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The "pow wow" book a treatise on the art of "healing by prayer" and "laying on of hands", etc., practiced by the Pennsylvania-Germans and others; testimonials; remarkable recoveries; popular superstitions; etc., including an account of the famous "witch" murder trial, at York, Pa

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Main Author: Aurand, A. Monroe (Ammon Monroe), 1895-1956
Other Authors: Hohman, Johann Georg
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Harrisburg, Pa., Priv. Print. by the Aurand Press, 1929.
Subjects:
Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric > Pennsylvania.
Superstition.
Folklore > Pennsylvania.
Witchcraft > Pennsylvania.
Blymer, John H.
Reymeyer, Nelson D., > 1868-1928.
Blymyer, John H.
Rehmeyer, Nelson D., > 1868-1928.
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Item Description:The R. Theodore Bixlers' Collection of Lancaster Authors.
"An account of the ʻwitchʼ murder trial" ... and "John George Hohman's Pow-wows; or, Long lost friend" have special title-pages and pagination.
"Pow-wows; or Long lost friend" was published in 1819 under title: Der lange verborgene freund, oder: Getreuer und christlicher unterricht für jedermann.
"This edition of the ʻPow-wowʼ book is limited to one thousand copies; one hundred signed by the author. This is no. 273.
Physical Description:x, 85, [1], 31, [1], xi, 13-64 p. incl. front., illus. 24 cm.
Bibliography:Bibliography: p. vi.

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