Description
When Louis C. Jones looks at the past, it is through three eyes—history, folklore, and material culture. The result is a view shaped in terms of total folk culture, a well-balanced look at who we were, what we did, and why.
The fourteen articles collected here reflect regionalist Jones’ s love of New York State, where his roots run deep, as he explores the landscape, preservation, folk art, folk medicine, ghosts, werewolves, the devil, and a topic with special fascination for him—murder.
Table of Contents
Preface
A Point of View
New York State and Its Heritage
Foreword to A Short History of New York State
Land of the Upper Hudson
A Look at Historic Preservation
Three Eyes on the Past
Folklore in New York State
The Ghosts of New York: An Analytical Study
The Devil in York State
Italian Werewolves
Practitioners of Folk Medicine
Murders
The Berlin Murder Case
Crazy Bill Had a Down Look
Rulloff, The Learned Ruffian
Folk Art
The Triumph of American Folk Art
Genre in American Folk Art
Symbols of American Patriotism
About the Author
Louis C. Jones is director emeritus of the New York State Historical Association and the Farmers' Museum in Cooperstown, NY. A cofounder of the New York Folklore Society, Jones is the author of several books, including Things That Bump in the Night and Growing Up in Cooper Country.
Related Interest
October 1982