{"product_id":"pennsylvania-mountain-stories-henry-w-shoemaker-9780271027524","title":"Pennsylvania Mountain Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eHenry W. Shoemaker (1880-1958) was known for his deep love for the wilderness and native cultures of Pennsylvania. The state's first official folklorist, he wrote more than twenty books detailing Pennsylvania's modern mythology. \u003ci\u003ePennsylvania Mountain Stories\u003c\/i\u003e is perhaps Shoemaker's definitive collection of folktales. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe idea for this book came to Shoemaker during his college years, when he spent his vacations traveling through the mountains of Pennsylvania--on foot, on horseback, or by buggy. He claimed that he heard the stories, \"mostly after supper,\" from people he met at lumber camps, farmhouses, and backwoods taverns. \"As so many of the tales are devoted to subjects of a more or less supernatural order they cannot very well be true,\" he writes, but then hastens to add, \"neither are they of the author's invention.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this ethereal space between fact and fiction, \u003ci\u003ePennsylvania Mountain Stories \u003c\/i\u003ereveals the values, the passions, the obsessions of the people who told them. This volume, published under the Metalmark Books imprint, contains a facsimile reproduction of the 1911 edition, originally published by the Reading Times Publishing Company. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Henry W. Shoemaker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0271027525\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780271027524\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Metalmark Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.32d","brand":"Henry W. Shoemaker","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47965716545791,"sku":"9780271027524","price":30.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6aa17a3b-b6e4-4276-9b88-bac1a74efb53.jpg?v=1767284318","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pennsylvania-mountain-stories-henry-w-shoemaker-9780271027524","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}