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Author:
Attebery, Jennifer Eastman, 1951- author.
Title:
Pole raising and speech making : modalities of Swedish American summer celebration / Jennifer Eastman Attebery.
Publisher:
Utah State University Press,
Copyright Date:
2015
Description:
184 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Festivals--Rocky Mountains Region.
Holidays--Rocky Mountains region.
Folklore--Rocky Mountains.
Swedish Americans--Rocky Mountains region--Social life and customs.
Rocky Mountains Region--Social life and customs.
West (U.S.)--Social life and customs.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"Focused on the beginnings of the traditional Scandinavian Midsummer celebration and the spring-to-summer seasonal festivities in the Rocky Mountain West during the height of Swedish immigration. Combines folklore and history, to explore various ways Midsummer-related celebrations blended with the American 4thth of July and the Mormon Latter Day Saint Pioneer Day on July 24th"-- Provided by publisher.
Series:
Ritual, festival, and celebration ; volume 3
ISBN:
0874219981
9780874219982
OCLC:
(OCoLC)908698782
LCCN:
2014049392
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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