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Record Nr.

UNINA9910527806303321

Titolo

The old leather man : historical accounts of a Connecticut and New York legend / / edited by Dan W. Deluca ; with the editing assistance of and annotation by Dionne Longley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Middletown, Connecticut : , : Wesleyan University Press, , 2008

©2008

ISBN

0-8195-7445-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (161 p.)

Collana

Garnet Books

Disciplina

305.5/69

Soggetti

Tramps - New England - History

Electronic books.

New England Social conditions 1865-1918

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A series of historic newspaper articles, 1869/1889, illustrated with maps and photographs."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; The Old Leather Man; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Mother Goose's "One Misty, Moisty Morning," 1785; PART I: 1869-1883; PART II: 1884-1885; PART III: 1886-1888; PART IV: 1889; APPENDIXES; Appendix A: Artifacts and Portraits; Appendix B: Towns through Which the Leather Man Walked at One Time; Appendix C: Selected Old Leather Man Sites Accessible to the Public; Annotated Bibliography; Additional Resources; Index; Editor's Note

Sommario/riassunto

Fascinating documentation of a mysterious figure