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Myths and Legends of Our Own Land — Complete — Charles M. Skinner

Myths and Legends of Our Own Land — Complete

Charles M. Skinner

  • Stories
  • Book language: English
  • 399 pages

Myths and Legends of Our Own Land is a collection of American folk stories and legendary tales compiled by Charles M. Skinner. Drawing on records, histories, newspapers, magazines, and oral narratives, it explores the country's own mythic past and the figures that memory has made larger than life. It is worth listening to for its wide-ranging survey of homegrown folklore.

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Contents

  1. MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF OUR OWN LAND
  2. CONTENTS
  3. PREFACE
  4. THE HUDSON AND ITS HILLS
  5. RIP VAN WINKLE
  6. CATSKILL GNOMES
  7. THE CATSKILL WITCH
  8. THE REVENGE OF SHANDAKEN
  9. CONDEMNED TO THE NOOSE
  10. BIG INDIAN
  11. THE BAKER'S DOZEN
  12. THE DEVIL'S DANCE-CHAMBER.
  13. THE CULPRIT FAY
  14. POKEPSIE
  15. DUNDERBERG
  16. ANTHONY'S NOSE
  17. MOODUA CREEK
  18. A TRAPPER'S GHASTLY VENGEANCE
  19. THE VANDERDECKEN OF TAPPAN ZEE
  20. THE GALLOPING HESSIAN
  21. STORM SHIP OF THE HUDSON
  22. WHY SPUYTEN DUYVIL IS SO NAMED
  23. THE RAMAPO SALAMANDER
  24. CHIEF CROTON
  25. THE RETREAT FROM MAHOPAC
  26. NIAGARA
  27. THE DEFORMED OF ZOAR
  28. HORSEHEADS
  29. KAYUTA AND WANETA
  30. THE DROP STAR

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