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In the Seven Mountains : legends collected in central Pennsylvania / Henry W. Shoemaker.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shoemaker, Henry W., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Folklore--Pennsylvania.
- Folklore.
- Legends--Pennsylvania.
- Legends.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (433 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, Pennsylvania : Penn State University Press, 1913.
- Summary:
- "A collection of Pennsylvania folklore recorded by Henry W. Shoemaker, originally published in 1913 by the Bright Printing Company. Includes stories from the Seven Mountains, located in Mifflin, Centre, and Juniata Counties"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- In the seven mountains
- Dan Treaster's nights
- The ghost
- The canoe
- The Logan brothers
- Dorman panther
- The token
- Pipsisseway's pine
- Uncle Job
- Swartzell panther
- A modern Petrarch
- On the ledge
- The indian mound
- Lynx of Indianville Gap
- Turned to stone
- The devil's turnip patch
- Story of the cannon hole
- The ghostly lights
- The old fort
- An episode of the '65 flood
- At the gate of the dead.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-271-10098-2
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