LEADER 04514nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910957747903321 005 20251116221432.0 010 $a1-280-69847-0 010 $a9786613675439 010 $a0-8093-8565-1 035 $a(CKB)2560000000081754 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000681519 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12309388 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000681519 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10663158 035 $a(PQKB)10634739 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1354499 035 $a(OCoLC)793206753 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse19647 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1354499 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10575410 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL367543 035 $a(BIP)46352710 035 $a(BIP)28138118 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000081754 100 $a20091110d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLegends & lore of southern Illinois /$fJohn W. Allen 205 $aSouthern Illinois University Press pbk. ed. 210 $aCarbondale $cSouthern Illinois University Press$d2010 215 $axviii, 404 p. $cill., maps 225 1 $aShawnee classics 300 $a"First edition published 1963"--T.p. verso. 300 $aIncludes index. 311 08$a0-8093-2967-0 327 $aIndividuals -- Names -- Folklore -- Indians -- Early travel -- Early business activities -- Farm life -- Early schools -- Holidays -- Churches -- Law & order -- Slavery -- The military -- Along the rivers -- Landmarks -- Towns : old & older -- Random stories -- Epilogue: I retire. 330 $aIn the 1950s and 60s, John W. Allen told the people of southern Illinois about themselves about their region, its history, and its folkways in his series of newspaper articles, It Happened in Southern Illinois. Each installment of the series depicted a single item of interest a town, a building, an enterprise, a person, an event, a custom. Originally published in 1963, "Legends & Lore of Southern Illinois" brings together a selection of these articles preserving a valuable body of significant local history and cultural lore.During territorial times and early statehood, southern Illinois was the most populous and most influential part of the state. But the advent of the steamboat and the building of the National Road made the lands to the west and north more easily accessible, and the later settlers struck out for the more expansive and fertile prairies. The effect of this movement was to isolate that section of the state known as Egypt and halt its development, creating what Allen termed an historical eddy. Bypassed as it was by the main current of westward expansion and economic growth, its culture changed very slowly. Methods, practices, and the tools of the pioneer continued in use for a long time. The improved highways and better means of communication of the twentieth century brought a marked change upon the region, and daily life no longer differed materially from that of other areas. Against such a cultural and historical backdrop, Mr. Allen wrote these sketches of the people of southern Illinois of their folkways and beliefs, their endeavors, successes, failures, and tragedies, and of the land to which they came. There are stories here of slaves and their masters, criminals, wandering peddlers, politicians, law courts and vigilantes, and of boat races on the rivers. Allen also looks at the region s earlier history, describing American Indian ruins, monuments, and artifacts as well as the native population s encounters with European settlers. Many of the vestiges of the region s past culture have all but disappeared, surviving only in museums and in the written record. This new paperback edition of "Legends & Lore of Southern Illinois "brings that past culture to life again in Allen s descriptive, engaging style. 410 0$aShawnee classics. 517 3 $aLegends and lore of southern Illinous 606 $aFolklore$zIllinois 606 $aLegends$zIllinois 607 $aIllinois$xSocial life and customs$vAnecdotes 607 $aIllinois$xHistory, Local$vAnecdotes 607 $aIllinois$vBiography$vAnecdotes 615 0$aFolklore 615 0$aLegends 676 $a398.209773 700 $aAllen$b John W$g(John Willis),$f1887-1969.$01865072 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910957747903321 996 $aLegends & lore of southern Illinois$94472095 997 $aUNINA