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Pennsylvania Songs and Legends
By George Korson, Editor
University of Pennsylvania Press
1949
474 Pages

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From the book's Table of Contents...

  • Introduction
    George Korson
  • The British Folk Tradition
    Samuel Preston Bayard
  • Pennsylvania German Songs
    Thomas R. Brendle and William S. Troxell
  • Amish Hymns as Folk Music
    J. WIlliam Frey
  • The Cornplanter Indians
    Merle H. Deardorff
  • Central Pennsylvania Legends
    Henry W. Shoemaker
  • Pike County Tall Tales
    Robert J. Wheeler
  • Conestoga Wagoners
    Howard C. Frey
  • Canallers
    Lewis Edwin Theiss
  • Railroaders
    Freeman H. Hubbard
  • Lumberjacks and Raftsmen
    J. Herbert Walker
  • Coal Miners
    George Korson
  • Oilmen
    Harry Botsford
  • Folk Songs of an Industrial City
    Jacob A. Evanson
  • List of Songs and Ballads


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