Groundhog Day - Hardcover

Yoder, Don

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0811700291 ISBN 13: 9780811700290

Publisher: Stackpole Books, 2003

Synopsis

From the Pennsylvania Dutch Country in Southeastern and Central Pennsylvania has spread the fun holiday celebration of Groundhog Day. Now firmly ensconced as a national event every February 2, it radiates outward from Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania and gives us all a welcome holiday to celebrate between New Year’s Day and Easter. Through this holiday, the Groundhog has in a sense been personalized and humanized. Learn more about this unique holiday and grab your copy of Groundhog Day today!

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

"What an eye-opening book!" The event we assumed to be a media-made holiday turns out to be a rich and fascinating piece of folklore." --JANE AND MICHAEL STERN

"Groundhog Day, a much misunderstood holiday, finally has a book that does it justice. And who better to write it than the acknowledged master of American folklife studies, Don Yoder? Filled with Groundhog Day history, lore, and popular culture, it is a great pleasure to read any time of the year." --JACK SANTINO, author of New Old-Fashioned Way: Holidays and Popular Culture

About the Author:

Don Yoder was cofounder of the Pennsylvania Folklife Society, longtime editor of its journal Pennsylvania Folklife, and Professor of Folklife Studies at the University of Pennsylvania from 1956 to 1996. He currently resides in Devon, Pennsylvania.

About this edition

• Publisher: Stackpole Books
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0811700291
• ISBN 13: 9780811700290
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 1