Tales from the Adirondack Foothills

Book

St. Lawrence County Center for History & Culture

Entry/Object ID

2009-01.09

Description

Hardbound book with paper jacket entitled: "Tales from the Adirondack Foothills" by Howard Thomas. As described in the author's forward: "...a collection of stories, biographies, and anecdotes which ...give a better picture of the hill country and its people. Many...have appeared before in county histories, newspapers and books. Some are word of mouth tales." The book is a mixture of history and folklore Physical Description: Hard covered - good condition

Acquisition

Accession

2009-01

Source or Donor

June Rocker

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Estate of June Rocker

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Wars, Railroads, Logging, Schools, Soldiers, Religion, Entertainment, Trains, Pioneers

Search Terms

Adirondacks, native Americans, indians, military, lumbering, dairy farms, gypsies

Book Details

Author

Thomas, Howard

Edition

1965

Publisher

Prospect Books

Place Published

Location

Prospect, NY

Date Published

1956

Name/Title

Tales from the Adirondack Foothills