The Tavern Lamps Are Burning: Literary Journeys Through Six Regions and Four Centuries of NY States

by Carl Carmer (editor)

Book Overview

New York State has had its share of writers who have, at some point in their careers, taken New York as their subject. The writings compiled here by Carl Carmer, a native of New York State and one of its finest folklorists, celebrate what he calls the undefined gleanings of this great state, spanning four centuries and six regions of its upstate region.

Carmer writes in his foreword: I have long held that York State is a country, that its...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823216977
• ISBN13: 9780823216970
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 567 Pages
• Weight: 2.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.5" x 9.4"