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Gib Morgan, oilman

1987
Retells the adventures of the legendary oilman as he travels all over the world drilling for oil.

Davy Crockett gets hitched

2009
An accidental encounter with a thorn bush on his way to the spring dance has Davy Crockett kicking up his heels and out-dancing even the audacious Miss Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind.

The dirty cowboy

2003
Telling his faithful dog to make sure nobody touches his clothes but him, a cowboy jumps into a New Mexico river for a bath, not realizing just how much the scrubbing will change his scent.

Peg and the whale

2000
Peg, a big strapping seven-year-old lass who has caught everything else in the sea, joins the crew of the whaling ship Viper and sets out to catch herself a whale.

The tea squall

1988
Betsey Blizzard and her friends celebrate the coming of spring by sharing tall tales and a large tea party.

The ghosts of Luckless Gulch

2008
During the California Gold Rush of 1848, ten-year-old Estrella, who runs so fast she is called "la Estrella corriente," the running star, faces a group of greedy ghosts who have stolen her exotic pets to work in their gold mine.

Whopper cake

2007
Grandad bakes Grandma a whopper of a birthday cake. Includes recipe and directions for chocolate cake.

"S.S." Gigantic across the Atlantic

the story of the world's biggest ocean liner ever! and its disasterous maiden voyage
1999
Tells the tale of the S.S. Gigantic which began to sink on its maiden voyage after its rubber hull was punctured by a dreaded sea-thumbtack.

The Great Texas hamster drive

2007
When Pecos Bill's daughter gets two pet hamsters, they soon multiply into the hundreds, so Bill decides to take them all to Chicago where lots of boys and girls want pet hamsters.

Calamity Jane

2004
Introduces children to Calamity Jane, distinguishing fact from fiction and discussing how she became a legendary figure in the Old West.

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