GREAT AMERICAN FOLKLORE LEGENDS, TALES, BALLADS AND SUPERSTITIONS FROM ALL ACROSS AMERICA Great American Folklore gathers together nearly three hundred of the most entertaining legends, tall tales, and ballads from America's distinctive oral heritage. In these pages you'll find old favorites like Paul Bunyan, John Henry, and Johnny Appleseed, and legendary historic figures such as Davy Crockett, not to mention a host of less familiar folk heroes and heroines from all across the nation.