Book of Giants

by Henry Wysham Lanier

Children's Fiction Action & Adventure Fiction

26 chapters8h 28mEnglish1922

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Tales of very tall men of myth, legend, history, and science (Subtitle of Book) - Summary by Henry Wysham Lanier

Chapters (25)

1Part I Giants of the Morning of the World; A Book of Giants; Chapter 1 How Zeus Fought with Titans and Giants

1334

2Chapter II The Giant Who Shines in the Sky

2891

3Chapter III The Outwitting of Polyphemus

2603

4Chapter IV When Thor Went to Jotunheim

1783

5Chapter V The Giant Pyramid Builder

454

6Chapter VI The Fatal Pride of Vukub

631

7Chapter VII Og, King of Bashan

726

8Chapter VIII A Son of Anak

933

9Part II In the Days of Romance; Chapter IX Ferragus, Who Owned the Brazen Head

1031

10Chapter X The Giant of St. Michael's Mount

1820

11Chapter XI Sir Launcelot and Tarquin

1233

12Chapter XII The Adventures of Yvain

3248

13Chapter XIII The Turke and Gawain

895

14Chapter XIV Amadis Among the Giants

1221

15Chapter XV Gogmagog

1932

16Chapter XVI The Giant Behind the Waterfall

743

17Chapter XVII The One Good Giant: St. Christopher

864

18Part III Nursery Tales of Many Lands; Chapter XVIII The Giant Hand, Irish

1055

19Chapter XIX The Giant Who Had No Heart In His Body, Norse

929

20Chapter XX The Biter Bit, Serbian

1222

21Chapter XXI The Peach's Son, Japanese

476

22Chapter XXII The Man Who Lost His Legs, Korean

334

23Chapter XXIII The Stone Giantess, North American Indian

303

24Part IV Some Real Giants, and What Science Has Learned About Them; Chapter XXIV Some Real Giants

1160

25Chapter XXV What Science Has Learned About Giants

198

Book of Giants

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