by Anne Isaacs

According to this original tall tale, Angelica Longstrider, better known as Swamp Angel, is the greatest woodswoman in Tennessee history. When a huge bear, better known as Thundering Tarnation, can't control his bottomless appetite for settler's grub, she musters up all her strength of body and heart to tackle him - until he becomes nothing but “bear steaks and bear cakes, bear muffins, and bear stuffin's, and bear roast and bear toast”.

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