In the Seven Mountains
Originally published in 1913 by the Bright Printing Company, In the Seven Mountains belongs to Henry Shoemaker’s robust corpus of tales and legends based on the folklore of Pennsylvania. This volume presents stories from the Seven Mountains, located in Mifflin, Centre, and Juniata Counties, through...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Penn State University Press
2025
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/103422 |
| Tags: |
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1869531467297587200 |
|---|---|
| author | Shoemaker, Henry W. |
| author_browse | Shoemaker, Henry W. |
| author_facet | Shoemaker, Henry W. |
| author_sort | Shoemaker, Henry W. |
| collection | Directory of Open Access Books |
| description | Originally published in 1913 by the Bright Printing Company, In the Seven Mountains belongs to Henry Shoemaker’s robust corpus of tales and legends based on the folklore of Pennsylvania. This volume presents stories from the Seven Mountains, located in Mifflin, Centre, and Juniata Counties, through which Shoemaker traveled by carriage in 1912, stopping to speak with local residents and visit “scores of localities of historic and legendary” importance. In his distinctive literary voice, Shoemaker recounts colorful legends—tales of ghosts and hauntings, of elusive mountain lions and their “celebrity” hunters—as well as human interest stories, many of which feature central Pennsylvania landmarks such as Tussey Mountain and Bald Mountain. Weaving narratives of the supernatural, local history, wildlife, and Native American lore, Shoemaker preserves the region’s unique cultural heritage in a series of fantastical stories that blur the lines between truth and fiction. The text, reproduced in facsimile for the first time since its original printing, includes illustrations by S. W. Smith and W. W. Sholl. |
| format | Online |
| id | doab-20.500.12854ir-161235 |
| institution | Directory of Open Access Books |
| language | eng |
| publishDate | 2025 |
| publishDateRange | 2025 |
| publishDateSort | 2025 |
| publisher | Penn State University Press |
| publisherStr | Penn State University Press |
| record_format | ojs |
| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1612352025-06-12T05:04:25Z In the Seven Mountains Shoemaker, Henry W. History of the Americas thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHK History of the Americas Originally published in 1913 by the Bright Printing Company, In the Seven Mountains belongs to Henry Shoemaker’s robust corpus of tales and legends based on the folklore of Pennsylvania. This volume presents stories from the Seven Mountains, located in Mifflin, Centre, and Juniata Counties, through which Shoemaker traveled by carriage in 1912, stopping to speak with local residents and visit “scores of localities of historic and legendary” importance. In his distinctive literary voice, Shoemaker recounts colorful legends—tales of ghosts and hauntings, of elusive mountain lions and their “celebrity” hunters—as well as human interest stories, many of which feature central Pennsylvania landmarks such as Tussey Mountain and Bald Mountain. Weaving narratives of the supernatural, local history, wildlife, and Native American lore, Shoemaker preserves the region’s unique cultural heritage in a series of fantastical stories that blur the lines between truth and fiction. The text, reproduced in facsimile for the first time since its original printing, includes illustrations by S. W. Smith and W. W. Sholl. 2025-06-12T05:04:24Z 2025-06-12T05:04:24Z 2025-06-11T09:50:02Z 1913 book https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/103422 9780271062136 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/161235 eng open access image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/103422/1/9780271100982.pdf Penn State University Press Metalmark e4e05b94-0f85-49a1-ba66-543b1dd40087 Penn State University 25eaec65-b556-4602-ba6d-ed286e74dde5 9780271062136 Metalmark 455 open access |
| spellingShingle | History of the Americas thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHK History of the Americas Shoemaker, Henry W. In the Seven Mountains |
| title | In the Seven Mountains |
| title_full | In the Seven Mountains |
| title_fullStr | In the Seven Mountains |
| title_full_unstemmed | In the Seven Mountains |
| title_short | In the Seven Mountains |
| title_sort | in the seven mountains |
| topic | History of the Americas thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHK History of the Americas |
| topic_facet | History of the Americas thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHK History of the Americas |
| url | https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/103422 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT shoemakerhenryw inthesevenmountains |