| Stories of Great Adventures Contributor(s): Bailey, Carolyn Sherwin (Author), Burd, Clara M. (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1417902159 ISBN-13: 9781417902156 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $26.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2005 Annotation: 1919. For the Children's Hour Series. Contents: The Drawing of the Sword; How the Round Table Came; The Treachery of Morgan le Fay; Beaumains, the Knight of the Kitchen; and Geraint and Enid were all Adapted from the Legends of King Arthur; The Passing of Arthur from Tennyson's Idylls of the King; The Story of Roland, Adapted from the Song of Roland; Beowulf, Adapted from the Story of Beowulf; Frithjof, the Viking, Adapted from the Saga of Frithjof; Robin Hood and Maid Marian, How Robin Hood Won the Golden Arrow, and How Will Scarlet Joined Robin Hood's Merry Men were all adapted from the Adventures of Robin Hood; Patient Griselda and The Rocks Removed were adapted from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales; The Earl Mar's Daughter, Adapted from an old Ballad; The Battle of Chevy Chase, Adapted from the Ballad of Chevy Chase; Una and the Red Cross Knight, The Red Cross Knight's Last Battle and Sir Guyon's Great Adventure were all adapted from Spenser's Fairy Queen. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - General - Juvenile Fiction | Short Stories - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - Exploration & Discovery |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.51" H x 6" W x 9" (0.74 lbs) 224 pages |
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