Death
The Witch and the Yellow Cat
The Witch-cat in the Mill
Boaz Squires, the Magician
Work of the Witch Doctor
Miscellaneous Traditions About Witches
The Little Red Man
The Lineback Ghost
The Creaking Bureau
The Croatan Fisherman
The Ghost on the Mill Road
The Ghost on the Cemetery Road
Haunted Graveyards
The Ghostly Pack
Kadesh Organ
Ghost Story From Dare County
A Handshake
Hants
The Polly Place Ghost
The Spinning Wheel
The Haunted Spring
The Haunted Laurel
The Speaking Corpse
The Headless Man of Stoney Creek
The Headless Woman
The Crazy Woman Ghost
The Bridal Ghost
Graveyard Ghosts
The Bonneted Ghost
The Headless Dog of Brushy Fork
The Headless Man Near the Bridge
The Ghostly Warning
The Ghostly Lights
The Groaning Ghost
The Dying Child
The Parting Ghost
Reward for Staying in Haunted House
The Fork in the Skirt
Bluebeard's Death
Th' Hog-stealing "Waumpaus"
The Three Fairies
The Vision of Aunt Sally Simms
The Curse on Bath
The Heavy Saddle-bags
Blackbeard's Treasure
Dreaming of Treasure
Uncle Bill Digs for Money
What the Mill Said
Wash Bee Day
Deer Driving
He Did What He Was Told
The Moon on the Fence
Cutting Off the Snake's Head
John Moccasin's Tricks
Johnny's Revenge
Johnny's Startling Visit
Meat and Bread and Pudding Too
Why Millie Got Sanctified
I Don't Care if I Don't Get Her
The Back Log
The Two Suitors
Searching for a Wife
The Gallinipper
The Mountain-climbing Steer
The Race
Brer Frog in De Road
In the Chest

Sale. The Tree Named John

Today's free book is The Tree Named John by John B. Sale with silhouettes by Joseph Cranston Jones. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image. The book contains childhood memories by the author, along with stories told by the characters; I have just listed the stories and linked to them at Hathi Trust. You can find the stories listed and linked in Diigo.

Spider-Bitten: Brer Rabbit and Brer Rattlesnake
Gittin' Well: Brer Rabbit and Mist' Li-yon
Brer Mole Swaps His Eyes fer Brer Frawg's Tail
Why Elefunts is Skeered uv Mices
When Brer Rabbit Thundered
Why Some Folks is Black en Some is White
When Brer Crickit en Brer Flea Fell Out
Ghos'es

Baum. Tin Woodman of Oz.

Today's free book is Tin Woodman of Oz by L. Frank Baum. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Gutenberg, Hathi, and Google Books, with a free audiobook at Librivox. Amazon has a free Kindle ebook.

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Table of Contents

1 Woot the Wanderer
2 The Heart of the Tin Woodman
3 Roundabout
4 The Loons of Loonville
5 Mrs. Yoop, the Giantess
6 The Magic of a Yookoohoo
7 The Lace Apron
8 The Menace of the Forest
9 The Quarrelsome Dragons
10 Tommy Kwikstep
11 Jinjur's Ranch
12 Ozma and Dorothy
13 The Restoration
14 The Green Monkey
15 The Man of Tin
16 Captain Fyter
17 The Workshop of Ku-Klip
18 The Tin Woodman Talks to Himself
19 The Invisible Country
20 Over Night
21 Polychrome's Magic
22 Nimmie Amee
23 Through the Tunnel
24 The Curtain Falls

Irving. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Today's free book is The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving (1891). The book also contains the story of "The Spectre Bridegroom."

The book is available at UFDC (I have not checked for other online sources).

Harris. Told By Uncle Remus

Today's free book is Told By Uncle Remus: New Stories of the Old Plantation by Joel Chandler Harris (1905). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image. The illustrations are by A.B. Frost, J.M. Condé and Frank Verbeck.

The book is available at Internet Archive, Hathi Trust, and Google Books. You can find the stories listed and linked in Diigo.

