Myths and Legends of Our Own Land — Complete. Charles M. Skinner

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4057664110329

Table of Contents

       PREFACE

       THE HUDSON AND ITS HILLS

       RIP VAN WINKLE

       CATSKILL GNOMES

       THE CATSKILL WITCH

       THE REVENGE OF SHANDAKEN

       CONDEMNED TO THE NOOSE

       BIG INDIAN

       THE BAKER'S DOZEN

       THE DEVIL'S DANCE-CHAMBER.

       THE CULPRIT FAY

       POKEPSIE

       DUNDERBERG

       ANTHONY'S NOSE

       MOODUA CREEK

       A TRAPPER'S GHASTLY VENGEANCE

       THE VANDERDECKEN OF TAPPAN ZEE

       THE GALLOPING HESSIAN

       STORM SHIP OF THE HUDSON

       WHY SPUYTEN DUYVIL IS SO NAMED

       THE RAMAPO SALAMANDER

       CHIEF CROTON

       THE RETREAT FROM MAHOPAC

       NIAGARA

       THE DEFORMED OF ZOAR

       HORSEHEADS

       KAYUTA AND WANETA

       THE DROP STAR

       THE PROPHET OF PALMYRA

       A VILLAIN'S CREMATION

       THE MONSTER MOSQUITOE

       THE GREEN PICTURE

       THE NUNS OF CARTHAGE

       THE SKULL IN THE WALL

       THE HAUNTED MILL

       OLD INDIAN FACE

       THE DIVISION OF THE SARANACS

       AN EVENT IN INDIAN PARK

       THE INDIAN PLUME

       BIRTH OF THE WATER-LILY

       ROGERS'S SLIDE

       THE FALLS AT COHOES

       FRANCIS WOOLCOTT'S NIGHT-RIDERS

       POLLY'S LOVER

       CROSBY, THE PATRIOT SPY

       THE LOST GRAVE OF PAINE

       THE RISING OF GOUVERNEUR MORRIS

       THE ISLE OF MANHATTOES AND NEARBY

       DOLPH HEYLIGER

       THE KNELL AT THE WEDDING

       ROISTERING DIRCK VAN DARA

       THE PARTY FROM GIBBET ISLAND

       MISS BRITTON'S POKER

       THE DEVIL'S STEPPING-STONES