More Legends and Stories of the Finger Lakes Region

The Heart of New York State

This book provides thenty-one Native-American legends, three each on seven topics: lake legends, evil legends, native-origin legends, general legends, ethereal legends, destiny legends, and self-sacrifice legends. It also contains sixty stories from in and around the Finger Lakes Region, a region with 264 municipalities in fourteen counties spread over 6,125 square miles of land, and 2,875 square miles of lakes.  

Emerson Klees of Rochester, NY

Emerson Klees is the editor / publisher of Cameo Press. He is also the author of thirty books, half about New York State and the Finger Lakes Region and half collective biographies of role models of human values, such as perseverance, motivation, determination, resilience, and creativity.  He has a B.S. in electrical engineering, Penn State University, major: electronics, a M.B.A. from New York University, major: management, minor: statistics, and a M.A. in English literature (creative writing track) from the State University of New York at Brockport. For six years, he was an adjunct professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology College of Business teaching courses in entrepreneurship and business organization.

      He is a member of the New Society of the Genesee Historical Association, past member of the New York State Historical Society and the Rochester / Monroe County Freedom Trail Commission, as well as past member and vice president of the New York State Regional Publishers Association. His awards include two first places and two second places in the E.  H. Corron National Historical Essay Contest. 

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