"Pecos Bill is a prime favorite among our American folkheroes. Children enjoy the fantastic invention, the riproaring extravagance of the yarns about the greatest of all cowboys, for such tale-spinning is a basic part of American humor.""--The New York Times
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"Children are vastly amused by our American tall tales. 'Paul Buyan'...'Pecos Bill'...'The Jack Tales'...are as indigenous to the United States as popcorn, and too funny for children to miss."--"Christian Science Monitor"
" Pecos Bill is a prime favorite among our American folkheroes. Children enjoy the fantastic invention, the riproaring extravagance of the yarns about the greatest of all cowboys, for such tale-spinning is a basic part of American humor." "--The New York Times
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" Children are vastly amused by our American tall tales. 'Paul Buyan'...'Pecos Bill'...'The Jack Tales'...are as indigenous to the United States as popcorn, and too funny for children to miss." --"Christian Science Monitor"
" Youngsters can get reacquainted with James Cloyd Bowman's 1938 Newbery Honor book "Pecos Bill: The Greatest Cowboy of All Time," illus. by Laura Bannon, which had been out of print since 1970. Now a new generation can cheer for Pecos Bill, an original American hero." --"Publishers Weekly"
" Pecos Bill is a prime favorite among our American folkheroes. Children enjoy the fantastic invention, the riproaring extravagance of the yarns about the greatest of all cowboys, for such tale-spinning is a basic part of American humor." "--The New York Times"
" Children are vastly amused by our American tall tales. 'Paul Buyan'...'Pecos Bill'...'The Jack Tales'...are as indigenous to the United States as popcorn, and too funny for children to miss." --"Christian Science Monitor"
" The best collection of Bill tales is "Pecos Bill: The Greatest Cowboy of All Time" by James Cloyd Bowman. It was published in 1937 and was a Newbery Honor Book that year. It has been out of print for a long time, but now the New York Review Children's Collection has published a gorgeous new hardcover edition that includes Laura Bannon's delightful illustrations, many in color. And for only $18.95. A bargain." --"Dallas Morning News"
" Youngsters can get reacquainted with James Cloyd Bowman's 1938 Newbery Honor book "Pecos Bill: The Greatest Cowboy of All Time," illus. by Laura Bannon, which had been out of print since 1970. Now a new generation can cheer for Pecos Bill, an original American hero." --"Publishers Weekly"
" Pecos Bill is a prime favorite among our American folkheroes. Children enjoy the fantastic invention, the riproaring extravagance of the yarns about the greatest of all cowboys, for such tale-spinning is a basic part of American humor." "--The New York Times"
" Children are vastly amused by our American tall tales. 'Paul Buyan'...'Pecos Bill'...'The Jack Tales'...are as indigenous to the United States as popcorn, and too funny for children to miss." --"Christian Science Monitor"
""Pecos Bill" tells the thoroughly American saga of 'the greatest cowboy of all time.' A fun medley of Wild West lore...these tall tales will have great appeal to those cowboy-lovers..." --"The San Francisco Chronicle"
"The best collection of Bill tales is "Pecos Bill: The Greatest Cowboy of All Time" by James Cloyd Bowman. It was published in 1937 and was a Newbery Honor Book that year. It has been out of print for a long time, but now the New York Review Children's Collection has published a gorgeous new hardcover edition that includes Laura Bannon's delightful illustrations, many in color. And for only $18.95. A bargain." --"Dallas Morning News"
"Youngsters can get reacquainted with James Cloyd Bowman's 1938 Newbery Honor book "Pecos Bill: The Greatest Cowboy of All Time," illus. by Laura Bannon, which had been out of print since 1970. Now a new generation can cheer for Pecos Bill, an original American hero." --"Publishers Weekly"
"Pecos Bill is a prime favorite among our American folkheroes. Children enjoy the fantastic invention, the riproaring extravagance of the yarns about the greatest of all cowboys, for such tale-spinning is a basic part of American humor.""--The New York Times"
"Children are vastly amused by our American tall tales. 'Paul Buyan'...'Pecos Bill'...'The Jack Tales'...are as indigenous to the United States as popcorn, and too funny for children to miss."--"Christian Science Monitor"
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Pecos Bill tells the thoroughly American saga of 'the greatest cowboy of all time.' A fun medley of Wild West lore...these tall tales will have great appeal to those cowboy-lovers..." --
The San Francisco Chronicle "The best collection of Bill tales is
Pecos Bill: The Greatest Cowboy of All Time by James Cloyd Bowman. It was published in 1937 and was a Newbery Honor Book that year. It has been out of print for a long time, but now the New York Review Children's Collection has published a gorgeous new hardcover edition that includes Laura Bannon's delightful illustrations, many in color. And for only $18.95. A bargain." --
Dallas Morning News "Youngsters can get reacquainted with James Cloyd Bowman's 1938 Newbery Honor book
Pecos Bill: The Greatest Cowboy of All Time, illus. by Laura Bannon, which had been out of print since 1970. Now a new generation can cheer for Pecos Bill, an original American hero." --
Publishers Weekly "Pecos Bill is a prime favorite among our American folkheroes. Children enjoy the fantastic invention, the riproaring extravagance of the yarns about the greatest of all cowboys, for such tale-spinning is a basic part of American humor."
--The New York Times "Children are vastly amused by our American tall tales. 'Paul Buyan'...'Pecos Bill'...'The Jack Tales'...are as indigenous to the United States as popcorn, and too funny for children to miss."--
Christian Science Monitor
James Cloyd Bowman (1880-1961) was born in Ohio. After completing his graduate studies at Harvard, he began a career teaching English at Iowa State College and eventually became the head of the English Department at Northern State Teacher's College in Michigan (now Northern Michigan University). He wrote several works of criticism and served as editor of Contemporary American Criticism, published by Henry Holt in 1926. Among his many award-winning books for children are The Adventures of Paul Bunyan, John Henry, and Tales from a Finnish Tupa. At the time of his death, he was working on the stories of Johnny Appleseed.