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Mysteries and lore of Western Maryland : snallygasters, dogmen, and other mountain tales /

Title: Mysteries and lore of Western Maryland : snallygasters, dogmen, and other mountain tales / Susan Fair.
Author: Fair, Susan.
Publication: Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2013.

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124 pages; 23 cm.

Summary

"In the shadows of the quiet mountain towns of WesternMaryland, strange creatures are said to lurk in the woods while phantoms wanderthe foothills. The Hagerstown clock tower is reportedly haunted by the ghost ofa young artist killed during the Civil War, while the low summit of SouthMountain was once host to a mysterious spell-caster, the Wizard Zittle. Fartherwest, tales of legendary hunter Meshach Browning echo among the AlleganyMountains while visitors to Deep Creek Lake may feel the chilling presence ofmonks who never left their former monastery. From the 1909 hoax of themonstrous Snallygaster that terrorized the Middletown Valley to the doglikeDwayyo that was spotted near Frederick in 1965, local historian Susan Fairrounds up the bizarre beasts, odd characters and unsolved mysteries that colorthe legends and lore of Western Maryland"--
"Stories of Legends and Lore from the history of Frederick, Washington, Allegany, and Garrett Counties"--

Series Statement

American legends

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2013025758

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library