I Why Mr. Cricket has Elbows on his Legs
II How Wiley Wolf Rode in the Bag
III Brother Rabbit's Laughing-Place
IV Brother Rabbit and the Chickens
V Little Mister Cricket and the Other Creatures
VI When Brother Rabbit was King
VII How Old Craney-Crow Lost his Head
VIII Brother Fox Follows the Fashion
IX Why the Turkey-Buzzard is Bald-headed
X Brother Deer an' King Sun's Daughter
XI Brother Rabbit's Cradle
XII Brother Rabbit and Brother Bull-Frog
XIII Why Mr. Dog is Tame
XIV Brother Rabbit and the Gizzard Eater
XV Brother Rabbit and Miss Nancy
XVI The Hard-Headed Woman

Burgess. Mother West Wind "how" stories

Today's free book is Mother West Wind "how" stories by Thornton W. Burgess (1916) with illustrations by Harrison Cady. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Hathi Trust and Project Gutenberg (I have not checked for other online sources).

Table of Contents

I How Old King Eagle Won His White Head
II How Old Mr. Mink Taught Himself to Swim
III How Old Mr. Toad Learned to Sing
IV How Old Mr. Crow Lost His Double Tongue
V How Howler the Wolf Got His Name
VI How Old Mr. Squirrel Became Thrifty
VII How Lightfoot the Deer Learned to Jump
VIII How Mr. Flying Squirrel Almost Got Wings
IX How Mr. Weasel Was Made an Outcast
X How the Eyes of Old Mr. Owl Became Fixed
XI How It Happens Johnny Chuck Sleeps All Winter
XII How Old Mr. Otter Learned to Slide
XIII How Drummer the Woodpecker Came by His Red Cap
XIV How Old Mr. Tree Toad Found Out How To Climb
XV How Old Mr. Heron Learned Patience
XVI How Tufty the Lynx Happens to Have a Stump of a Tail

Thorp. Songs of the cowboys

Today's free book is Songs of the cowboys by N. Howard Thorp (1921). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Hathi Trust (I have not checked for other online sources).

Table of Contents

Arizona Boys and Girls
Arroyo Al's Cow-pony
Biblical Cowboy
Billy the Kid or William H. Bonney
Boozer
Border Affair
Bronc Peeler's Song
Bronco Jack's Thanksgiving
Bucking Bronco
Buckskin Joe
California Trail
Camp-fire Has Gone Out
Chase of the O L C Steer
Chopo
Chuck-time on the Round-up
Cow-camp on the Range
Cowboy at Church
Cowboy at Work
Cowboys' Christmas Ball
Cowboy's Dream
Cowboy's Lament
Cowboy's Life
Cowboy's Meditation
Cowboy's Prayer
Cowboy's Prize
Cowboys Victimized
Cowman's Prayer
Crooked Trail to Holbrook
Crossing the Divide
Dan Taylor
Deer Hunt
Down on the Ol' Bar-g
Dreary, Dreary Life,
Dying Cowboy
End of the Yaqui Trail
Fate of the Beef Steer
Fightin' Mad
Forget the East
Frijole Beanses
Gal I Left Behind Me
Get Along, Little Dogies
Gol-darned Wheel
Greaser Joe's Place
Great Round-up
Hell in Texas
Hell-bound Train
High-chin Bob
John Garner's Trail Herd
Jolly Cowboy
Last Longhorn
Las Vegas Reunion
"'light, Stranger, 'light"
Little Adobe Casa
Little Cow-girl
Little Joe, the Wrangler
Love on the Range
Man Named Hods
Mule-skinners
Mustang Gray
My Little Brown Mule
New National Anthem
Nigger '"Lasses": Three-block Bronco-Buster
Night-herding Song
Old Chisholm Trail
Old Cowman
Ol' Dynamite
Old Grazin' Ben
Old Hank
"Old North"
Old Paint
Old Paint
Old-time Cowboy
"Old Trouble," a L Ranch Colored Cook
On the Dodge
Overland Stage
Pecos River Queen
Pecos Tom
Prairie Song
Prospector
Punchin' Dough
Railroad Corral
Rambling Cowboy
Sam Bass
Sky-high
Song of the Range
Speckles
Ten Thousand Texas Rangers
Tenderfoot
Texas Cowboy
Thanksgiving on the Ranch
Three-block Tom
Top Hand
U S U Range
Western Life
Westward Ho!
What's Become of the Punchers?
When Bob Got Throwed
Whose Old Cow?
Windy Bill
Women Outlaws
Zebra Dun

Bowman. Adventures of Paul Bunyan

Today's free book is The Adventures of Paul Bunyan by James Cloyd Bowman (1927). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Hathi Trust (I have not checked for other online sources).

