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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Entertaining Urban Legends of Old,
By Craig Alan Loewen "Craig Alan Loewen" (Pennsylvania, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Berks the Bizarre (Paperback)
Charles J. Adams, III has done a splendid job collecting folklore and legends of Berks County, Pennsylvania in his book, Berks The Bizarre, but reality is you can throw a dart at a map of North America and regardless of where it lands, there will be a book's worth of folklore and legends waiting for you there as well.
Yet, though Berks County is not really special in its collection of mystery and folklore, Adams has done a great service in cataloging these stories simply because stories of "ghoulies and ghosties and long-legged beasties" form an important part of the genius loci of a cultural area even for those who do not live there. And stories like these were meant to be read. So enclosed are fifty-one chapters of hauntings, the Jersey Devil, a dragon or two, the cursed, and the doomed, and the eccentric and even Old Splitfoot himself to read in front of a warm fire when the chill night wind sends clouds racing against the moon. They may only be urban legends of old, but they sure are fun. |
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Berks the Bizarre by Charles J., III Adams (Paperback - May 1995)
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