Myths and Legends of Our Own Land (Forgotten Books) Book

Book Description: "Charles M. Skinner wrote at approximately the time that the frontier closed. It was a time when the US was starting to enter the world stage, and was in the process of building a national, as well as a number of regional mythologies. In the process, many stories which were apocryphal or pure inventions were elevated to the status of folklore. Mixed into this collection are many stories which are from Native American sources." (Quote from sacred-texts.com)Table of Contents: Publisher's Preface; Preface; The Hudson And Its Hills; Rip Van Winkle; Catskill Gnomes; The Catskill Witch; The Revenge Of Shandaken; Condemned To The Noose; Big Indian; The Baker's Dozen; The Devil's Dance-chamber.; The Culprit Fay; Pokepsie; Dunderberg; Anthony's Nose; Moodua Creek; A Trapper's Ghastly Vengeance; The Vanderdecken Of Tappan Zee; The Galloping Hessian; Storm Ship Of The Hudson; Why Spuyten Duyvil Is So Named; The Ramapo Salamander; Chief Croton; The Retreat From Mahopac; Niagara; The Deformed Of Zoar; Horseheads; Kayuta And Waneta; The Drop Star; The Prophet Of Palmyra; A villain's Cremation; The Monster Mosquitoe; The Green Picture; The Nuns Of Carthage; The Skull In The Wall; The Haunted Mill; Old Indian Face; The Division Of The Saranacs; An Event In Indian Park; The Indian Plume; Birth Of The Water-lily; Rogers's Slide; The Falls At Cohoes; Francis Woolcott's Night-riders; Polly's Lover; Crosby, The Patriot Spy; The Lost Grave Of Paine; The Rising Of Gouverneur Morris; The Isle Of Manhattoes And Nearby; Dolph Heyliger; The Knell At The Wedding; Roistering Dirck Van Dara; The Party From Gibbet Island; Miss Britton's Poker; The Devil's Stepping-stones; The Springs Of Blood And Water; The Crumbling Silver; The Cortelyou Elopement; Van Wempel's Goose; The Weary Watcher; The Rival Fiddlers; Wyandank; Mark Of The Spirit Hand; The First Liberal Church; On And Near The Delaware; The Phantom Dragoon; Delaware Water Gap; The Phantom Drummer; The Missing Soldier Of Valley Forge; The Last Shot At Germantown; A Blow In The Dark; The Tory's Conversion; Lord Percy's Dream; Saved By The Bible; Parricide Of The Wissahickon; The Blacksmith At Brandywine; Father And Son; The Envy Of Manitou; The Last Revel In Printz Hall; The Two Rings; Flame Scalps Of The Chartiers; The Consecration Of Washington; Tales Of Puritan Land; Evangaline; The Snoring Of Swunksus; The Lewiston Hermit; The Dead Ship Of Harpswell; The Schoolmaster Had Not Reached Orrington.; Jack Welch's Death Light; The Lady Ursula; Father Moody's Black Veil; The Home Of Thunder; The Partridge Witch; The Marriage Of Mount Katahdin; The Moose Of Mount Kineo; The Owl Tree; A Chestnut Log; The Watcher In White Island; Chocorua; Passaconaway's Ride To Heaven; The Ball Game By The Saco; The White Mountains; The vision On Mount Adams; The Great Carbuncle; Skinner's Cave; Yet They Call It Lover's Leap; Salem And Other Witchcraft; The Gloucester Leaguers; Satan And His Burial-place; Peter Rugg, The Missing Man; The Loss Of Weetamoo; The Fatal Forget-me-not; The Old Mill At Somerville; Edward Randolph's Portrait; Lady Eleanore's Mantle; Howe's Masquerade; Old Esther Dudley; The Loss Of Jacob Hurd; The Hobomak; Berkshire Tories; The Revenge Of Josiah Breeze; The May-pole Of Merrymount; The Devil And Tom Walker; The Gray Champion; The Forest Smithy; Wahconah Falls; Knocking At The Tomb; The White Deer Of Onota; Wizard's Glen; Balanced Rock; Shonkeek-moonkeek; The Salem Alchemist; Eliza Wharton; Sale Of The Southwicks; The Courtship Of Myles Standish; Mother Crewe; Aunt Rachel's Curse; Nix's Mate; The Wild Man Of Cape Cod; Newbury's Old Elm; Samuel Sewall's Prophecy; The Shrieking Woman; Agnes Surriage; Skipper Ireson's Ride; Heartbreak Hill; Harry Main: The Treasure And The Cats; The Wessaguscus Hanging; ThRead More