Jeffrey R. Frazier, born and raised in Centre Hall, Centre County, holds a BS from Penn State and an MBA from Rider University. Growing up in a “Tom Sawyer” sort of way, he has always loved the Pennsylvania mountains, and has collected their folktales and
legends for over fifty years, starting in 1970. He self-published them in a series of eight volumes titled Pennsylvania Fireside Tales. Since the tales often sound “far-fetched” today, the author takes on the role of an investigative reporter to explore their origins, writing in a format that the average reader can enjoy.
In 2024 he became a published author when Sunbury Press in Harrisburg came out with his three-volume series titled Pennsylvania Mountain Landmarks – subtitled “an armchair journey to some of the most unusual and inaccessible landmarks in the Pennsylvania mountains and the history and legends that surround them. Sunbury Press has also decided to publish expanded and improved versions of all eight volumes of the author’s Pennsylvania Fireside Tales series and of his Pennsylvania Fireside Ghost Tales. Readers can purchase the books through Amazon, Sunbury Press, or through the author’s website (pafiresidetales.com).
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Jeffrey R Frazier
Pennsylvania Mountain Landmarks Volume 11 review$9.99This volume, and subsequent volumes, include ac...This volume, and subsequent volumes, include accounts of the author’s explorations of little-traveled byways and remote hilltops in the mountains of Pennsylvania. His descriptions and photos of th... -
Jeffrey R Frazier
Pennsylvania Fireside Tales Volume 11 review$16.95Anyone who has ever lived in the great state of...Anyone who has ever lived in the great state of Pennsylvania has at one time or another either read about or heard someone talk about one of its folktales and legends. These types of stories seem ... -
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Pennsylvania Mountain Landmarks Volume 3$14.95Who among us has not sometimes gazed upon the c...Who among us has not sometimes gazed upon the cloud-capped mountains of Pennsylvania and wondered what secrets lie hidden in their dark hollows and along their rushing glens? Who has hiked their sy... -
Jeffrey R Frazier
Pennsylvania Mountain Landmarks Volume 21 review$9.99This second volume in the Pennsylvania Mountain...This second volume in the Pennsylvania Mountain Landmarks series includes more accounts of the author’s explorations of little-traveled byways and cloud-capped hilltops in the mountains of Pennsylv... -
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Pennsylvania Fireside Tales Volume 22 reviews$19.95In offering a second volume of Pennsylvania mou...In offering a second volume of Pennsylvania mountain legends and folktales to the reading public, the author does so with a note of appreciation to all who found the first volume of legends of inte... -
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Pennsylvania Fireside Tales Volume 4No reviews$19.95Volume Four of the Pennsylvania Fireside Tales ...Volume Four of the Pennsylvania Fireside Tales series contains more of the old-time Pennsylvania mountain legends and folktales collected by the author over the last fifty years. Just like in his ... -
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Pennsylvania Fireside Tales Volume 51 review$19.95Anyone wishing to unlock the secrets behind Pen...Anyone wishing to unlock the secrets behind Pennsylvania’s treasure trove of old-time legends and folktales should read this book and its predecessors. Fascinating and unbelievable as some of these... -
Jeffrey R Frazier
Pennsylvania Fireside Tales Volume 31 review$19.95It is the author’s opinion that it is not an ex...It is the author’s opinion that it is not an exaggeration to say that if anyone wishes to experience one of those rare moments of true happiness that occurs in a lifetime, they should go to the mou... -
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Pennsylvania Fireside Tales Volume 6No reviews$19.95Here in the Keystone State, as time passes by, ...Here in the Keystone State, as time passes by, it becomes harder to hear a first-hand account of what life and times were like in the Pennsylvania mountains prior to the invention of the “horseless... -
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Pennsylvania Fireside Tales Volume 7No reviews$19.95Once again the author transports us back throug...Once again the author transports us back through the mists of time and puts us down in a fog-choked hollow or on top of a cloud-covered mountaintop where we can be entertained by hearing about a qu...