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    The Moon-Eyed People: Folk Tales from Welsh America
    The Moon-Eyed People: Folk Tales from Welsh America
    The Moon-Eyed People: Folk Tales from Welsh America
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    The Moon-Eyed People: Folk Tales from Welsh America

    By Peter Stevenson

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    A lone man wanders from swamp to swamp searching for himself, a wolf-girl visits Wales and eats the sheep, a Welsh criminal marries an 'Indian Princess', Lakota men re-enact the Wounded Knee Massacre in Cardiff and, all the while, mountain women practise Appalachian hoodoo, native healing and Welsh witchcraft. These stories are a mixture of true tales, tall tales and folk tales, that tell of the lives of migrants who left Wales and settled in America, of the native and enslaved people who had long been living there, and those curious travellers who returned to find their roots in the old country. They were explorers, miners, dreamers, hobos, tourists, farmers, radicals, showmen, sailors, soldiers, witches, warriors, poets, preachers, prospectors, political dissidents, social reformers, and wayfaring strangers. The Cherokee called them: 'the Moon-Eyed People.'
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThe History Press
    Release dateJul 1, 2019
    ISBN9780750992701
    The Moon-Eyed People: Folk Tales from Welsh America
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    Peter Stevenson

    Peter Stevenson is a professional storyteller and illustrator, and is the organiser of Aberystwyth Storytelling Festival. He performs widely at festivals and events and has curated many exhibitions based on the tales he tells. He has produced books internationally for publishers such as Ladybird and Hodder & Stoughton.

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