Books in Legends of the West series

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The Andrea Doria, the Bismarck, and the Titanic are just a few of the tragic and mysterious shipwrecks that have occurred in history. Find out how and why these massive ships sank, if there were any survivors, and how lost ships are located in the ocean depths.

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Relates the traditional Cora Indian tale in which Opossum outwits the larger and more powerful Iguana and returns the stolen fire to the people of the earth.

Greedy Sun refuses to share the sky with Moon in this Cuban legend that explains why solar eclipses occur.

During a magical boat ride on the Nile, Mutemwia proves that her love for the Pharaoh is a gift of the heart and needs no cage to hold it.

A young chief who had been protected by a hummingbird is killed by his jealous uncle and then transformed into a quetzal, symbol of freedom.

Retells a Latvian legend about a young man who, with his friends, saves a beautiful princess from being forced to marry.

When an old couple finds a baby inside a peach floating on the river, they raise him as their son, and he grows up to fight the terrible demons who have terrorized the village for years.

Unhappy with the choice of wives that his father's advisors present to him, Prince Velimer sets off to find the kind and beautiful Princess Yevrossima, who has been enchanted by an old witch.

The efforts of a kind-hearted beggar boy bring an end to the drought that has plagued the kingdom of a haughty princess.

Galya, a merchant's daughter with two unkind sisters, goes in search of her love Finist the falcon, who is sometimes a bird and sometimes a fine young man.