New York Fairies: A History of the Little People of the Empire State

Description

Dutch, Irish and Native American residents of New York State have long told tales about mysterious Little People occupying the region’s hills and forests. An exhausted man in 1880s Brooklyn reported to the police that dancing fairies on his roof were keeping him up at night. Irish immigrants in Hell’s Kitchen claimed that banshees in trailing white gowns mourned the deaths of their loved ones. Hordes of goblins on Bannerman Island emerged after nightfall to terrorize navigators of the Hudson River. And in the Genesee Valley, waterfall-dwelling Little People taught a sacred dance to a Haudenosaunee boy. From the noisy metropolis to upstate’s rolling hills, Andrew Warburton roams New York in search of tales of the enchanting Fair Folk.

Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Andrew Warburton
Published: 07/08/2025
Publisher: History Press
ISBN: 9781467159739
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.62lbs
Size: 0.31″ H x 8.90″ L x 6.26″ W

About the Author

Andrew Warburton grew up in Bristol, England. He received his master’s degree in creative writing at Bath Spa University and has published poems and short stories. He lived in Massachusetts for many years and now lives in Rhode Island. New York Fairies is the follow up to New England Fairies: A History of the Little People of the Hills and Forests. He blogs about fairies at fairiesofnewengland.com.