Myths and Legends of Our Own Land — Volume 01: the Hudson and its hills by Charles M. (Charles Montgomery) Skinner
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Hunger Valley
The Wrath of Manitou The Spook of Misery Hill The Queen of Death Valley Bridal Veil Fall The Governor's Right Eye The Prisoner in American Shaft AS TO BURIED TREASURE Kidd's Treasure Other Buried Wealth STORIED WATERS, CLIFFS AND MOUNTAINS PREFACE It is unthinkingly said and often, that America is not old enough to have developed a legendary era, for such an era grows backward as a nation grows forward. No little of the charm of European travel is ascribed to the glamour that history and fable have flung around old churches, castles, and the favored haunts of tourists, and the Rhine and Hudson are frequently compared, to the prejudice of the latter, not because its scenery lacks in loveliness or grandeur, but that its beauty has not been |
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