Spirit of the New England Tribes
Author: William S. Simmons
Publisher: University Press of New England
Published: 2018-03-06
Total Pages: 347
ISBN-13: 1512603171
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Spanning three centuries, this collection traces the historical evolution of legends, folktales, and traditions of four major native American groups from their earliest encounters with European settlers to the present. The book is based on some 240 folklore texts gathered from early colonial writings, newspapers, magazines, diaries, local histories, anthropology and folklore publications, a variety of unpublished manuscript sources, and field research with living Indians.