A look at New York state history, folklore, and material culture focuses on folk art, folk medicine, ghosts, werewolves, the devil, and famous murders
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Louis C. Jones is director emeritus of the New York State Historical Association and the Farmers' Museum in Cooperstown, NY. A cofounder of the New York Folklore Society, Jones is the author of several books, including Things That Bump in the Night and Growing Up in Cooper Country.
The fourteen articles collected here reflect regionlist Jones's love of New York State, where his roots run deep, as he explores the landscape, preservation, folk art, folk medicine, ghosts, werewolves, the devil, and a topic with special fascination for him- murder.
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