Spirit of the New England Tribes Indian History and Folklore, 1620-1984

Spanning three centuries, this collection traces the historical evolution of legends, folktales, and traditions of four major native American groups from their earliest encounters with European settlers to the present. The book is based on some 240 folklore texts gathered from early colonial writings, newspapers, magazines, diaries, local histories, anthropology and folklore publications, a variety of unpublished manuscript sources, and field research with living Indians.Simmons, William S. is the author of 'Spirit of the New England Tribes Indian History and Folklore, 1620-1984' with ISBN 9780874513721 and ISBN 0874513723.