{"id":90,"date":"2008-05-19T16:46:59","date_gmt":"2008-05-19T16:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chestercomix.com\/blog\/heroic-folk\/"},"modified":"2017-05-21T23:49:03","modified_gmt":"2017-05-22T04:49:03","slug":"heroic-folk","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.chestercomix.com\/blog\/heroic-folk\/","title":{"rendered":"Heroic Folk"},"content":{"rendered":"

Heroic Folk (1-933122-35-9)<\/strong>
\nAmericans like to tell stories about larger-than-life characters that match the grand landscape of our continent. This book of Chester the Crab’s adventures shows how America’s folk tales and legends are often connected to historical fact because these stories tell us something about ourselves.<\/p>\n

Comic sample page #1: How did music move John Henry?<\/a>
\nComic sample page #2: What is Johnny Appleseed’s legend?<\/a>
\nTopics covered<\/a> in this comic book
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\nCHAPTER 1 JOHNNY APPLESEED<\/strong><\/p>\n

After the United States won its independence as a nation, John Chapman was one of the first real Americans to pick up a story larger than himself. Legends are also simpler versions of the historical fact. The real “Johnny Appleseed” didn’t just wander the woods flinging apple seeds around; he lived a careful, thoughtful life that knitted the growing American frontier together . . .
\nJohnny Appleseed’s story includes the following topics:<\/p>\n

Where did Johnny Appleseed walk?
\nWhen was a war in the woods?
\nHow many apple seeds did he plant?
\nHow do flowers become apples?
\nWhat is Johnny Appleseed’s legend?<\/p>\n

CHAPTER 2 DAVY CROCKETT <\/strong><\/p>\n

Frontiersman Davy Crockett’s legend was so popular in the 1950s that American boys begged for fake coonskin caps to wear on their imaginary adventures. But Crockett was a real man of the early 1800s who also served in Congress and defended the rights of American Indians. His own legend got a publicity boost when people started a campaign to make him president of the United States . . .<\/p>\n

Davy Crockett’s story includes the following topics:
\nWhere was Davy Crockett born?
\nWho fought Creek Indians in 1813?
\nWho fought Andrew Jackson in D.C.?
\nWhy do we remember the Alamo?<\/p>\n

CHAPTER 3 SAM HOUSTON<\/strong><\/p>\n

He was called “The Raven” when he lived with the Cherokee Indians. Sam Houston was a hero similar to Davy Crockett – always on the move between the American settlements and the Native American towns on the frontier. And when the frontier moved west and hit Texas, both Crockett and Houston would find their destiny there…<\/p>\n

Sam Houston’s story includes the following topics:
\nWhere did Sam Houston grow up?
\nWhy did Virginians move west?
\nHow did Jackson and Houston differ?
\nHow does Houston lead the Texans?
\nWho was the first president of Texas?<\/p>\n

CHAPTER 4 JOHN HENRY<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dozens of songs, cartoons, and retellings of railroad man John Henry have made him seem like the most fanciful of the early Americanlegends. But new research has added a lot of historical detail to his tale. John Henry is the perfect character for examining how storytelling and history connect in an author’s choice of character, setting, plot…<\/p>\n

John Henry’s story includes the following topics:
\nWas John Henry a legend?
\nWhere was John Henry’s setting?
\nWho were John Henry’s characters?
\nHow did music move John Henry?
\nWhat was John Henry’s conclusion?<\/p>\n

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