Tug Hill Country: Tales from the Big Wood ~ Harold Samson signed 1971 ~ history & folklore ~ Oswego County, New York

Title: Tug Hill Country: Tales from the Big Wood
Author: Harold E. Samson
Publication: Lakemont, N. Y.: North Country Books, 1971

Description: Inscribed by author on copyright page. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Map endpapers. Small areas of soiling in margins of copyright and dedication pages, else fine. Illustrated with 41 historic photographs. Dust jacket shows light edge wear; spine faded; not price clipped ($6.00); in an archival mylar sleeve. [xii] + 227 pages.

Tales of the history, folklore and customs of the Tug Hill region of New York state. The Tug Hill country is located east of Lake Ontario, north and northeast of Lake Oneida, and to the west of the Adirondacks, separated by the Black River Valley.

Inscribed by the author to Perry Hastings (1903-2009). Hastings lived his full 105-year life in the Tug Hill Country. He was a member of the Pulaski Historical Society and was a contributor to Hope Marston's book Salmon River Odyssey: The Town of Richland and Its Hamlets (2002).

The author Harold E. Samson (1908-1977) was also a life-long resident of the Tug Hill region. His second book, The Other Side of the Hill: More Tug Hill Tales, was published in 1974.

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good+
Jacket Condition: Very Good

Keywords: New York, Oswego County, history, folklore,