Notes: Contains 99 non-fiction tall tales, the abridged version has 91. Colby will not verify most of them. The cover is a collecton of six mini illustrations. Colby was an artist who wrote and illustrated other books. The cover art may be by him. Colby was also a newspaper columnist, these one page stories may be reprints from his columns. The printing date (11-70) is found under the last story on the last page. LCCN 59-12989 of the first edition stated on the copyright page. No stated date of publication, only a year of copyright. The date for this record is based on the printer's code on the last page of text.