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Christmas in Pennsylvania: A Folk-Cultural Study
Christmas in Pennsylvania A FolkCultural Study
Author: Alfred L. Shoemaker
30 b/w photos, 7 x 9 — 40th Anniversary Edition — Folk background of the Christmas celebration — Originally published in 1959 and written by one of the seminal figures in American folklife studies, this classic work examines the folk origins of Christmas in Pennsylvania. Composed of interviews and contemporary newspaper reports, it records holiday ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780811703284
ISBN-10: 0811703282
Publication Date: 10/1999
Pages: 162
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Publisher: Stackpole Books
Book Type: Hardcover
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Interesting review of the evolution of different Christmas customs in Pennsylvania. Rather scholarly, not light reading.


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