
Panther Days (and Nights) & More Pennsylvania Fireside Tales
The PENNSYLVANIA FIRESIDE TALES series explores the origins and foundations of old-time Pennsylvania mountain folktales, legends, and folklore.
PA Fireside Tales, Volume 7
ISBN: 978-1-63068-370-2
Volume: 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08
This is a book I had not planned to write. When I started my Pennsylvania Fireside Tales series I thought it would end up as a set of six unique volumes. In fact on the front cover of volume six I noted that it was indeed the “last” volume of the series. However, I didn’t feel quite right about it. I still had some colorful tales left that I wanted to share with readers, but didn’t think that there were quite enough to fill yet another volume. Fate, on the other hand, seemed to have other ideas. After Volume 6 was published in 2005 I continued to get invitations to speak in front of various groups, which I’ve always enjoyed immensely. My talk, which I title “Pennsylvania Mountain Folktales and Legends – Fact or Fancy”, has always been well received, and inevitably when I end my presentation someone always comes up and shares a tale with me that they feel might deserve inclusion in my next book.
As a result of these pleasant interchanges, I acquired some anecdotes over the last two years that include some of the best material I’ve found in my thirty-seven years of collecting the state’s folktales, legends, and oral history. These new additions to my treasure chest of tales led me to decide that a seventh volume was definitely possible and certainly necessary, not only to preserve these new additions for posterity but also to preserve the other colorful tales I had left to share.

LOOK INSIDE:
PA Fireside Tales, Vol 7
In Volume 7
List of Photos
Introduction
- Panther Days (and Nights)
- Ghosts of the Graveyard
- War Whoop and Scalping Knife
- Hexenhammer
- Lost Eldoradoes
- Old Scratch
- No Place Like Home
- Panther Tracks (Then and Now)
- Ghost Girl of Half-way Dam
- Queen Esther’s Rock
- Dark Side of the Mountains
- Wolf Tales From the Deep Woods
- Wild Man of Kohler Valley
- Flying the Mail
Footnotes to the tales
Bibliography
Bonus Photos Section