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Table of Contents

I The Prophecy
II The Growing Boy 
III The Preparations 
IV The Coming 
V The Planning 
VI Choosing the Straw-bosses
VII Bunk-Shanty Bunk 
VIII Getting under Way 
IX Bringing Home a Cook 
X Slim and Ole 
XI The Sourdough Drive 
XII The Coming of Hels Helson
XIII The Coming or Johnny Inkslinger 
XIV Lucy 
XV Efficiency Engineering 
XVI Two Farm Projects 
XVII Smiling River Valley, the Old Homestead 
XVIII Farm and Camp Improvements
XIX Topsyturvy Mountain 
XX The Battle 
XXI The Wonder Hunter and Logger 
XXII Cruising 
XXIII Logging Dakota 
XXIV Logging the Yellow Dog 
XXV Christmas on the Yellow Dog 
XXVI The Going 
XXVII The Fulfillment or the Prophecy

Harris. Uncle Remus

Today's free book is Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings, by Joel Chandler Harris. You can find out more about this book in the Brer Rabbit unit of the Myth-Folklore UnTextbook, and also in the More Brer Rabbit unit.

For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive, Google Books and Hathi Books. You can listen to the audio at LibriVox (1) and LibriVox (2), and there is also a free Kindle eBook. You can find the stories listed and linked in Diigo.

This 1881 edition is illustrated by Frederick S. Church and James H. Moser.
This 1895 edition is illustrated by A. B. Frost.
This 1920 edition is illustrated by A. B. Frost and E. W. Kemble.

LEGENDS OF THE OLD PLANTATION

I. Uncle Remus initiates the Little Boy
II. The Wonderful Tar-Baby Story
III. Why Mr. Possum loves Peace
IV. How Mr. Rabbit was too sharp for Mr. Fox
V. The Story of the Deluge, and how it came about
VI. Mr. Rabbit grossly deceives Mr. Fox
VII. Mr. Fox is again victimized
VIII. Mr. Fox is "outdone" by Mr. Buzzard
IX. Miss Cow falls a Victim to Mr. Rabbit
X. Mr. Terrapin appears upon the Scene
XI. Mr. Wolf makes a Failure
XII. Mr. Fox tackles Old Man Tarrypin
XIII. The Awful Fate of Mr. Wolf
XIV. Mr. Fox and the Deceitful Frogs
XV. Mr. Fox goes a-hunting, but Mr. Rabbit bags the Game
XVI. Old Mr. Rabbit, he's a Good Fisherman
XVII. Mr. Rabbit nibbles up the Butter
XVIII. Mr. Rabbit finds his Match at last
XIX. The Fate of Mr. Jack Sparrow
XX. How Mr. Rabbit saved his Meat
XXI. Mr. Rabbit meets his Match again
XXII. A Story about the Little Rabbits
XXIII. Mr. Rabbit and Mr. Bear
XXIV. Mr. Bear catches Old Mr. Bull-Frog
XXV. How Mr. Rabbit lost his Fine Bushy Tail
XXVI. Mr. Terrapin shows his Strength
XXVII Why Mr. Possum has no Hair on his Tail
XXVIII. The End of Mr. Bear
XXIX. Mr. Fox gets into Serious Business
XXX. How Mr. Rabbit succeeded in raising a Dust.
XXXI. A Plantation Witch
XXXII. "Jacky-my-Lantern"
XXXIII. Why the Negro is Black
XXXIV. The Sad Fate of Mr. Fox

Plantation Proverbs

His Songs

I. Revival Hymn
II. Camp-Meeting Song
III. Corn-Shucking Song
IV. The Plough-hands Song
V. Christmas Play-Song
VI. Plantation Play-Song
VII. Transcriptions:
1. A Plantation Chant
2. A Plantation Serenade
VIII. De Big Bethel Church
IX. Time goes by Turns
A Story of the War

His Sayings
I. Jeems Rober'son's Last Illness
II. Uncle Remus's Church Experience
III. Uncle Remus and the Savannah Darkey
IV. Turnip Salad as a Text
V. A Confession
VI. Uncle Remus with the Toothache
VII. The Phonograph
VIII. Race Improvement
IX. In the Role of a Tartar
X. A Case of Measles
XI. The Emigrants
XII. As a Murderer
XIII. His Practical View of Things
XIV. That Deceitful Jug
XV. The Florida Watermelon
XVI. Uncle Remus preaches to a Convert
XVII. As to Education
XVIII. A Temperance Reformer
XIX. As a Weather Prophet
XX. The Old Man's Troubles
XXI. The Fourth of July

Harris. Nights With Uncle Remus.

