[ZELINSKY, Paul]. Swamp Angel. by Anne Isaacs. Illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky. NY: Dutton [1994]. 4to, [40]pp. Color pictorial boards. Patterned endpapers; color illustrations on every page. A fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (no medal affixed). Signed by the author, Anne Isaacs, and the artist, Paul O. Zelinsky!

First edition. 1995 Caldecott Honor Book! Swamp Angel can lasso a tornado, and drink an entire lake dry. She single-handedly defeats the fearsome bear known as Thundering Tarnation, wrestling him from the top of the Great Smoky Mountains to the bottom of a deep lake. Caldecott Medal-winning artist Paul O. Zelinsky's stunning folk-art paintings are the perfect match for the irony, exaggeration, and sheer good humor of this original tall tale set on the American frontier.