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Myths and Legends of Our Own Land — Volume 01: the Hudson and its hills

Myths and Legends of Our Own Land — Volume 01: the Hudson and its hills

by Charles M. Skinner

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Author
Skinner, Charles M. (Charles Montgomery), 1852-1907
Credits
Produced by David Widger
Language
English
LoC Class
GR: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Folklore
Subject
Folklore -- United States
Category
Text
eBook-No.
6606
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6606
Release Date
December 14, 2004
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF OUR OWN LAND — THE HUDSON AND ITS HILLS
  2. 2.CONTENTS OF ALL VOLUMES: — THE ISLE OF MANHATTOES AND NEARBY — ON AND NEAR THE DELAWARE — TALES OF PURITAN LAND — LIGHTS AND SHADOWS OF THE SOUTH — THE CENTRAL STATES AND GREAT LAKES — ALONG THE ROCKY RANGE — ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE — AS TO BURIED TREASURE — STORIED WATERS, CLIFFS AND MOUNTAINS — PREFACE
  3. 3.RIP VAN WINKLE
  4. 4.CATSKILL GNOMES
  5. 5.THE CATSKILL WITCH
  6. 6.THE REVENGE OF SHANDAKEN
  7. 7.CONDEMNED TO THE NOOSE
  8. 8.BIG INDIAN
  9. 9.THE BAKER'S DOZEN
  10. 10.THE DEVIL'S DANCE-CHAMBER.
  11. 11.THE CULPRIT FAY
  12. 12.POKEPSIE
  13. 13.DUNDERBERG
  14. 14.ANTHONY'S NOSE
  15. 15.MOODUA CREEK
  16. 16.A TRAPPER'S GHASTLY VENGEANCE
  17. 17.THE VANDERDECKEN OF TAPPAN ZEE
  18. 18.THE GALLOPING HESSIAN
  19. 19.STORM SHIP OF THE HUDSON
  20. 20.WHY SPUYTEN DUYVIL IS SO NAMED
  21. 21.THE RAMAPO SALAMANDER
  22. 22.CHIEF CROTON
  23. 23.THE RETREAT FROM MAHOPAC
  24. 24.NIAGARA
  25. 25.THE DEFORMED OF ZOAR
  26. 26.HORSEHEADS
  27. 27.KAYUTA AND WANETA
  28. 28.THE DROP STAR
  29. 29.THE PROPHET OF PALMYRA
  30. 30.A VILLAIN'S CREMATION
  31. 31.THE MONSTER MOSQUITOE
  32. 32.THE GREEN PICTURE
  33. 33.THE NUNS OF CARTHAGE
  34. 34.THE SKULL IN THE WALL
  35. 35.THE HAUNTED MILL
  36. 36.OLD INDIAN FACE
  37. 37.THE DIVISION OF THE SARANACS
  38. 38.AN EVENT IN INDIAN PARK
  39. 39.THE INDIAN PLUME
  40. 40.BIRTH OF THE WATER-LILY
  41. 41.ROGERS'S SLIDE
  42. 42.THE FALLS AT COHOES
  43. 43.FRANCIS WOOLCOTT'S NIGHT-RIDERS
  44. 44.POLLY'S LOVER
  45. 45.CROSBY, THE PATRIOT SPY
  46. 46.THE LOST GRAVE OF PAINE
  47. 47.THE RISING OF GOUVERNEUR MORRIS

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