Title Legends of the common stream / John Hanson Mitchell

Published Amherst : Bright Leaf, an imprint of University of Massachusetts Press, [2021]

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Description 1 online resource Contents The deer moon -- The hunger moon -- The snow moon -- The worm moon -- The egg moon -- The flower moon -- The strawberry moon -- The buck moon -- The thunder moon -- The harvest moon -- The hunter's moon -- The beaver moon -- The cold moon Summary "For over twenty years, John Hanson Mitchell has visited Beaver Brook almost daily. This small, slow-flowing Massachusetts stream was of vital importance for early settlers and an indispensable resource for the Native peoples who lived and fished along its shores, but it has been largely forgotten in our own time. Revisiting the river's oxbows, bends, and marshes over the course of a year, Legends of the Common Stream combines a natural history of Beaver Brook with a study of the people who lived on this land and a meandering, but stunning, examination of the myths and legends that can help us to better understand humanity's relationship to the natural world. While Mitchell never leaves the brook's shores, he draws from a range of traditions and takes readers on excursions to regions and cultures across the globe and across time, making the case that our contemporary separation from nature goes hand in hand with our alienation from the world of myth. This book seeks to restore these broken relationships and offers the reminder that while cultures may come and go, the stream goes on forever"-- Provided by publisher Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 23, 2021) Subject Mitchell, John Hanson -- Homes and haunts SUBJECT Mitchell, John Hanson -- Homes and haunts Mitchell, John Hanson fast Subject Natural history -- Beaver Brook (N.H. and Mass.) Folklore -- Massachusetts Massachuset Indians -- Massachusetts Folklore Homes Massachuset Indians Natural history SUBJECT Beaver Brook (N.H. and Mass.) -- History Subject United States -- Beaver Brook Massachusetts Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2020053340 ISBN 1613768397 9781613768389 1613768389 9781613768396

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