Fairies of New England: The Little People of the Hills and Forests

I’m so happy to say that New York Fairies: A History of the Little People of the Empire State releases today! This is the first book that collects all the fairy and Little People folklore in New York State, making it the perfect follow up to New England Fairies. I had so much fun gathering these stories from Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, the Hudson Valley, the Mohawk Valley, the Adirondacks, and the Finger Lakes. The book contains the following five chapters:

• Introduction
• Irish Fairies
• Dutch Goblins and Gnomes
• Haudenosaunee and Lenape Little People
• Miscellaneous Fairy Stories

Description

Dutch, Irish, and Native American residents of New York State have long told tales about mysterious Little People occupying the region’s hills and forests. An exhausted man in 1880s Brooklyn reported to the police that dancing fairies on his roof were keeping him up at night. Irish immigrants in Hell’s Kitchen claimed that banshees in trailing white gowns mourned the deaths of their loved ones. Hordes of goblins on Bannerman Island emerged after nightfall to terrorize navigators of the Hudson River. And in the Genesee Valley, waterfall-dwelling Little People taught a sacred dance to a Haudenosaunee boy. From the noisy metropolis to upstate’s rolling hills, Andrew Warburton roams New York in search of tales of the enchanting Fair Folk.

The book is available at your local independent bookseller as well as Barnes & Noble and on Amazon.