United States ghosts Page 2, ghosthunting, Invisible Ink--Books on Ghosts & Hauntings

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Item #170

Across the Land from Ghost to Ghost, Adi-Kent Thomas Jeffrey, 1975, 178 pp. $9.95

Well-crafted, dramatic retellings of "true" stories. A beautiful, evil ghost who tries to force guests to throw themselves into the sea, just as she threw her stepson a hundred years before. The gasping ghost with the cut throat. The fatal affair of the beautiful New Orleans mistress who murdered her lover and is condemned to repeat that murder over and over.

Item #854

America's Most Haunted, Cameron Banks, 2003, photos 71 pp $4.99

Based on the Haunted History series on The History Channel, this young adult book is full of bite-sized chunks of ghostly lore for the reader with the short attention span. A “visually noisy” book, it still has some entertaining tales of ghosts of New Orleans, Tombstone, Arizona, Hollywood, and New England. Pop quizzes on the paranormal, nuggets of historical fact, and a test of haunts across America at the end of the book (think: reading comprehension) make this good for the reluctant reader. However, I do object to the “ghost photos” of the photo insert with their ambiguous captions.

Item #171

America's Most Haunted Places, Nancy Roberts, 1974, photos, 124 pp. $8.95

A much-welcome return of this popular title in an updated, expanded edition by storyteller Nancy Roberts. Seventeen tales from around the US including phantom riverboats on the Mississippi; white-gowned Alice of the Hermitage, once buried on the grounds, who searches eternally for her lover's ring; and the ghost of George Washington at Gettysburg.

Item #172

Classic American Ghost Stories, Edited by Deborah A. Downer, 1991, index, 214 pp. $9.95

Short vignettes from all over the US, from a Texan wolf-girl to a ghostly Bulgarian monk in Idaho; from a gentle lady ghost who sang a baby to sleep to the man in black who hurls a little girl over a cliff--a whole spectral spectrum!

Item #840

Close Behind Thee, American Ghost Stories from Georgia to Illinois and Beyond, Frank Ward, 1998, photos, 198 pp THIS BOOK IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE. Please ask us to find a nice used copy.

My goodness, can this man tell a story! And yet, there’s nothing sensational or lurid about them, no inflated language or fictionalized dialogue—just good old Uncle Frank scaring the kids around the kitchen table. These tales, like Frank Ward himself, hail from all over: the bloody ghosts of two murdered children and their father in Georgia, "the ephemeral bookstore" of Phoenix where Ward spoke with an equally ephemeral astrologer. Fort Riley, Kansas, where a ghostly soldier in an old-fashioned uniform rode through the stable. Ward offers no explanations, no theories, just his low-key stories of what he’s seen and experienced. And this, for me, makes the book most compelling. Absolutely first-rate.

Item #173

The Ghosthunter's Guide: To Haunted Parks, Churches, Historical Landmarks & Other Public Places, Arthur Myers, 1992, photos, index, 328 pp. THIS BOOK IS NOW OUT OF PRINT. ASK US TO FIND YOU A NICE USED COPY.

A coast-to-coast tour of the most haunted public places in North America. If you like to ghosthunt, you'll want all of Myers' books. He includes addresses and directions to most of these sites, records of investigations, the best times to witness the manifestations, and theories about who the entities might be. One story that really gave me the willies was about a strange doll made as an effigy of a child in a Florida house.

Item #708

Ghost Lights and Other Encounters with the Unknown, E. Randall Floyd, 1993, biblio., 191 pp. $10.95

Tales of the unusual and bizarre from all over including the Demon Axe Murderer of New Orleans, ghost slaves who rattle their chains beneath the waves, and the enormous serpentine Galveston monster.

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