A Country Storekeeper in Pennsylvania Kathy Etling ''--from the Introduction

''--from the Introduction

Marybeth Herald

rainy-day activities and other outdoor pursuits that can be enjoyed in the area

offered diverse forms of programming meant to entertain as well as educate

Drawing on the two central themes of the mummers play - combat and resurrection - the poems reveal both dark and light parallels between the modern neighbourhood and medieval theatre: the carnivalesque zombie-drummers marching through a local park find their mirror-image in the daily disguises of life in a housing estate

A Country Storekeeper in Pennsylvania Kathy Etling ''--from the IntroductionExamines the role that country storekeeper Samuel Rex of Schaefferstown, Pennsylvania, played in the society and economy of the mid Atlantic region from 1790 to 1807. Studies consumption patterns of one typical Pennsylvania German community.