Samuel Adams Drake (1833–1905)
Auteur de New England Legends and Folk Lore
A propos de l'auteur
Samuel Adams Drake was born in Boston. Massachusetts in 1833. He was educated in the Boston schools and in 1858 moved to Leavenworth. Kansas, where he was a journalist and merehant until the outbreak of the oivil war. He joined the Kansas militia as captain in 1861, and was promoted afficher plus brigadier-general of militia in 1863 and colonel of the 17th Kansas volunteers in 1864. He returned to Boston in 1871 and devoted his time to his literary work afficher moins
Œuvres de Samuel Adams Drake
The Border Wars of New England: Commonly Called King William's and Queen Anne's Wars (1897) (2001) 11 exemplaires
Burgoyne's Invasion of 1777 With an outline sketch of the American Invasion of Canada, 1775-76. (1899) 5 exemplaires
A census of pensioners for revolutionary or military services; with their names, ages, and places of residence 2 exemplaires
The Heart of the White Mountains Tourist's Edition 1 exemplaire
History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Vol. 2: Containing Carefully Prepared Histories of Every City and Town in… (2017) 1 exemplaire
Our World's Great Benefactors: Short Biographies of the Men and Women Most Eminent in ... 1888 [Leather Bound] (2019) 1 exemplaire
The Benefactors of the World: Short Biographies of the Men and Women Most Prominent in Philanthropy Patriotism Art… 1 exemplaire
General Israel Putnam, the commander at Bunker Hill 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Witches, Wraiths, and Warlocks: Supernatural Tales of the American Renaissance (1971) — Contributeur — 38 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1833-12-20
- Date de décès
- 1905-12-04
- Lieu de sépulture
- Wyoming Cemetery, Melrose, Massachusetts, USA
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Lieu du décès
- Kennebunkport, Maine, USA
- Professions
- journalist
writer - Relations
- Drake, Samuel Gardner (father)
Membres
Critiques
Stuffed with archaic local folklore and bits of history that might otherwise not be as readily available. It's quite beautifully written though some might find it stuffy. It was written a long while ago. I see it's been reprinted and is in hardcover. I've got an old paperback. Love browsing in this book.
Originally published in 1873. Revised edition (every place..revisited) with illustrations, 1900..
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 32
- Aussi par
- 1
- Membres
- 361
- Popularité
- #66,480
- Évaluation
- 3.3
- Critiques
- 4
- ISBN
- 68
There are many thing I enjoyed about this book too. First off, I liked the history. Most of this stuff I knew already, but it was a good refresher. The book makes one realize how much religion (mostly Protestantism) and superstition are in the roots of New England culture. This book covers the history of witchcraft and pirates in our region as well. Salem isn't the only witchy place in New England and Blackbeard as connections with the east-coast. This book also has some wonderful newspaper-like drawings as well.
Would I recommended this book? Depends n where you live honestly. I'm not sure why anyone outside of New England would enjoy this book unless you are a history buff. A lot of this book is centered around location. To me, it felt like I was visiting these locations again. Some of these places I go to every year. This book is very Ye Olde New England style.
NOTE: I should mention this book is folklore. While it's also history, it doesn't read like everything in this book could have actually happened. This book is also made up of prose and poetry by other New England authors some well known like Hawthorne and Longfellow.… (plus d'informations)