Melaine Zimmer: Curiosities from Ancient New York

Earth Ancients

Cliff Dunning

Society & Culture, Social Sciences, Science

4.4 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2017

⏱️ 116 minutes

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Summary

The Finger Lakes region is known for its beauty, but look carefully and you will discover some of New York's other abundant--and unusual--treasures. The cliffs of Excelsior Glen are scattered with ancient Indian pictographs, and Bluff Point conceals the ruins of an unknown civilization. The wine industry has its own strange stories; discover why one wine producer was banned from using his own name. Among the oddities of the Finger Lakes region are the world's largest pancake, a slice of Susan B. Anthony's seventy-eighth birthday cake and the anecdote of the boy who accidentally caught an eight-pound trout with his nose. Join author Melanie Zimmer and uncover these and other curiosities and strange tales of the Finger Lakes.

Melanie Zimmer is very active in the folklore and storytelling community. She is currently a member of the League for the Advancement of New England Storytelling, the Puppeteers of America, the Puppetry Guild of Upstate New York and the New York Folklore Society. She has published numerous books and articles and frequently presents and performs at libraries, schools, museums and historical societies.

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1:17.1	We'll hear from Melissa on some new programs,
1:20.2	including Eric von Donkin's new series.
1:24.0	There's also a documentary on Secret Space Programs that is kind of cool.
1:30.0	And our interview today is with a New York researcher who's also a writer and a storyteller on unknown cultures in upstate New York, which is kind of cool because this is not something we've heard about before and that includes giants and little people.
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