Pennsylvania Mountain Stories

About the author

Henry W. Shoemaker (1880–1958) was the author of more than twenty volumes of popular Pennsylvania literary folklore and numerous narratives about Pennsylvania’s disappearing wildlife during the first half of the twentieth century. He also served as Pennsylvania’s first state folklorist from 1948 to 1956.

Summary

Presents a collection of folktales by Henry W Shoemaker, Pennsylvania's first official folklorist.

Product details

• Authors: Henry W. Shoemaker, Shoemaker Henry W.
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.01.2006
• EAN: 9780271027524
• ISBN: 978-0-271-02752-4
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 254 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Pennsylvania, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology, Folklore, myths & legends, Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology)