LibGuides: American Folklore, Legends & Myths: Media

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Ghosts in the Mountains (18:54) This documentary examines one man’s thirty year journey to document folklore and myth in every corner of his home state, Pennsylvania, offering a rich and varied tapestry of a unique cultural heritage.
Legendary Cowboys (42:36) They were the quintessential American heroes: the embodiment of rugged individualism and independence. For 30 years, cowboys ruled the frontier, settling the American West and carving their way into American mythology forever. This is the story of the golden era of the American Cowboy. A part of the series The Real West.
Legends and Folklore of the Old West (The Real West) Full Video (44:09) As the West unfolded, its legends were even bigger than life. The West was some sort of grand notion where fact and fiction freely intermingled and have all but become inseparable. The tall tales and folklore along with the beliefs and rituals of the Native Americans are as much a part of the legacy of the West as is its history. In this program historians reveal the myths and realities of these romantic and often imaginary tales. A part of the series The Real West.
Man vs. History Series (8 Titles) Man vs. History is a new History Channel series that follows acclaimed storyteller and local historian Bil Lepp as he travels off the beaten path across the country to discover the truth behind mysteries and legends of American history.
The Men Who Built America: Frontiersmen Series (4 Titles) "The Men Who Built America: Frontiersmen" spans the formative period of American history between the Revolutionary War and Civil War to introduce the iconic figures whose westward expansion transformed us from Europeans to Americans.
PBS The West of the Imagination Series (6 TItles) The sweeping story of the American West as seen through the eyes of its mythmakers and mythologizers. Written by William H. Goetzmann, winner of a Pulitzer Prize in American History.

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Sleepy Hollow A New York magistrate orders Ichabod Crane to travel to the small town of Sleepy Hollow to investigate two murders. Crane is determined to apprehend the murderous Headless Horseman and prove him to be a flesh-and-blood mortal.