Short and Tall Tales: Moose County Legends
  • Published:
    Oct-2002 (Hardcover)
    Nov-2003 (Paperback)
  • Formats:
    Print / eBook / Audio
  • Main Genre:
    Suspense
  • Time Period:
    Contemporary
  • Pages:
    192
  • Age Level:
    18 & up
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Dear Reader,

When Jim Qwilleran retired to Moose County (400 miles north of everywhere) with his old electric typewriter and his box of yellow lead pencils, he intended to write a book--a novel of crime and investigation with a metropolitan setting. He never finished the first page! Instead, he listened to the folktales of local people. As a journalist, Qwilleran was a good listener. He never left home without a tape recorder in his pocket.

As descendants of pioneers told stories that had been handed down for generations, Qwilleran was recording a collection of Moose County legends worth publishing. He added some historic facts, stranger than fiction, gleaned from county archives.

Now Qwilleran had his book! He titled in Short & Tall Tales. Most of the stories were short. Some may have been embellished with retelling through the years. Qwilleran's informants swore they were true--even though some had a supernatural twist that left one wondering...And one of them was strictly a "tall tale"!

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EDITIONS
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    •  
    • Dec-2003
    • Jove
    • Mass Market Paperback
    • ISBN: 0515136352
    • ISBN13: 9780515136357
    • First Edition
    • Oct-2002
    • Putnam
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0399149562
    • ISBN13: 9780399149566
    •  
    • Nov-2003
    • Turtleback Books
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 1417647035
    • ISBN13: 9781417647033
    • Library Binding
    •  
    • Nov-2003
    • Penguin
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 110121905X
    • ISBN13: 9781101219058
    •  
    • Oct-2002
    • Penguin
    • Audio Cassette
    • ISBN: 0399149627
    • ISBN13: 9780399149627
    •  
    • Sep-2003
    • Thorndike Press
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0786256443
    • ISBN13: 9780786256440
    • Large Print



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