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Award-Winning Author Jeffrey R. Frazier

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PA Fireside Tales — Volume 7

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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.

PA Fireside Tales - Volume 7
PA Fireside Tales – Volume 7 – $15.00

LOOK INSIDE:
PA Fireside Tales, Vol 7

In Volume 7

List of Photos
Introduction

  1. Panther Days (and Nights)
  2. Ghosts of the Graveyard
  3. War Whoop and Scalping Knife
  4. Hexenhammer
  5. Lost Eldoradoes
  6. Old Scratch
  7. No Place Like Home
  8. Panther Tracks (Then and Now)
  9. Ghost Girl of Half-way Dam
  10. Queen Esther’s Rock
  11. Dark Side of the Mountains
  12. Wolf Tales From the Deep Woods
  13. Wild Man of Kohler Valley
  14. Flying the Mail

Footnotes to the tales
Bibliography
Bonus Photos Section

  • Pennsylvania Mountain Landmarks
  • Pennsylvania Fireside Ghost Tales
  • Pennsylvania Fireside Tales
    • PA Fireside Tales — Volume 1
    • PA Fireside Tales — Volume 2
    • PA Fireside Tales — Volume 3
    • PA Fireside Tales — Volume 4
    • PA Fireside Tales — Volume 5
    • PA Fireside Tales — Volume 6
    • PA Fireside Tales — Volume 7
    • PA Fireside Tales — Volume 8
Literary Titan Book Award
9/2023 — Jeffrey R. Frazier received a Literary Titan GOLD Book Award for Pennsylvania Fireside Tales Volume 2.

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