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Body, Boots, and Britches: Folktales, Ballads, and Speech from Country New York

Harold W. Thompson

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Description:It has been said, "If there is anything worth hearing in the Corridor of Time, it is the courageous laughter of our ancestors; if there is anything worth preserving in American history, it is the generosity of the frontier."From an enormous collection of tall tales, trickster stories, ballads, proverbs and place-names, Mr. Thompson has put together an enchanting book about the pirates, warriors, Injun-killers, trappers, guides, lumbermen, whalers, canawlers, rafters, lovers, bandits, murderers and plain folk of the Empire State - not to mention its witches, ghosts, and were-wolves. Here are the bold and jaunty heroes from real life who explain the fictional characters of Washington Irving, James Fenimore Cooper, Herman Melville, Irving Bacheller, Walter Edmonds and Kenneth Roberts.Anyone interested in the authentic Americana will be fascinated by this book which contains the most complete collection of folklore and stories of New York State ever gathered together in one volume. Mr. Thompson communicates his personal enjoyment in collecting this folk material through his spontaneous writing.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Body, Boots, and Britches: Folktales, Ballads, and Speech from Country New York. To get started finding Body, Boots, and Britches: Folktales, Ballads, and Speech from Country New York, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: It has been said, "If there is anything worth hearing in the Corridor of Time, it is the courageous laughter of our ancestors; if there is anything worth preserving in American history, it is the generosity of the frontier."From an enormous collection of tall tales, trickster stories, ballads, proverbs and place-names, Mr. Thompson has put together an enchanting book about the pirates, warriors, Injun-killers, trappers, guides, lumbermen, whalers, canawlers, rafters, lovers, bandits, murderers and plain folk of the Empire State - not to mention its witches, ghosts, and were-wolves. Here are the bold and jaunty heroes from real life who explain the fictional characters of Washington Irving, James Fenimore Cooper, Herman Melville, Irving Bacheller, Walter Edmonds and Kenneth Roberts.Anyone interested in the authentic Americana will be fascinated by this book which contains the most complete collection of folklore and stories of New York State ever gathered together in one volume. Mr. Thompson communicates his personal enjoyment in collecting this folk material through his spontaneous writing.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Body, Boots, and Britches: Folktales, Ballads, and Speech from Country New York. To get started finding Body, Boots, and Britches: Folktales, Ballads, and Speech from Country New York, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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