Susquehanna legends collected in central Pennsylvania
Henry Shoemaker compiled these legendary tales set in the Endless Mountains of western and central Pennsylvania. Shoemaker's tales recall the transition of the landscape from forest to industrial logging and the decline of the native peoples as the European settlers advanced westward. This collectio...
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| Language: | English |
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Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania :
Catamount Press, an imprint of Sunbury Press Inc.,
1913, 2022.
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| Edition: | Second revised trade paperback edition. |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Shoemaker, Henry W., |d 1880-1958, |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Susquehanna legends : |b collected in central Pennsylvania / |c by Henry W. Shoemaker ; illustrated. |
| 264 | 1 | |a Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania : |b Catamount Press, an imprint of Sunbury Press Inc., |c 1913, 2022. | |
| 250 | |a Second revised trade paperback edition. | ||
| 300 | |a xi, 190 pages: |b illustrations ; |c 23 cm. | ||
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| 505 | 0 | |a Teedyuscung's face -- The man who loved a fairy -- In the foothills -- Killy, Killy, Killy -- Eleve -- Spiritually dead -- One hour of happiness -- The play girl -- A frontiersman's diary -- The escape -- The water witch -- The lonely ghost -- The horse-beater -- Queen Elizabeth -- The headless man -- His rival's ghost -- Canoe place -- Golden hour in the camp -- The weather-vanes -- Elphe Soden -- The white deer. | |
| 520 | |a Henry Shoemaker compiled these legendary tales set in the Endless Mountains of western and central Pennsylvania. Shoemaker's tales recall the transition of the landscape from forest to industrial logging and the decline of the native peoples as the European settlers advanced westward. This collection of tales has been modernized for 21st-century audiences but maintains the charm, wit, and suspense of the originals. | ||
| 651 | 0 | |a Susquehanna River Valley |v Legends. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Folklore |z Pennsylvania. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Legends |z Pennsylvania. | |
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