Pennsylvania mountain stories
Henry W. Shoemaker (1880<U+2013>1958) was known for his deep love for the wilderness and native cultures of Pennsylvania. The state's first official folklorist, he wrote more than twenty books detailing Pennsylvania's modern mythology. Pennsylvania Mountain Stories is perhaps Shoemak...
| Main Author: | Shoemaker, Henry W., 1880-1958. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
University Park, Penn. :
Metalmark Books,
2005.
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| Series: |
Pennsylvania mountain stories
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| Online Access: |
Read online at Penn State's digital collection. |
| Summary: |
Henry W. Shoemaker (1880<U+2013>1958) was known for his deep love for the wilderness and native cultures of Pennsylvania. The state's first official folklorist, he wrote more than twenty books detailing Pennsylvania's modern mythology. Pennsylvania Mountain Stories is perhaps Shoemaker's definitive collection of folktales. |
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| Item Description: |
Reprint of the original 1911 edition. |
| Physical Description: |
121 pages, [4] unnumbered leaves of plates ; 23 cm. |
| ISBN: |
0271027525 9780271027524 |
| Author Notes: |
Henry W. Shoemaker (1880-1958) was the author of more than twenty volumes of popular Pennsylvania literary folklore and numerous narratives about Pennsylvania's disappearing wildlife during the first half of the twentieth century. He also served as Pennsylvania's first state folklorist from 1948 to 1956. |