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The Tangle-Coated Horse and Other Tales: Episodes from the Fionn Saga

Ella Young

First published 1929
Publisher Longmans, Green and Co.
Format Hardcover
Type Collection
Cover art Vera Bock
Pages 186

Notes

  • 14 stories
  • Retold by Ella Young, her 3rd such collection from Irish material
  • One runner-up for the 1930 Newbery Medal

  • 1st ed.
  • Publ date from listing NY Herald Tribune 1929-09-08 pJ26 "Books of the Week"
  • Reviewed by Agatha L. Shea (children's librarian, Chicago PL) Chi. Tribune -09-21 p14 "Children Get Erin's Legends ..." (very positive; see Container Title)
  • Price from capsule review by {{a|Anne Carroll Moore}} in weekly column "The Three Owls" NYHT -09-29 pK8
  • Library of Congress (LCCN, below, as "New York, Toronto") gives LC subject headings, first "Finn MacCumhaill, active 3rd century--Legends."
  • Contents list of 14 story titles is provided by one WorldCat library record of the 1967 David McKay edition (same page-count, size, illustrator), {{OCLC|1403902}}.
  • Amazon.com 2018-03-08 provides as 1st edition, apparent 1st printing, images of both the jacket (B000HEE5XM) and book (B000F1UMHU), the latter with description of both cover and interior art: "Black hard back with silver gilt Celtic knots on spine, silver gilt decoration on front of book; 13 full-page illustrated plates; red and white doublespread art-deco end papers front and back."

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Awards

Year Award Category Status
1930 John Newbery Medal Newbery Medal Nominee/Finalist

Other Editions

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
The Tangle-Coated Horse and Other Tales: Episodes from the Fionn Saga 1949 Longmans, Green and Co. Hardcover Collection Vera Bock 186