Monday, January 1, 2024

Stories of 1928: Tales, Myths, and Legends in the Public Domain

 One of my projects for LibriVox starting the year of 2024 will be an anthology of tales and legends from books that were published in 1928, and which are thus now in the public domain in in the United States. Many of the authors, however, died less than 70 years ago, which means they are not yet in the public domain in the E.U. and other places where the public domain depends on the year of the author's death. So, if an author listed below died in 1954 or later, that means the source is not yet in the public domain in those countries with a 

  • Myths and Legends of the Polynesians by Johannes Andersen [1873-1962]
  • Miwok and Pomo Myths by Jaime de Angulo [1887–1950] and Lucy Shepard Freeland [1890–1972]
  • Black Folk Tales by Erick Berry [1892-1974]
  • Keresan Texts by Franz Boas [1858-1942]
  • Chuckchee Tales by Waldemar Bogoras [1865-1936]
  • The Jolly Tailor and Other Fairy Tales by Lucia Merecka Borski [1903-1996] and Kate B. Miller [1868-1932]
  • The Book of the Saints of the Ethiopian Church by E. A. Wallis Budge [1857-1934]
  • The Mashona by Charles Bullock [1880-1952]
  • Book Trails Through the Wildwood by Elsie Byrde [1909 - 1978]
  • Abruzzese Folklore by Estella Canziani [1887-1964]
  • Chippewa Tales by Jeanne L'Strange Cappel [1873-1949]
  • Bells: Their History, Legends, Making, and Uses by Satis N. Coleman [1878-1961]
  • Tales and Poems of Tonga by E.E.V. Collocott [1886-1970]
  • Indian Myths by William E. Connelley [1855-1930]
  • Tricks of Women and Other Albanian Tales by Paul Fenimore Cooper [1899-1970]
  • Bahamian Lore by Robert A. Curry [1898-1969]
  • Folk Tales From Grand Lake Victoria, Quebec by D. S. Davidson [1900-1952]
  • Some Tete De Boule Tales by D. S. Davidson [1900-1952]
  • Follow De Drinkin' Gou'd by J. Frank Dobie [1888-1964]
  • Little Peachling and Other Tales of Old Japan by Georgene Faulkner [1873-1958]
  • Tales and Riddles Collected in Philadelphia by Arthur Huff Fauset  [1899-1983]
  • The Wonder Book of Myths and Legends by William Byron Forbush [1868-1927]
  • Specimens of Mississippi Folklore by Arthur Palmer Hudson [1892–1978]
  • Folklore of the British Isles by Eleanor Hull [1860-1935]
  • The Golden Octopus: Legends of the South Seas by Francis Huntingdon [1901-1990]
  • Language, Mythology, and Songs of Bwaidoga by Diamond Jenness [1886-1969] and Andrew Ballantyne [1876-1915]
  • Other Arabian Nights by Habeeb Ibrahim Katibah [1895-1958]
  • Tales of the Monks from the Gesta Romanorum by Manuel Komroff [1890-1974]
  • The Great Fables of All Nations by Manuel Komroff [1890-1974]
  • Book Trails on the Highroad to Adventure by Edouard R. L. Laboulaye [1811-1883]
  • Kamba Folklore by Gerhard Lindblom [1887-1969]
  • The Dragon Fly of Zun̄i by Alida Malkus [1895-1976]
  • Fairy Tales of Many Lands by Logan Marshall [1883-1937]
  • Tales of the Hoja  by Grace Helen Barton McLaren [1874-1955]
  • An-nik-a-del: The Modeś-se Indians of California by C. Hart Merriam [1855-1942]
  • Bible Tales in Arab Folklore by Joseph Meyouhas [1868-1942]
  • Slaves of the Sun by Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski [1878-1945]
  • Rumbling Wings and Other Indian Tales by Arthur C. Parker [1881-1955]
  • Book Trails to Enchanted Lands by Zófimo Consiglieri Pedroso [1851–1910]
  • Ojibwa Myths and Tales: The Manabozho Cycle by Paul Radin [1883-1959] and A. B. Reagan [1871–1936]
  • Myth and Legend of Ancient Israel by Angelo S. Rappoport [1871–1950]
  • Yurok Tales by Jean Sapir [1899-1977]
  • Medieval Narrative: A Book of Translations by Margaret Schlauch [1898-1986]
  • Tisza Tales by Rosika Schwimmer [1877-1948]
  • Children's Tales from the Russian Ballet by Edith Sitwell [1887-1964]
  • Sauk Tales by Alanson Skinner [1886-1925]
  • The Bride of the Sacred Well: Tales of Ancient Mexico. by Emma-Lindsay Squier [1892-1941]
  • My People, the Sioux by Luther Standing Bear [1868-1939]
  • Book Trails for Baby Feet by Renee B. Stern [1875-1940]
  • The Prince From Nowhere and Other Tales by Eva March Tappan [1854-1930]
  • Chinese Ghouls and Goblins by Gerald Willoughby-Meade [1875-1958]
  • Green Magic by Romer Wilson [1891-1930]
  • Murut Folktales by George Cathcart Woolley [1876-1947]


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