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Juniata Memories: Legends Collected in Central Pennsylania
by Henry W. Shoemaker
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Davis, California, United States
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About This Item
Not a reprint or facsimile copy.
Rare 1916 FIRST EDITION, SIGNED by the author: Henry W. Shoemaker. Shoemaker studied and shared the folklore and history of Pennsylvania and the Appalachian Mountains. Signed on the 1st interior frontspiece page: "To Captain Bremer Carcarau (spelling??) with the appreciative regards of Henry W. Shoemaker 1919."
"Shoemaker summered in McElhattan, Pennsylvania and wrote that this experience deeply influenced his lifelong devotion to folklore and legend, hunting heritage, and historical and environmental preservation. Familiar with the Roosevelt family in New York, he was a supporter of Theodore Roosevelt's calls for the values of strenuosity,conservation, and Progressivism. Shoemaker, for example, founded the Alpine Club in Pennsylvania to encourage mountain climbing and hiking, and wrote one of the first tourist guides to the natural wonders of Pennsylvania in Eldorado Found (1917).
Shoemaker gained notice as a journalist after 1898, when he reported legends from Pennsylvania mountain residents and workers in lumber and hunting camps and coalfields,which he first published in central Pennsylvania newspapers and then more widely in the book Pennsylvania Mountain Stories (1908). This was the first of twelve volumes in the Pennsylvania Folklore Series (1908–1924) that promoted the culture and landscape of central Pennsylvania." (from Wikipedia)
We also have a 1st edition copy of Shoemaker's Tales of the Bald Eagle Mountains.
Who are we: This is among the first listings for "Nana's Top Shelf," a collection of first editions and other fine volumes collected over a lifetime from estate sales and booksellers across the East Coast and Europe. The collection specializes in late 19th and early 20th century illustrated children's books, fairy tales and folklore.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Nana's Top Shelf: Rare and Collector Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 119
- Title
- Juniata Memories
- Author
- Henry W. Shoemaker
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Joseph McVey
- Date Published
- 1916
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Nana's Top Shelf: Rare and Collector Books
Biblio member since 2020
Davis, California
About Nana's Top Shelf: Rare and Collector Books
We are downsizing a lifelong collection of rare books, with a concentration on fine illustrated children's books. These books were acquired personally across the U.S. and in Britain during 45 years of collecting.
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