The Groaning Tree and Other Stories of Country Folk Life. Experienced and Recorded in Fishers, New York
Interlaken, New York: Empire State Books, 1987. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Item #2328185
ISBN: 0932334954
First printing. Signed by author on dedication page with inscription, "My best wishes to The Westerbergs."
128 pp. "The Goose Rangers, a home guard unit during the Civil War, was captained by Charles Murphy who also served as a foreman on the New York central. His tomboy daughters, Sarah and Maggie, placed fishers in an uproar upon many occasions. One such time was when they instituted an "attack" on the local arsenal the week after the Confederates' raid on St. Albans, Vermont. The panic they caused was long remembered. (from back cover)" CONTENTS: Introduction; The Groaning Tree; Robbery By a Snakehead; The Hard-Working Ghost; Horse Thievery; Snowbound; Old Car Escapades; Menzo's Prize Rooster; Red Ribbons Vs. Blue; Mrs. Woodin's Strange Death; Henry Garling's Mad Cow; Courtship of Helen Jane; Treasure Troves; Squire Fisher's Open House; A Trip to Venice; The Great Ball of Fire; Happy Well Digger; Irish Wakes; Brady Brandy; Ghost City of Valentown; The Night the Arsenal Was Raided; The Indomitable Welch Family; The Ice-Climbing Locomotive; Schoolhouse That Wouldn't Stay Put; The Lightning Calculator; Unusual Animals & Birds; Railroad Highlights; Hobos; Mail Time; Conover & Conover; Mysterious Dancing Cane; A Confession; Procrastination Tree.
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