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Charles J. Finger (1869–1941)

Author of Tales From Silver Lands

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Works by Charles J. Finger

Tales From Silver Lands (1924) 517 copies
Courageous Companions (1961) 10 copies
Frontier Ballads (1927) 8 copies
A Dog at His Heels (1936) 7 copies
Lost Civilizations (1922) 7 copies
Seven horizons (1930) 4 copies
The Affair at the Inn (1937) 4 copies
Romantic rascals (1969) 4 copies
Cape Horn Snorter (1939) 3 copies
Heroes from Hakluyt (1928) 2 copies
Bushrangers 2 copies
Mahomet 1 copy
Tales worth telling, (1927) 1 copy
Give a Man a Horse (1938) 1 copy
Ozark Fantasia (1927) 1 copy

Associated Works

The New Junior Classics Volume 09: Sport and Adventure (1938) — Contributor — 172 copies
A Newbery Halloween (1991) — Contributor — 152 copies
Great Stories for Young Readers (1969) — Contributor — 90 copies
The Kingfisher Treasury of Witch and Wizard Stories (1996) — Contributor — 66 copies
A Golden Land (1958) — Contributor — 42 copies
Nine Witch Tales (1968) — Contributor — 42 copies
Ghost and Goblins: Stories for Halloween (1936) — Contributor — 32 copies
Witches, Witches, Witches (1958) — Contributor — 32 copies

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As far as a collection of fairy-esque tales go, it was pretty charming. The stories get a little redundant (evil witch! enchanted animal!) if you read them in bulk, but the writing is easy to go with. Some tales stuck with me stronger than others, but most are fun to retell -just because of their level of absurdity. Even with a few boring bits, I think the cute pieces can pull the weight without too much trouble.
 
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Allyoopsi | 7 other reviews | Jun 22, 2022 |
I love these stories. They are so different from the fairy tales and legends that were local to my youth, they felt almost completely alien, which is a rather delicious feeling, and one that is hard to recapture as you get older and more experienced in the world.
 
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Snukes | 7 other reviews | Jun 14, 2013 |
I enjoyed the tales that Finger collected, but I would have been more comfortable with more formal source notes as a supplement to Finger's occasional brief explanations that would open a tale explaining how he came across it. I know this was published before source notes were a standard practice, but it really does muddy the waters as to what parts really happened to the author and what he created for the purpose of the tale. I also thought the tales could have been better organized within the book - the trio of tales about the three giants was split up and I didn't understand why at all. This could be used as a source for storytellers looking for multicultural tales, but I think most kids won't be interested in reading it anymore. The only audiences I see are kids who are obsessed with fairy tales and folktales (read all of Andrew Lang's stuff and want more like it, for example) or those obsessed with the Newbery.… (more)
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JenJ. | 7 other reviews | Mar 31, 2013 |
Not a book you'd read all at once, but not bad for read alouds a chapter at a time. Some stories are better than others. Harmless.
 
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mebrock | 7 other reviews | Feb 3, 2011 |

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