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American Myths and Legends, Volume 1

Charles M. Skinner (1852 - 1907)

American Myths and Legends is another collection of folklore from author Charles M. Skinner, whose exhaustive and expansive work in the field popularized many of these stories in the public imagination. It is intended as a follow-up work to his multivolume magnum opus, Myths and Legends of Our Own Land. This is the first of two volumes.
- Summary by ChuckW

Genre(s): Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 00	Preface	Chuck Williamson	00:02:30
Play 01	The Smoking Pine	Alan Mapstone	00:03:56
Play 02	Various Grindstone Hill	LaurieB	00:08:04
Play 03	A Prophet of War	Alan Mapstone	00:03:54
Play 04	A Shot in the Moonlight	Vinny Lerin	00:04:47
Play 05	The Rescue of Molly Finney	Vinny Lerin	00:04:36
Play 06	Dead Man’s Ledge	Vinny Lerin	00:06:08
Play 07	Maine’s Woodland Terrors	Vinny Lerin	00:07:27
Play 08	The Great Stone Face	Vinny Lerin	00:04:43
Play 09	The Stream-Spirit's Wife	Vinny Lerin	00:03:19
Play 10	Stone Woman of Squam	Vinny Lerin	00:04:27
Play 11	The Confession of Hanserd Knollys	Julie Burks	00:04:28
Play 12	Peabody’s Leap	Julie Burks	00:03:28
Play 13	A Traveled Narrative	docdlmartin	00:06:17
Play 14	The Escaped Nun	Virginia Neville	00:06:15
Play 15	The Long Sleep	Virginia Neville	00:08:16
Play 16	Tom Dunn's Dance on Rag Rock	Virginia Neville	00:05:03
Play 17	Woburn Ghost	Robin Lee	00:06:11
Play 18	How the Black Horse was Beaten	Allegra LittleCole	00:03:25
Play 19	The Breaking of Plymouth Rock	Alan Mapstone	00:03:19
Play 20	The Swan of Light	Rita Boutros	00:04:39
Play 21	The Love of a Praying Indian	Rita Boutros	00:06:29
Play 22	The Gander’s Message	Rita Boutros	00:05:41
Play 23	Case of the Brothers Brown	Rita Boutros	00:08:23
Play 24	A Recovered Pocket-Book	Rita Boutros	00:05:38
Play 25	The Walking Corpse of Malden	jack2	00:05:05
Play 26	A Rollicking Ghost	Brianna Chiles	00:04:35
Play 27	Crystal Spring	roselbex	00:05:22
Play 28	The Cheapening of "Lucy Campbell"	Henry K. Noble	00:08:16
Play 29	Parson Hooker’s Gold Plate	Robin Lee	00:03:20
Play 30	The Evil Doing of Hobomoc	roselbex	00:05:02
Play 31	The Terrible Moonak	Rita Boutros	00:05:01
Play 32	Pomperaug’s Love and Burial	roselbex	00:05:54
Play 33	Bloody-Heart Rhododendrons	Vinny Lerin	00:03:16
Play 34	Charlotte Temple	Debbie Talley	00:04:05
Play 35	Jan Sol and the Monster	Vinny Lerin	00:07:22
Play 36	A Gift from St. Nicholas	Greg Giordano	00:13:12
Play 37	Staten Island Dueling Ground	Patrick Randall	00:04:17
Play 38	A Transferred Love	Debbie Talley	00:06:09
Play 39	Ghosts of Dosoris	Debbie Talley	00:02:39
Play 40	The Rock of Battle	Debbie Talley	00:03:06
Play 41	The Non-Arrival of Fitz-William	Debbie Talley	00:02:48
Play 42	Tragedy of the Secret Room	Greg Giordano	00:05:19
Play 43	Who Was John Wallace?	Winnifred Assmann	00:03:33
Play 44	The Hudson Spirits	Greg Giordano	00:05:01
Play 45	Utsayantha	Kerry Adams	00:03:06
Play 46	Uncle Sam	Kerry Adams	00:03:30
Play 47	The Golden Tooth	Vinny Lerin	00:11:16
Play 48	The White Lady of Dobb’s Ferry	Robin Lee	00:02:55
Play 49	The Underground Station	Sharon E.	00:05:54
Play 50	The Indian Princess Apple	Kerry Adams	00:03:37
Play 51	The Blue Skaneateles	Kerry Adams	00:03:01
Play 52	The Onondaga Fairies	Kerry Adams	00:04:25
Play 53	Greycourt’s Little History	nighthawks	00:06:56
Play 54	The Good Bird Spirit	J. Thurgood	00:07:27
Play 55	The Lovers United	jenno	00:05:03
Play 56	Poke-o’-Moonshine	Jeff Pierpont	00:05:25
Play 57	The Niagara Thunder God	KevinS	00:05:45
Play 58	The Death on the Palisades	Greg Giordano	00:04:19
Play 59	Panther Chief of the Senecas	Allegra LittleCole	00:03:44
Play 60	The Spooks of Schooley’s Mountain	Greg Giordano	00:15:29
Play 61	The House of Misfortune	Robin Lee	00:05:35
Play 62	The Lonetown Mystery	Ted Perkins	00:02:58
Play 63	The Leeds Devil	Robin Lee	00:04:24
Play 64	Rose O’Mally and Calixto	Rita Boutros	00:06:32
Play 65	The Goblin Jesuit	Rita Boutros	00:05:06
Play 66	A Kindness Repaid	Rita Boutros	00:04:51
Play 67	The White Wolf of Venango	Vincent Yau	00:03:43
Play 68	Wheeling Stogies	Vincent Yau	00:05:45
Play 69	The Man with the Skates	Vincent Yau	00:07:33
Play 70	The Death of Tammany	Greg Giordano	00:04:31
Play 71	Hexenshdedl	James K. White	00:04:43
Play 72	A Philadelphia Excitement	Greg Giordano	00:06:00
Play 73	The Belled Buzzard	Ben Tucker	00:01:52
Play 74	Stick Pile Hill	Ben Tucker	00:03:43
Play 75	The Picture Tree of Tenallytown	Ben Tucker	00:04:44
Play 76	The Devil’s Race-Course	KevinS	00:07:02
Play 77	Spectres in Annapolis	Winnifred Assmann	00:05:50
Play 78	Goggle-Eyed Jim	Debbie Talley	00:04:09
Play 79	The Dismal Swamp Ship	Lee Vogler	00:02:30
Play 80	Jimson Weed	Lee Vogler	00:02:42
Play 81	White House	Debbie Talley	00:05:11
Play 82	The Virginia Witch	Alan Mapstone	00:03:25
Play 83	The Virginia Cocktail	Debbie Talley	00:02:12
Play 84	The Champions of Elk River	gwtn	00:05:30
Play 85	Cape Fear River Outlaws	Greg Giordano	00:07:33
Play 86	Cain’s Mark	J. Thurgood	00:03:38
Play 87	How Bill Stout Settled a Mortgage	Chuck Williamson	00:08:01
Play 88	Some Georgian Lycanthropy	jack2	00:06:50
Play 89	The White Bride of St. Simon’s	Debbie Talley	00:03:33
Play 90	The Drinking of Sweet Water	Greg Giordano	00:07:15
Play 91	Nancy Hart	Debbie Talley	00:02:32
Play 92	The Cells of Fort Marion	Brianna Chiles	00:08:08
Play 93	The Caloosahatchee She-Man	Chuck Williamson	00:07:29
Play 94	The Blood-Rose	Chuck Williamson	00:03:02
Play 95	St. Mary’s Paradise	Chuck Williamson	00:02:50

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