Popularizing Pennsylvania: Henry W. Shoemaker and the Progressive Uses of Folklore and History

by Simon J. Bronner

Few regions have had as energetic and influential a promoter as Henry W. Shoemaker (1880-1958), who devoted his life's work to preserving Pennsylvania's cultural and natural heritage. His memory lives on in the legends he helped promote, such as that of the Indian princess "Nita-Nee," for whom Central Pennsylvania's Nittany Mountain is supposedly named. He was also instrumental in creating Pennsylvania's noted system of parks and forests and the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271014873
• ISBN13: 9780271014876
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"