| Phantom Waters: Northwest
Legends of Rivers, Lakes, and Shores, Jessica Amanda Salmonson, 1995, notes, sources,
and commentary, 189 pp. $14.95 |
| Rain, rivers,
lakes, falls and streams define the landscape of
the Pacific Northwest. This water is home to good
and evil spirits, to monsters and lost boys; it
is witness to horrific battles, yields hope and
new life, and, occasionally, pale corpses, like
the creepy "Soap Woman," found in Lake
Crescent, a body of water with a reputation for
never giving up its dead. The ghostly canoes of
warriors drowned in the Snoqualmie River. A
ghostly hermit who shared flower seeds with a
young couple. The unlucky Ralph Lucky Star, who
had a run-in with a "bone-cleaner."
Mostly Native American legends and tales. All
involve supernatural beings, but disappointingly
few are ghosts. Personally I find the few modern
stories in this volume more interesting; you may
disagree. The notes, sources, and commentary at
the end of the book are excellent. |
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