Download or read book Adirondack Tall Tales written by Helen Escha Tyler and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2009-09-22 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Martha looked through her mother's notes and also reflected on her own life, she realized there were other unfinished books about the Adirondacks. For example, she has written An Adirondack Scotch Pine Love Story and, in conjunction with her husband, a biography of Tom Norman, a well known farmer and entrepreneur in the North Country. This book of Adirondack Tall Tales is derived mostly from Helen Tyler's previous books, but there are two stories that have not appeared in earlier works. Martha added a discussion of folk tales and tall tales. She also added a brief multi-cultural comparison of a folk tale from Africa to show the difference between tall and folk tales. MARTHA TYLER JOHN Helen Escha Tyler (1892-1986) lived in the Adirondacks nearly 95 years and wrote several books about the Adirondacks. Martha Tyler John, was born in Saranac Lake, New York, and returned to the Adirondacks frequently. After receiving her doctorate from Stanford University, she enjoyed a lengthy career as a professor and university administrator. She wrote dozens of books and articles and also edited her mother's last book, a biography of Paul Smith, that was published by North Country Books.
Download or read book Adirondack Tall Tales and Short Stories written by Francis Betters and published by . This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Adirondack Tall Tales written by Joseph Bruchac and published by North Country Books. This book was released on 1999-06-01 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lore of an Adirondack County written by Edith E. Cutting and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-10-18 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "My family lives in the Adirondacks, a section of New York State that has been favorable to the preservation of folklore. With a common background in England and America for life in a small community, we have kept alive many old tales, songs, sayings, and superstitions, which have always had a sort of fascination for us even though, when quoting some belief, we often qualified it with the remark, 'Of course, I don't believe that sort of thing.'"—from Lore of an Adirondack County Collecting songs, stories, and sayings passed down in her family—and in those of their friends and neighbors in Essex County, New York—Edith E. Cutting provides an invaluable compilation of Adirondack folklore, from lumberjack songs to tall tales about drinking, hunting, and French Canadians. Also included are legends about hidden treasure, weather lore, stories about ghosts and witches, recollections of folk medicines and children's games, and popular songs and ballads. Originally published by Cornell University Press in 1944, Lore of an Adirondack County remains a fresh and charming account of the folkways of New York State, showing how a single Adirondack family, aided by willing neighbors, 'yarned' and sang in the hills above Lake Champlain.
Download or read book Hoop Snakes Hide Behinds and Side hill Winders written by Joseph Bruchac and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the tradition of Paul Bunyan, Johnny Appleseed, and the Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, these are American folktales for everyone's enjoyment and amusement. Outrageous events pile up faster than mosquitoes can carry off cows.
Download or read book Ripples from the Paddle written by Charles Brumley and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Adirondack Fairy Tales written by Lettie Petrie and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-01 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These read-aloud stories for children bring Adirondack animals to life! The seven different tales feature main characters such as Buffy the snowshoe rabbit, Marshmallow the bear, Bob the chipmunk, and Dudley the duck. Each takes us through a charming woodland adventure. A pleasurable book to share with your children at bedtime or at camp!
Download or read book Adirondack Tales written by William Henry Harrison Murray and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book At the Mercy of the Mountains written by Peter Bronski and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2008-02-26 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the tradition of Eiger Dreams, In the Zone: Epic Survival Stories from the Mountaineering World, and Not Without Peril, comes a new book that examines the thrills and perils of outdoor adventure in the “East’s greatest wilderness,” the Adirondacks.
Download or read book I was on the Wrong Bear written by Harvey Carr and published by Bowman Books. This book was released on 1992 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tall tales from the Adirondack region of New York as told by Harvey Carr.
Download or read book Adirondack Memories and Campfire Stories Honoring the Mountains and Their History written by William J. O'Hern and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Let Me Tell You About Tell Me a Story written by Lettie A. Petrie and published by . This book was released on 1997-09-01 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book I Always Tell the Truth written by Vaughn Ward and published by Bowman/Greenfield. This book was released on 1990 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fiction. "Paul Bunyan, Mike Fink, and Pecos Bill, move over. This collection of tall tales from the Adirondack Liars' Club presents a new, fresh view of American folklore. A delightful collection of tall tales, puns, and outrageous stories. Ward's introduction connects the social custom of telling lies in the Adirondack lumber camps with the older traditions of storytelling and bragging in cultures as old as ancient Greece and Rome. Highly entertaining in themselves, the techniques reflected in the stories include puns, illogical sequences of events, outright lies, and tall tales on the order of Paul Bunyan. Recommended for folktale, anthropology, and history collections"-Booklist.
Download or read book Adirondack Tales written by William Henry Harrison Murray and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2019-02-25 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Adirondack Trails with Tales written by Russell Dunn and published by Black Dome Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hike, paddle, bike, or cross-country ski along beautiful trails through sites made famous by Adirondack guides, artists, writers, entrepreneurs, colonial settlers, and combatants in the French and Indian and Revolutionary Wars. Visit abandoned iron mines and the ruins of tanneries, famous Adirondack great camps and old resorts, lost villages, Native American battlegrounds, and the homestead of John Brown, catalyst for the Civil War. Visit the scene of America¿s first naval battle and marvel at geological wonders like Indian Pass, Canajoharie Gorge, Chimney Mountain, and the tufa caves of Van Hornesville. Detailed directions, maps, photographs, and vintage postcards. Hikes include: Valcour Island ¿ Coon Mountain ¿ Crown Point: Fort St. Frederic & His Majesty¿s Fort of Crown Point ¿ Fort Ticonderoga ¿ Ironville & Penfield Homestead ¿ Rock Pond ¿ Rogers Rock ¿ Shelving Rock Mountain & Shelving Rock Falls ¿ Prospect Mountain ¿ Fort George and Bloody Pond ¿ Cooper¿s Cave & Betar Byway ¿ John Brown¿s Farm ¿ Mt. Jo & Mt. Van Hoevenberg ¿ Adirondac & Indian Pass ¿ East Branch of the Ausable River & Adirondack Mountain Reserve ¿ Santanoni ¿ The Sagamore ¿ Paul Smiths ¿ Hooper Garnet Mine ¿ Chimney Mountain ¿ Kunjamuk Cave ¿ Griffin, Griffin Falls, & Auger Falls ¿ Moss Island ¿ Tufa Caves & Waterfalls of Van Hornesville ¿ Canajoharie Gorge ¿ Wolf Hollow
Download or read book High Peaks written by Tim Rowland and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2008-09-01 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The unique geological history of the Adirondacks can be found in a pebble. So discovers humorist and outdoorsman Tim Rowland as he chronicles the evolution of hiking in the howling wilderness of the High Peaks. From nineteenth-century guides random scoots to Melville Deweys Adirondaks Loj to todays technologically enhanced weekenders, Rowland, who has climbed the forty-six himself, incorporates personal anecdotes and laugh-out-loud wit to capture the appeal and beauty of this beloved region, all the while reminding us of the importance of keeping these stunning mountains, and their attendant neat rocks, Forever Wild.
Download or read book Adirondack Tales The story of the man who missed it The story that the keg told me Who were they written by William Henry Harrison Murray and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
