Lorna Macdonald Czarnota

Legends, Lore and Secrets of Western New York Lorna Macdonald Czarnota

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-154). Table of Contents: Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- An Ancient Seabed and an Ancient People -- Forming a New Land -- The War of 1812 -- Heart and Hardy -- Giants in Western New York -- Natural Wonders -- Murder, Mayhem and More -- Land of Spirits and the Burned-Over District -- They Were Here: A Conclusion -- Selected Bibliography -- About the Author. Publisher Marketing: Like the region's first inhabitants, the 'Cat People, ' who made clothing from the mountain lions and panthers that they hunted, Western New Yorkers still savor the tradition of storytelling. Tales such as the 'Mail-Riding Mamma' of Chautauqua County, who carried both the post and her infant child above her head as she journeyed across perilously flooded creeks, and the Ossian Giant, who at age nineteen stood seven feet, six inches tall and weighed 385 pounds, are vividly narrated by Buffalo storyteller Lorna MacDonald Czarnota. Listen to the whispered legends of spirits, heroes and traitors hidden in one of New York's most captivating regions