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Re: [Young People Read Old SFF] The Man Who Traveled in Elephants

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Ahasuerus <ahasuerus@email.com> wrote:
> On Friday, March 16, 2018 at 11:16:53 AM UTC-4, D B Davis wrote:
> [snip]
>>     BTW Ahasuerus, _Crimson Dawn_'s missing from isfdb. Good luck with
>> trying to find any story details. Although the Marvel comic pops up all
>> over creation on the Inet, it's hard to find out much of anything about
>> the Forsling. [snip]
>
> Added, thanks!

Interesting. The book cited in isfdb dates from 1980 [1], but here's the
kicker. Forlsing first told her tales in the 1930s. So, it's apparently
an /oral/ story telling tradition, in its original form.
    Anyhow, "Crimson Dawn witch" hits the Inet search engine jackpot.
This excerpt [2] gives a fair description of the event:

    On the west flank of the mountain, Jackson canyon, one of the
    largest migratory populations of bald eagles in the world take
    shelter during certain times of the year. This mountain is also
    host to annual summer-solstice gathering at Crimson Dawn Ranch.
    This event, based upon children's stories told by a local woman
    to her children in the 1930s and 40's, has grown into a local
    tradition, with hundreds of families migrating up the mountain
    to see actors re-enact tales of witches and warlocks. The area
    around the ranch is reported to be haunted by the woman.

Note.

1. http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?2341311
2. http://www.thefullwiki.org/Casper_Mountain

Thank you,

--
Don

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[Young People Read Old SFF] The Man Who Traveled in Elephants jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) - 2018-03-15 13:24 +0000
  Re: [Young People Read Old SFF] The Man Who Traveled in Elephants Robert Woodward <robertaw@drizzle.com> - 2018-03-15 10:23 -0700
  Re: [Young People Read Old SFF] The Man Who Traveled in Elephants D B Davis <g@crcomp.net> - 2018-03-16 15:16 +0000
    Re: [Young People Read Old SFF] The Man Who Traveled in Elephants Ahasuerus <ahasuerus@email.com> - 2018-03-16 09:05 -0700
      Re: [Young People Read Old SFF] The Man Who Traveled in Elephants D B Davis <g@crcomp.net> - 2018-03-16 16:56 +0000
  Re: [Young People Read Old SFF] The Man Who Traveled in Elephants a425couple <a425couple@hotmail.com> - 2018-03-16 09:25 -0700

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