Today's free book is Nights With Uncle Remus by Joel Chandler Harris. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

This book is also available at Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive, Google Books, Hathi Trust, and LibriVox. There is also a free Kindle ebook. You can find the stories listed and linked in Diigo.

The 1883 edition has illustrations by Church, Moser, and Beard.
The 1917 edition has illustrations by Milo Winter.

(illustration by Milo Winter)

Table of Contents

I. Mr. Fox and Miss Goose
II. Brer Fox catches Mr. Horse
III. Brer Rabbit and the Little Girl
IV. Brer Fox copies Brer Rabbit
V. Brer Rabbit's Astonishing Prank
VI. Brer Rabbit secures a Mansion
VII. Mr. Lion hunts for Mr. Man
VIII. The Story of the Pigs
IX. Mr. Benjamin Ram and his Wonderful Fiddle
X. Brer Rabbit's Riddle
XI. How Mr. Rooster lost his Dinner
XII. Brer Rabbit breaks up a Party
XIII. Brer Fox, Brer Rabbit, and King Deer's Daughter
XIV. Brer Terrapin deceives Brer Buzzard
XV. Brer Fox covets the Quills
XVI. How Brer Fox failed to get his Grapes
XVII. Brer Fox figures as an Incendiary
XVIII. A Dream and a Story
XIX. The Moon in the Mill-Pond
XX. Brer Rabbit takes some Exercise
XXI. Why Brer Bear has no Tail
XXII. How Brer Rabbit frightened his Neighbors
XXIII. Mr. Man has some Meat
XXIV. How Brer Rabbit got the Meat
[viii] XXV. African Jack
XXVI. Why the Alligator's Back is Rough
XXVII. Brer Wolf says Grace
XXVIII. Spirits, Seen and Unseen
XXIX. A Ghost Story
XXX. Brer Rabbit and his Famous Foot
XXXI. "In some Lady's Garden"
XXXII. Brer 'Possum gets in Trouble
XXXIII. Why the Guinea-fowls are speckled
XXXIV. Brer Rabbit's Love-charm
XXXV. Brer Rabbit submits to a Test
XXXVI. Brer Wolf falls a Victim
XXXVII. Brer Rabbit and the Mosquitoes
XXXVIII. The Pimmerly Plum
XXXIX. Brer Rabbit gets the Provisions
XL. "Cutta Cord-La!"
XLI. Aunt Tempy's Story
XLII. The Fire-Test
XLIII. The Cunning Snake
XLIV. How Brer Fox was too Smart
XLV. Brer Wolf gets in a Warm Place
XLVI. Brer Wolf still in Trouble
XLVII. Brer Rabbit lays in his Beef Supply
XLVIII. Brer Rabbit and Mr. Wildcat
XLIX. Mr. Benjamin Ram defends Himself
L. Brer Rabbit pretends to be Poisoned
LI. More Trouble for Brer Wolf
LII. Brer Rabbit outdoes Mr. Man
LIII. Brer Rabbit takes a Walk
[ix]LIV. Old Grinny-Granny Wolf
LV. How Wattle Weasel was Caught
LVI. Brer Rabbit ties Mr. Lion
LVII. Mr. Lion's Sad Predicament
LVIII. The Origin of the Ocean
LIX. Brer Rabbit gets Brer Fox's Dinner
LX. How the Bear nursed the Little Alligators
LXI. Why Mr. Dog runs Brer Rabbit
LXII. Brer Wolf and the Horned Cattle
LXIII. Brer Fox and the White Muscadines
LXIV. Mr. Hawk and Brer Buzzard
LXV. Mr. Hawk and Brer Rabbit
LXVI. The Wise Bird and the Foolish Bird
LXVII. Old Brer Terrapin gets some Fish
LXVIII. Brer Fox makes a Narrow Escape
LXIX. Brer Fox's Fish Trap
LXX. Brer Rabbit rescues Brer Terrapin
LXXI. The Night before Christmas

Shay. American Legendary Heroes

Today's free book is Here's Audacity: American Legendary Heroes by Frank Shay (1930), with illustrations by Eben Given. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Hathi Trust (I have not checked for other online sources).

