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Spirit of the New England Tribes : Indian history and folklore, 1620-1984 / William S. Simmons.
LIBRA E78.N5 S54 1986
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Simmons, William S. (William Scranton), 1938-2018.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of North America--New England--Folklore.
- Indians of North America.
- Local history.
- New England.
- Legends--New England.
- Legends.
- Indians of North America--New England--History.
- History.
- New England--History, Local.
- Genre:
- Folklore.
- Penn Provenance:
- Blank, Fritz (bookplate) (donor)
- Physical Description:
- xi, [1], 331, [1] pages : map ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Hanover : University Press of New England, 1986.
- Contents:
- Preface
- Introduction
- From the Past to the Present
- Worldview
- The First Europeans
- Christianity
- Shamans and Witches
- Ghosts and the Devil
- Treasures
- Giants: Maushop and Squant
- Little People
- Windows to the Past: Dreams and Shrines
- Conclusion: "There is a Stream That Issues Forth".
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-317) and indexes.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Chef Fritz Blank Culinary Archive and Library copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Fritz Blank in 2008.
- Kislak copy has bookplate of Chef Fritz Blank.
- ISBN:
- 0874513707 :
- 0874513723
- OCLC:
- 12973700
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