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Samuel Adams Drake (1833–1905)

Autor(a) de New England Legends and Folk Lore

33+ Works 365 Membros 4 Críticas

About the Author

Samuel Adams Drake was born in Boston. Massachusetts in 1833. He was educated in the Boston schools and in 1858 moved to Leavenworth. Kansas, where he was a journalist and merehant until the outbreak of the oivil war. He joined the Kansas militia as captain in 1861, and was promoted mostrar mais brigadier-general of militia in 1863 and colonel of the 17th Kansas volunteers in 1864. He returned to Boston in 1871 and devoted his time to his literary work mostrar menos

Obras por Samuel Adams Drake

New England Legends and Folk Lore (1884) 178 exemplares
The Battle of Gettysburg 1863 (2001) 10 exemplares
The Campaign of Trenton 1776-77 (1895) 6 exemplares
Our Colonial Homes (1894) 5 exemplares
The Pine-tree coast (1988) 4 exemplares
On Plymouth Rock (2001) 3 exemplares
The taking of Louisburg, 1745 (1891) 2 exemplares

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Conhecimento Comum

Data de nascimento
1833-12-20
Data de falecimento
1905-12-04
Localização do túmulo
Wyoming Cemetery, Melrose, Massachusetts, USA
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
USA
Local de nascimento
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Local de falecimento
Kennebunkport, Maine, USA
Ocupações
journalist
writer
Relações
Drake, Samuel Gardner (father)

Membros

Críticas

Overall I liked this book, but it could have been so much more. I'll start with some minor complaints. Fist off, this only covers Southern New England, mostly Massachusetts. I would have like to have seen some stories from Vermont and Maine which seemed to got snubbed from this book. Maybe it's because this book focuses on early New England history. Being from Vermont and knowing Vermont folklore, as I've said, this book could have been much more. Needless to say, by the end of the book I was glad it was over. It could have ended better. Yes this is an anthology, but felt like i need a better story to end it all or a last word from the editor.

There are many thing I enjoyed about this book too. First off, I liked the history. Most of this stuff I knew already, but it was a good refresher. The book makes one realize how much religion (mostly Protestantism) and superstition are in the roots of New England culture. This book covers the history of witchcraft and pirates in our region as well. Salem isn't the only witchy place in New England and Blackbeard as connections with the east-coast. This book also has some wonderful newspaper-like drawings as well.

Would I recommended this book? Depends n where you live honestly. I'm not sure why anyone outside of New England would enjoy this book unless you are a history buff. A lot of this book is centered around location. To me, it felt like I was visiting these locations again. Some of these places I go to every year. This book is very Ye Olde New England style.

NOTE: I should mention this book is folklore. While it's also history, it doesn't read like everything in this book could have actually happened. This book is also made up of prose and poetry by other New England authors some well known like Hawthorne and Longfellow.
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Ghost_Boy | 1 outra crítica | Aug 25, 2022 |
Stuffed with archaic local folklore and bits of history that might otherwise not be as readily available. It's quite beautifully written though some might find it stuffy. It was written a long while ago. I see it's been reprinted and is in hardcover. I've got an old paperback. Love browsing in this book.
 
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Dene | 1 outra crítica | Jul 27, 2008 |
Originally published in 1873. Revised edition (every place..revisited) with illustrations, 1900..
 
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ME_Dictionary | Mar 20, 2020 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
33
Also by
1
Membros
365
Popularidade
#65,883
Avaliação
½ 3.3
Críticas
4
ISBN
69
Línguas
1

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