(Old Stormalong)

Table of Contents

OLD STORMALONG — The Deep-Water Sailor-man
KWASIND — Hercules of the American Indians 
THE WHITE STEED — The Phantom of the Prairies
CASEY JONES — The Railroad Engineer
KEMP MORGAN — The Texas Oil Driller 
STRAP BUCKNER — The Man Who Fought the Devil 
PECOS BILL — The Cowboy
PAUL BUNYAN—Mightiest of Loggers
TONY BEAVER — Of Eel River, West Virginia 
JOHN HENRY — The Steel Driving Man

Roberts. Folktales from the Southern Mountains (Kentucky)

Today's free book is I bought me a dog, and other folktales from the southern mountains by Leonard Roberts (1954); the name of the illustrator is not given. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Hathi Trust (I have not checked for other online sources).

(The Magic Sausage Mill)

Table of Contents

I BOUGHT ME A DOG
JACK OUTWITS THE GIANTS
THE MAGIC SAUSAGE MILL
DICK AND DOCK
THE ONE-EYED GIANT
MERRYWISE
BAG O' GOLD
JACK AND THE BULL'S HORNS
RAGLIF JAGLIF TETARTLIF POLE
THE WITCH STORE-ROBBER
THE FOX AND THE CAT
THE CANDY DOLL

Hallenbeck-Williams. Legends of the Spanish Southwest

Today's free book is Legends of the Spanish Southwest  by Cleve Hallenbeck and Juanita Williams (1938). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Hathi Trust (I have not checked for other online sources).

Table of Contents

New Mexico Legends 
La Jornada del Muerte
El Camino del Padre
The Bell of the San Miguel
Sangre de Cristo
La Conquistadora
El Jardin de las Cruces
Aguilar and Ysabel

Texas Legends 
The Margil Vine
The Sculptor of the San Jose
Bells of the San Jose
Antonia's Leap
Francesca and Ferenor
A Legend of Baffle Point

Arizona Legends
The Girl of Guevavi
The Unfinished Tower of San Xavier
Dorotea's Roses
Treasure Legends of Arizona

California Legends
The Pearl that Defeated Vizcaino
The Relief of San Diego de Acala
The Serra Tree
The Pearls of Loreto
Father Magin's Alameda
The Padre of the San Luis Rey
Concha's Lover

Other Southwestern Legends 
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Maria Coronet
Legends of the Blue Lady
The Gran Quivira

Goodwyn. The Devil in Texas

Today's free book is The Devil in Texas by Frank Goodwyn (1936), with illustrations by Jerry Bywaters. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Hathi Trust (I have not checked for other online sources).

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Table of Contents

Land of Tall Tales
Don Fernado
The Cow in the Mud
The Devil and the Mother's Curse
The Devil and the Beautiful Girl
The Devil and the Calf
The Horrible Story of the Three Weird Sisters from the Land of Eternal Dusk

Dorson. Davy Crockett

Today's free book is Davy Crockett, American comic legend by Richard M. Dorson (1939). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Hathi Trust (I have not checked for other online sources).

Table of Contents

FRONTIER HUMOR AND LEGEND

THE LEGEND FULL-BLOWN
Birth of Crockett
Crockett's Father
Crockett's Mother
Crockett's Cradle
Infant Crockett at the Dinner Table 
Crockett Growing Up 
Likeness of Crockett When Eight Years Old 
Crockett's First Love 
The Colonel Swallows a Thunderbolt 
Crockett's Wonderful Escape Up Niagara Falls 
Crockett and Ben Hardin Make Their Escape from a Tornado 
Crockett's Opinion of a Thunder Storm 
Crockett's Original and Aboriginal Descent of Mont-Blanc 
Crockett's Morning Hunt
Crockett's Uncle 
Crockett's Aunt 
The Indian and Crockett's Grandmother 
Mrs. Crockett Beating Up Mike Fink 
Davy's Sister Doing Good 
Crockett's Daughters
Death of Crockett 

RING-TAILED ROABERS
"Go Ahead" Reader 
Speech of Colonel Crockett in Congress 
A Shooting Match 
The Bully of Salt River 
Col. Crockett Beat by Mike Fink 
Crockett and the Puke 
My Neighbor Grizzle
A Kentucky Team 
Riproarious Fight on the Mississippi River 
A Hard Head 
Lodging in Kansas 
A Wisconsin Squatter 
Hands of Celebrated Gougers 
Crockett Delivering His Celebrated War Speech 
Receipt for a Cold 

