Saturday, August 8, 2015

Pine Barrens Legends, Lore, and Lies

Author: William McMahon
Stars: 3
Review by: MandyApgar

A typical folksy sort of book, on the folkloric history of the Pineys. Keep in mind that that term is not supposed to be derogatory, as here the area is celebrated for its rich heritage - yes, the atypical Devil is covered, but also a local man who was renowned for competing in the real Devil in a fiddling contest, area heroes and villains, the supposed origins of place names and slang, things like that. Yes, the author has in a lot of stories "I got this from so and so at the bar," but that is really how one is supposed to do this sort of work. On the whole it was very good, but seemed far too short especially granted being that it was barely over 100 pages and had large print.
 

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