American mythology By: Don Nardo

Author: Don Nardo

This new series is designed to help young readers understand the origins, cultural importance and impact of world mythologies; each title focuses on one cultural or national mythology and explains how those stories reflect the culture that created them.; This volume of Lucent’s Mythology and Culture Worldwide series looks at some of the popular myths of the modern United States and discusses their role in the culture and the values they reflect. ( Native American myths are covered in a separate volum; This new series from Lucent Books is designed to help young readers understand the origins, cultural importance and impact of world mythologies. These books will explain how mythology reflects the culture that created it. Each volume focuses on one cultur