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Allegheny Episodes: Folk Lore and Legends Collected in Northern and Western Pennsylvania
by Shoemaker, Henry W.
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Allegheny Episodes is the eleventh of twelve volumes in Henry Shoemaker's Pennsylvania Folklore Series. Published in 1922--years before Shoemaker's time as Pennsylvania's first state folklorist--Allegheny Episodes includes twenty-five stories written in his typical literary style. Some tales recall famous hunters and loggers who made their way through Pennsylvania's rough country; others center on rivalry and lost love, ghosts and other supernatural phenomena, and the wilderness itself.
Shoemaker saw Pennsylvania's folklore as a melding of Native American and European practices. Though his methods have been contested over the years, Shoemaker's work as a folklorist stemmed from his deep affinity for Pennsylvania's fading wilderness and his desire to capture the heart of its people through the spoken and written word.
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Author: Shoemaker, Henry W.
- ISBN: 9780271030005
- Condition: Used
- Dimensions: 8.00 x 0.90
- Number Of Pages: 380
- Publication Year: 2007
Language:
English