Arch Merrill's Complete Works in Twenty-Three Volumes: A River Ramble: Saga of the Genesee Valley; The Ridge: Ontario's Blossom Country; The Lakes Country; The Towpath; Rochester Sketchbook; Stagecoach Towns; Tomahawks and Old Lace: Tales of Western New York; Land of the Senecas; Upstate Echoes; Slim Fingers Beckon; Shadows on the Wall: Tales of York State; Southern Tier Volume 1; Southern Tier Volume 2; Our Goodly Heritage; Pioneer Profiles; Bloomers and Bugles; Gaslights and Gingerbread; Fame in Our Time; The White Woman and Her Valley; Down the Lore Lanes: Oddities in Upstate History; The Underground: Freedom's Road and Other Upstate Tales; The Changing Years; Pumpkin Hook to Dumpling Hill [23 Volume Set]

Livingston County Historian Anna E. Patchett's set, with a custom-made index volume compiled by her and bound in buckram. Ten volumes inscribed to Patchett and signed by author on front endpaper, with Pioneer Profiles also containing a typed letter signed by Merrill laid in, thanking Patchett for pictures of Wadsworth and Phelps and stating "You may see them in a book." All volumes (except index) include original jackets. Jackets lightly rubbed, Pumpkin Hook jacket spine faded, most volumes include Patchett's bookplate and/or address label on front endpapers, some tape remnants to reverse of jackets from previously attached mylar covers. Bindings tight and square, text clean, bright, and unmarked. 1943 Hard Cover. The complete writings of Arch Merrill, focusing on the history, folklore, and social development of western New York. Complete in twenty-three volumes: A River Ramble: Saga of the Genesee Valley; The Ridge: Ontario's Blossom Country; The Lakes Country; The Towpath; Rochester Sketchbook; Stagecoach Towns; Tomahawks and Old Lace: Tales of Western New York; Land of the Senecas; Upstate Echoes; Slim Fingers Beckon; Shadows on the Wall: Tales of York State; Southern Tier Volume 1; Southern Tier Volume 2; Our Goodly Heritage; Pioneer Profiles; Bloomers and Bugles; Gaslights and Gingerbread; Fame in Our Time; The White Woman and Her Valley; Down the Lore Lanes: Oddities in Upstate History; The Underground: Freedom's Road and Other Upstate Tales; The Changing Years; Pumpkin Hook to Dumpling Hill. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: "Arch Merrill (August 5, 1894 - July 15, 1974) was a newspaper reporter for the Rochester, New York Democrat and Chronicle from 1923 to the late 1960s. He was a prolific writer, best known for his articles in the Sunday paper on history and folklore of the Genesee Valley and the Finger Lakes of upstate New York. He was sometimes called The Poet Laureate of Upstate New York. He authored a number of books, most of which are collections of his articles. Possibly his most famous was the 1943 A River Ramble, which is an account of his walk of the entire length of the Genesee River, along with his notes on local history, folk tales, and people he met along the route.…