Description:
Not a reprint or facsimile copy. Rare 1916 FIRST EDITION, SIGNED by the author: Henry W. Shoemaker. Shoemaker studied and shared the folklore and history of Pennsylvania and the Appalachian Mountains. Signed on the 1st interior frontspiece page: "To Captain Bremer Carcarau (spelling??) with the appreciative regards of Henry W. Shoemaker 1919."Condition is Good. Cover has bumped edges, wear, spot on lower left corner, and crease (see photos). Interior pages and plates are very nice. A few crimped pages near end of book. "Shoemaker summered in McElhattan, Pennsylvania and wrote that this experience deeply influenced his lifelong devotion to folklore and legend, hunting heritage, and historical and environmental preservation. Familiar with the Roosevelt family in New York, he was a supporter of Theodore Roosevelt's calls for the values of strenuosity,conservation, and Progressivism. Shoemaker, for example, founded the Alpine Club in Pennsylvania to encourage mountain climbing and… Read More
