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Since 1520, stories have been written about the brave, gallant Robin Hood and his band of merry men who lived as outlaws in Sherwood Forest in the North of England. But already for centuries before people had been celebrating in song and ballad the exploits of Robin, Alan-a-Dale, Friar Tuck, and others of that daring band that robbed the rich to feed the poor.
Generations of telling have not dulled the excitement of these adventures, and McSpadden in this edition has lost none of the flavor of the tales he spins.
In her Introduction, May Lamberton Becker says of Robin Hood that "he and his companions have gone right on living to this day. There is something about their way of life that charms everyone, old or young. No wonder this book is a children's classic; all sorts of children have made it so."
The illustrations of Louis Slobodkin are full of bounding vitality and fun—perfectly suited to the exciting times and adventures they picture.
—from the dust jacket
The entire internet seems to think this book was originally published in 1891. However, McSpadden was born in 1874, so would only have been 17 at that date, and I can't find an earlier version in existence than 1923 (illustrated by Charles Wilson). It has been reprinted in full by Dover, and in an abridged form by Unicorn Press (illustrated by Greg Hildebrandt).
Table of Contents:
- How Robin Hood Became an Outlaw
- How Robin Hood Met Little John
- How Robin Hood Turned Butcher, and Entered the Sheriff's Service
- How Little John Entered the Sheriff's Service
- How the Sheriff Lost Three Good Servants And Found Them Again
- How Robin Hood Met Will Scarlet
- How Robin Hood Met Friar Tuck
- How Allan-a-Dale's Wooing Was Prospered
- How the Widow's Three Sons Were Rescued
- How a Beggar Filled the Public Eye
- How Robin Hood Fought Guy of Gisborne
- How Maid Marian Came Back to Sherwood Forest; also How Robin Hood Came Before the Queen
- How the Outlaws Shot in King Harry's Tourney
- How Robin Hood Was Sought of the Tinker
- How Robin Hood Was Tanned of the Tanner
- How Robin Hood Met Sir Richard of the Lea
- How the Bishop Was Dined
- How the Bishop Went Outlaw Hunting
- How the Sheriff Held Another Shooting Match
- How Will Stuteley Was Rescued
- How Sir Richard of the Lea Repaid His Debt
- How King Richard Came to Sherwood Forest
- How Robin Hood and Maid Marian Were Wed
- How Robin Hood Met His Death
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