Harold Courlander (1908–1996)

Author of The Cow-Tail Switch and Other West African Stories

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About the Author

Harold Courlander (1914-1996) wrote many well-regarded books about the traditions, lore, and oral literature of various peoples in Africa. His works include The Fourth World of the Hopis, Tales of the Yoruba Gods and Heroes, The African, and The Son of the Leopard

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Works by Harold Courlander

The Fourth World of the Hopis: The Epic Story of the Hopi Indians as Preserved in Their Legends and Traditions (1971) 213 copies

A Treasury of Afro-American Folklore: The Oral Literature, Traditions, Recollections, Legends, Tales, Songs, Religious… (1976) 207 copies

Negro Folk Music, U.S.A. (1963) 57 copies

The Tiger's Whisker, and Other Tales from Asia and the Pacific (1959) 49 copies

The African (1970) 41 copies

Tales of Yoruba: Gods and Heroes (1973) 36 copies

People of the Short Blue Corn: Tales and Legends of the Hopi Indians (1970) 35 copies

The Fire on the Mountain and Other Ethiopian Stories (1950) 34 copies

The King's Drum and Other African Stories (1963) 34 copies

The Heart of the Ngoni : heroes of the African kingdom of Segu (1988) 32 copies

The Drum and the Hoe: Life and Lore of the Haitian People (1960) 31 copies

The hat-shaking dance, and other Ashanti tales from Ghana (1957) 27 copies

Ride with the sun; an anthology of folk tales and stories from the United Nations (1955) 19 copies

The Crest and The Hide: And Other African Stories of Heroes, Chiefs, Bards, Hunters, Sorcerers, and Common People (1981) 19 copies

The Cow-Tail Switch (1947) 15 copies

Hopi voices: Recollections, traditions, and narratives of the Hopi Indians (1982) 14 copies

Piece of Fire and Other Haitian Tales (1964) 13 copies

Terrapin's Pot of Sense (1957) 11 copies

Olode the hunter, and other tales from Nigeria (1968) 10 copies

The master of the forge : a west African odyssey (1983) 9 copies

Kantchil's Lime Pit and Other Stories from Indonesia (1950) 9 copies

The Son of the Leopard (1988) 8 copies

The Mesa of Flowers (1977) 7 copies

Negro songs from Alabama; (1963) 4 copies

The Bordeaux Narrative (1990) 4 copies

The Big Old World of Richard Creeks (1962) 3 copies

Haiti Singing (1973) 2 copies

Caribbean folk music. Vol. 1 2 copies

Uncle Bouqui of Haiti (1942) 2 copies

Ashanti Folktales from Ghana: stories of Anansi [sound recording] 1 copy

The King's Drum, and other African stories ... Illustrated by Enrico Arno 1 copy

Talk 1 copy

A Treasury of African Folklore 2 Ed by Harold Courlander (2002-02-09) 1 copy

Kantchil's Lime Pit 1 copy

Fourth World of the Hopis (The) 1 copy

Religion and politics in Haiti;: Two essays, (ICR studies, 1) 1 copy

Music of Equatorial Africa : Etnich folkways Library : EFL 402 1 copy

Music of Ethiopia : Etnich folkways Library : EFL 405 1 copy

Tiger's whisker,: And other tales and legends from Asia and the Pacific, The 1 copy

The Tigers Whisker (1959) 1 copy

The Piece of Fire and Other Hatian Tales (1964) 1 copy

On recognizing the human species (The One Nation library) 1 copy

Negro folk music of Alabama -- Secular, Vol. 1 1 copy

The Fire on the Mountain (1950) 1 copy

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Associated Works

The Young Folks Shelf of Books, Volume 02: Once Upon a Time (1957) — Contributor — 178 copies

Great Stories for Young Readers (1969) — Contributor — 91 copies

Folk and Fairy Tales (Childcraft) (1949) — Contributor — 78 copies

A Second Storyteller's Choice (1965) — Contributor — 12 copies

A Portrait Of Chris (2005) — Songwriter — 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name: Courlander, Harold
Birthdate: 1908-09-18
Date of death: 1996-03-15
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Place of death: Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Cause of death: emphysema
Places of residence: Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Education: University of Michigan (BA|1931)
Columbia University
Occupations: novelist
folklorist
anthropologist
editor
Organizations: Ethnic Folkways Library
Office of War Information
Voice of America
Awards and honors: Guggenheim Fellowship
Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal Nomination (1979)
American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults (1969)
Newberry Honor Medal (1948)

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The Cow-Tail Switch: And Other West African Stories by Harold Courlander

A collection of West African folk tales about men and animals, kings, warriors, and farmers
First published in 1947, it was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1948.

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CarrieFortuneLibrary | 5 other reviews | Nov 12, 2022 |

The Fourth World of the Hopis: The Epic Story of the… by Harold Courlander

Great book to read about the common legends and history of the Hopi Indians

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Crystal199 | 3 other reviews | Jun 27, 2022 |

The Cow-Tail Switch: And Other West African Stories by Harold Courlander

Western African Folktales.

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BLTSbraille | 5 other reviews | Sep 10, 2021 |

The Cow-Tail Switch: And Other West African Stories by Harold Courlander

This is a photocopy of the book. The Cow-Tail Switch, and Other West African Stories by Harold Courlander is a collection of West African folk tales about men and animals, kings, warriors, and farmers. First published in 1947, it was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1948.

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