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New York Myths and Legends

New York Myths and Legends
Author: Fran Capo
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 247
Release: 2019-08-09
Genre: History
ISBN: 1493039857

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Are there alligators under New York City? Did the military take the lessons learned in the so-called “Philadelphia Experiment” of 1943 and apply the same technology at Montauk—to develop a weapon that would literally drive the enemy insane? Just who was the homeless man who walked a 365-mile route every thirty-four days, dressed in heavy leather? From the Lake Champlain monster to the friendly ghost hostess of Skene Manor, New York Myths and Legends makes history fun and pulls back the curtain on some of the Empire State’s most fascinating stories.


Urban Legends

Urban Legends
Author: Peter L'Official
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2020-07-21
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0674238079

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A cultural history of the South Bronx that reaches beyond familiar narratives of urban ruin and renaissance, beyond the “inner city” symbol, to reveal the place and people obscured by its myths. For decades, the South Bronx was America’s “inner city.” Synonymous with civic neglect, crime, and metropolitan decay, the Bronx became the preeminent symbol used to proclaim the failings of urban places and the communities of color who lived in them. Images of its ruins—none more infamous than the one broadcast live during the 1977 World Series: a building burning near Yankee Stadium—proclaimed the failures of urbanism. Yet this same South Bronx produced hip hop, arguably the most powerful artistic and cultural innovation of the past fifty years. Two narratives—urban crisis and cultural renaissance—have dominated understandings of the Bronx and other urban environments. Today, as gentrification transforms American cities economically and demographically, the twin narratives structure our thinking about urban life. A Bronx native, Peter L’Official draws on literature and the visual arts to recapture the history, people, and place beyond its myths and legends. Both fact and symbol, the Bronx was not a decades-long funeral pyre, nor was hip hop its lone cultural contribution. L’Official juxtaposes the artist Gordon Matta-Clark’s carvings of abandoned buildings with the city’s trompe l’oeil decals program; examines the centrality of the Bronx’s infamous Charlotte Street to two Hollywood films; offers original readings of novels by Don DeLillo and Tom Wolfe; and charts the emergence of a “global Bronx” as graffiti was brought into galleries and exhibited internationally, promoting a symbolic Bronx abroad. Urban Legends presents a new cultural history of what it meant to live, work, and create in the Bronx.


Myths and Mysteries of New York

Myths and Mysteries of New York
Author: Fran Capo
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 211
Release: 2011-05-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 0762768975

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Part of our new and growing Myths and Mysteries series, Myths and Mysteries of New York explores unusual phenomena, strange events, and mysteries in New York’s history. Each episode included in the book is a story unto itself, and the tone and style of the book is lively and easy to read for a general audience interested in New York history.


Myths and Legends from Korea

Myths and Legends from Korea
Author: James H. Grayson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 473
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1136602895

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This book contains 175 tales drawn equally from the ancient and modern periods of Korea, plus 16 further tales provided for comparative purposes. Nothing else on this scale or depth is available in any western language. Three broad classes of material are included: foundation myths of ancient states and clans, ancient folktales and legends, modern folktales. Each narrative contains information on its source and provenance, and on its folklore type, similarities to folklore types from China, Japan and elsewhere.


The Encyclopedia of Epic Myths and Legends

The Encyclopedia of Epic Myths and Legends
Author: Arie Kaplan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2024-10-08
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1577154517

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The Encyclopedia of Epic Myths and Legends is focused on connecting a wide array of cultural myths to modern pop culture and media references influenced by them.


Myths and Mysteries of New Jersey

Myths and Mysteries of New Jersey
Author: Fran Capo
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 179
Release: 2010-11-09
Genre: History
ISBN: 0762767464

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Part of our new and growing Mysteries and Legends series, Mysteries and Legends of New Jersey explores unusual phenomena, strange events, and mysteries in New Jersey's history. Each episode included in the book is a story unto itself, and the tone and style of the book is lively and easy to read for a general audience interested in New Jersey history. Read about the mysterious Blue Hole. Question if the New Jersey Devil is real or not. Visit the Phareloch Castle, the friendliest haunted castle in New Jersey.


Mythical Creatures of Maine

Mythical Creatures of Maine
Author: Christopher Packard
Publisher: Down East Books
Total Pages: 201
Release: 2021-09-01
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1608937275

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Maine folklore is rich in tales of humans confronted by strange beasts, both wonderful and terrifying. The Abenaki, or “First People” had their tales of Glooskap and Pamola. Other tales came with European settlers; and others sprang up almost out of nothing around the fires of the logging camps. Based on meticulous research into these legends and folk tales, this volume is an encyclopedia, a field guide to the creatures that can be found in Maine and beyond. While the tales are whimsical and fun, they can also be considered serious scholarship.