DOUGHTY DAMES
The Flower of Gum Swamp 
Colonel Coon's Wife Judy 
Sal Fink, the Mississippi Screamer 
Nance Bowers Taming a Bear
Katy Goodgrit and the Wolves 
Sappina Wing and the Crocodile
A Bear Skinned 
A Poundiferous Gal 
Crockett Popping the Question

BEN HARDING
The Early Days, Love and Courtship of Ben Harding 
Adventure with a Tar 

BEN HARDING
A Land Cruise
Ben Hardin's First Fight with a Varmint 
Ben Hardin and Old Coppersides 
Crockett and Ben Hardin, "Going Ahead" of a Steamer 
Ben Hardin Carrying On 

DAVY CONQUERING MAN
Crockett in a Fight with a Yankee
Crockett "Pinking" an Indian 
A Street Fight 
Stopping a Duel Among His Brother Congressmen
Settling A Puke 
A Black Affair 
A Big Lie 
Col. Crockett and the Squatter
Struggle with the Indian Chief "Wild Cat" 
Colonel Crockett's Trip to Texas and Fight with the Mexicans 
Crockett Playing Death with the Mexican Pirates 
Crockett Out-Diving the Pearl Divers 
Crockett and the Black Emperor of Hayti 
Crockett Among the Cannibals 
Crockett's Recipe for Cooking Bear-Steaks 

DAVY CONQUERING REAST
Crockett Killing Four Wolves at the Age of Six 
A Squabble with Two Bears 
Shaving a Painter 

DAVY CONQUERING BEAST
Adventure with a Rattlesnake 
Crockett's Account of a Bull Fight at New Orleans 
Crockett and the Boa Constrictor 
A Sensible Varmint 
Col. Crockett Grinning a Grizzly Out of Countenance 
Crockett's Pet Hyena 
Encounter with an Anaconda 
Crockett and His Pet Alligator on an Exploring Expedition
Crockett Taming a Panther
Crockett at Home

PEDLARS AND PUKES
A Puke
A Hoosier
A Sucker
A Wolverine
Heavy Timbered Land
A Corncracker's Encounter with an Eelskin
Gum Swamp Breeding
The Pedlar's Fright
Buy Log — Buy Nigger
A Miracle
Simon Shadbrim The Quaker
Ad vice to Strangers
A Pedlar Disguised
A Missourian's Opinion of His Neighbor
Crockett on the Oregon Question
A Methodizer Saving Souls

DAVY IN LIGHTER MOMENTS
A Bundling Match
Col. Crockett in the Parlor
Davy Crockett Losing His Speech
Colonel Crockett Delivering His Celebrated Speech to Congress
Crockett Boiling a Dead Indian
A Receipt for the Cholera
Lamed Courting
Davy Crockett's Dream
Drinking Up the Gulf of Mexico
The Tame Bear
The Colonel Treeing a Ghost
Crockett's Account of the Concert in Kansas

Dobie. Puro mexicano

Today's free book is Puro mexicano by edited by J. Frank Dobie (1935). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Hathi Trust (I have not checked for other online sources).

Table of Contents

A Pack Load of Mexican Tales by Riley Aiken
A Time for Everything
Repaying Good with Evil 
The Three Counsels 
La Cucaracha 
Sister Fox and Brother Coyote
El Pajaro Cu
The Parrot Tale-Teller
The Faithful Lion
Truthful John
The Two Compadres
A Boom in Guarache Leather
Charge This to the Cap
Treason in Saints
Baldheads
Juan Pelon
Pedro de Urdemalas
Keeping the Shirt-Tail in
El Borracho del Bahia
Wine and the Devil 
Blanca Flor 
The Tooth of Gold
The Dog That Ran to the Moon
La Madrina Muerte
Juan Oso
The Son of Tata Pescador
Ua-pa-chi (Kickapoo Tales)

The Wonderful Chirrionera by Dan Storm

Br'er Coyote by Sarah S.-McKellar

The Bullet-Swallower by Jovita Gonzalez 

Tales from San Elizario by Josefina Escajeda 
The Witch of Cenecu
Dona Carolina Learns a Lesson
La Casa de la Labor
Agapito Brings a Treat
A Hanged Man Sends Rain

