Description
Four well-known experts on the folkways of the Shenandoah Valley have combined their talents to bring this volume to the public.
- Folklorist John Heatwole describes many fascinating aspects of local folklore, including witches and hexing.
- Local historian Nancy T. Sorrells brings a view of the role of cattle in Valley life, including cattle drives, and Valley cowboys.
- Material culture authority, Scott Suter writes on the importance of crafts, especially pottery and basket making, and the response to factory mass production in the early 20th-century.
- Food historian Danielle Toriskey follows foodways of the Civil War days, including local recipes that were comfort foods to Valley folk.
Ably edited by Dr. Dorothy Boyd-Bragg, this book is a delightful read and a treasury of local lore brought together by the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society and Augusta County Historical Society.
