Other editions of book The Indian Steps: And Other Pennsylvania Mountain Stories

Originally published in 1912 by the Bright Printing Company, The Indian Steps belongs to Henry Shoemaker’s robust corpus of tales and legends based on the folklore of Pennsylvania. This early Shoemaker collection of literary folklore paints a colorful picture of the natural landscape, folklore, and society of Central Pennsylvania, which Henry Shoemaker held dear. Beginning with the notable legend of the Indian Steps near Stone Valley, this volume includes stories about fantastical fairies, mysterious hermits, serendipitous romance, Native American legends, ghosts, and hauntings. The volume places a special focus on familiar locations in Centre County, such as Tussey Mountain, Black Moshannon, and Stone Valley. The text, reproduced in facsimile for the first time since its original printing, includes period photographs by W. T. Clarke.

Excerpt from The Indian Steps: And Other Pennsylvania Mountain StoriesLeast they came from sources equally reliable, and those which were the author's personal experience more or less he can certainly vouch for. He much appreciates the kindly recep tion from press and public which was so gen erously given to More Pennsylvania Moun tain Stories. That is another reason for the appearance of this book. In it, as in the previous volumes, the author strives to show the variety and scope of Penn sylvania folk-lore and tradition and through them hopes to give fresh vitality and in ferest to the localities where they occurred. There is no spot of ground a hundred feet square in the Pennsylvania mountains that has not its legend. Some are old, as ancient as the old, old forests. Others are of recent making or in formation now. Each one is different, each is full of its own local color. There are some stories in this book which con tain more human interest than folk-lore, but they are included in order to give romance to certain places where older legends have not been secured. Any story which relates to human beings will sooner or later become folk.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.