Shenandoah Valley Folklife.

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Bordered by the Blue Ridge and the Allegheny Mountains, the Shenandoah Valley forms a natural corridor to the western parts of Virginia, Tennessee, and North Carolina. Early American settlers followed the valley as one of the first routes westward. In Shenandoah Valley Folklife, Scott Hamilton Suter...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Suter, Scott Hamilton
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 1999.
Series:Folklife in the South series.
Subjects:
Folklore > Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.)
Oral tradition > Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.)
Material culture > Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Customs & Traditions.
Folklore.
Manners and customs.
Material culture.
Oral tradition.
Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) > Social life and customs.
Shenandoah, Vallée de la (Virg. et Virg.-Occ.) > Mœurs et coutumes.
United States > Shenandoah River Valley.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Bordered by the Blue Ridge and the Allegheny Mountains, the Shenandoah Valley forms a natural corridor to the western parts of Virginia, Tennessee, and North Carolina. Early American settlers followed the valley as one of the first routes westward. In Shenandoah Valley Folklife, Scott Hamilton Suter documents the many peoples who have left their marks on the folkways of the region--Native Americans, Germans, Swiss, Scots- Irish, and African Americans. His research reveals how the first settlers there built homes, how they worshiped, and how they passed on legends and musical traditions that co.
Physical Description:1 online resource (144 pages)
ISBN:9781604736670
1604736674

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