Henry Chapman Mercer (1856–1930)
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The dating of old houses: A paper read by Dr. Henry C. Mercer, of Doylestown, Pa., at a meeting of The Bucks County… (1976) 12 exemplaren
The hill-caves of Yucatan : a search for evidence of man's antiquity in the caverns of Central America : being an… (1975) 9 exemplaren
Researches upon the antiquity of man in the Delaware valley and the eastern United States 4 exemplaren
Light and Fire Making: With Forty-five Illustrations Explaining the Rubbing of Fire from Wood, the Striking of Flint… 3 exemplaren
Tools of the Nation Maker: A Catalog of Objects found in the Museum of the Historical Society of Bucks Co, Pa., 3 exemplaren
The Survival of the Medieaval Art of Illuminated Writing Among Pennsylvania Germans (pamphlet) 2 exemplaren
Light and Fire Making 2 exemplaren
Hill Caves of Yucatan 2 exemplaren
The antiquity of man in the Delaware Valley : I. Introduction; II. An ancient argillite quarry and blade workshop on… 2 exemplaren
The Bible in iron: Pictured stoves and stoveplates of the Pennsylvania Germans ; notes on colonial firebacks in the… (1961) 2 exemplaren
The Lenape stone 2 exemplaren
Lenape stone : or, the Indian and the mammoth. 1 exemplaar
The discovery of aboriginal remains at a rockshelter in the Delaware Valley known as the Indian House. 1 exemplaar
"Prehistoric Jasper Mines in the Lehigh Hills," 1 exemplaar
"Indian Jasper Mines in the Lehigh Hills," 1 exemplaar
An Ancient argillite quarry and Indian village site on the Delaware (Bureau of Ethnology Bulletin 21) (1894) 1 exemplaar
THE TILED PAVEMENT IN THE CAPITOL OF PENNSYLVANIA. Revised and Edited by Ginger Duemler. Illustrated by Linda Brown. (1975) — Auteur — 1 exemplaar
The Bible In Iron: Or, The Pictured Stoves And Stove Plates Of The Pennsylvania Germans ... (2012) 1 exemplaar
The Hill-Caves of Yucatán 1 exemplaar
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- Officiële naam
- Mercer, Henry Chapman
- Geboortedatum
- 1856-06-24
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1930-03-09
- Graflocatie
- Doylestown Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, USA
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Doylestown, Pennsylvania, USA
- Plaats van overlijden
- Doylestown, Pennsylvania, USA
- Woonplaatsen
- Doylestown, Pennsylvania, USA
- Opleiding
- Harvard University (liberal arts ∙ 1879)
University of Pennsylvania (law ∙ 1881) - Beroepen
- tile maker
building designer
archaeologist - Organisaties
- University of Pennsylvania
Bucks County Historical Society
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- 31
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- 1
- Leden
- 214
- Populariteit
- #104,033
- Waardering
- 4.0
- Besprekingen
- 3
- ISBNs
- 12
Mercer’s stories often feel a lot more lively than the drier style of many of his predecessors and contemporaries and that’s largely thanks to his experience and love of each historical influence he draws upon shining through, alongside a willingness to vary his settings. We read tales of a mad scientist plotting on gaslit riversides and warehouses; deadly spiritual customs and creepy avian nightmares; before travelling to the Carpathian mountains and its ancient monastic scrolls and early werewolf legends. We are even treated to parallels of Jason’s adventure to seek the Golden Fleece, a trip to the beautiful locales around Sicily and finally a wonderful mystery surrounding a forgotten piece of Italian art.
Sometimes Mercer’s enthusiastic informational flourishes divert a story off course as it does slightly in ‘The Blackbirds’ or in the even more indulgent ‘Sunken City’, and his occasional longer sentences are of an older era which will be slightly jarring to modern readers. But, these are minor quibbles. Once again Valancourt have brought back a fine collection of little known supernatural/weird tales to warm oneself with by the fire on any cold November night. Or even any night.… (meer)