The Metamorphosis of a Folk Tale by Elizabeth W. DeHuff

How the Tehuana Women Became Handsome by  H.M. Taylor

The Flaming Flower by Catherine J. Stoker

Juan Garcia Goes to Heaven  by Frost Woodhull

The Eagle Lover by Bertha McKee Dobie

Legends from Durango by Everardo Gamiz
Sacrifice Mountain
The Virgin of the Valley
El Senor de los Guerreros
El Senor del Rebozo
El Lloron
El Naranjal

Holy Ghost Canyon by Maude McFie Bloom

Old-Time New Mexican Usages by Alice M. Crook

Sons of the Devil by Joe Storm

Catorce by  J. Frank Dobie

The Little White Dog by Hugh McGehee Taylor

Ranchero Sayings of the Border by Howard D. Wesley

Songs of the Mexican Migration by Paul S.Taylor

The Enchanted City of Monte Alban by E. R. Sims

Brown. Whiskey Jack Yarns

Today's free book is Whiskey Jack Yarns; short tales of the old time lumber raftsmen of the Wisconsin river and their mythical hero by Charles E Brown (1940). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

There was a Native American (Algonquin) trickster-hero named Wisakedjak, and over time that name became mis-interpreted as "Whiskey Jack" as he became an American tall-tale hero, but more fakelore than fakelore. Find out more at Wikipedia: Fakelore.

The book is available at Hathi Trust (I have not checked for other online sources).

(Cribs Brails at Kilbourn, 1900)

Table of Contents

Whiskey Jack and his Crew
The Big Catfish
Hiring Help
Hunts a Bear
Fighting the "Sauerkrauts"
The Suit of Clothes
The Circus
The Blue Racer
Catching Fish
Lost their Pants
The Raft Cook
Signs his Name
Worked for Paul Bunyan

Mullen. Folklore of the Texas Gulf Coast

Today's free book is I Heard the Old Fisherman Say: Folklore of the Texas Gulf Coast by Patrick B. Mullen (1978). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is made available as a free book online from Utah State University Press.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Context of Fishermen's Folklore

PART ONE. OCCUPATIONAL FOLKLORE
l. Magic Beliefs
2. Magic Belief Legends
3. Empirical Beliefs
4. Form, Transmission, and Change of Folk Beliefs
5. Folk Beliefs in Ethnic Groups

PART TWO. REGIONAL FOLKLORE
6. Buried Treasure Legends
7. Local Character Anecdotes
8. Tall Tales

Conclusion: The Imaginative Force in Folklore

Appendix A: A List of the Magic Folk Beliefs

Appendix B: A List of the Empirical Folk Beliefs

Baum. Mother Goose in Prose

Today's free book is Mother Goose in Prose by L. Frank Baum (1901) with illustrations by Maxfield Parrish. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Project Gutenberg (I have not checked for other online sources). There's also a free audiobook at LibriVox!

(The Man in the Moon)

Table of Contents

Sing a Song o' Sixpence
The Story of Little Boy Blue
The Cat and the Fiddle
The Black Sheep
Old King Cole
Mistress Mary
The Wond'rous Wise Man
What Jack Horner Did
The Man in the Moon
The Jolly Miller
The Little Man and His Little Gun 
Hickory, Dickory, Dock
Little Bo-Peep
The Story of Tommy Tucker
Pussy-cat Mew
How the Beggars Came to Town
Tom, the Piper's Son
Humpty Dumpty
The Woman Who Lived in a Shoe
Little Miss Muffet
Three Wise Men of Gotham
Little Bun Rabbit

Harris. Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit

Today's free book is Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit by Joel Chandler Harris, with illustrations, but I have not been able to find the name of the illustrator. You can find out more about this book in the More Brer Rabbit unit of the Myth-Folklore UnTextbook.

For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at the Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive, and Google Books. There is also a free audiobook at LibriVox. Also, the University of Georgia Libraries has a nice PDF scan of the book online! You can find the stories listed and linked in Diigo.

Table of Contents

BRER RABBIT’S FROLIC
BROTHER BEAR’S BIG HOUSE
BRER RABBIT TREATS THE CREETURS TO A RACE
BRER RABBIT’S FLYING TRIP
BRER RABBIT AND THE GOLD MINE
BRER RABBIT GETS BRER FOX A HOSS
BRER RABBIT FINDS THE MOON IN THE MILL POND
HOW MR. LION LOST HIS WOOL
HOW BRER RABBIT GOT A HOUSE
BRER RABBIT AND THE PARTRIDGE NEST