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Ghosts of the Wild West

Author : Nancy Roberts
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 1611171237
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (111 download)

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Download or read book Ghosts of the Wild West written by Nancy Roberts and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 2012-08-16 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seventeen tales of untamed spirits in the newly expanded edition of the Spur Award finalist from the “custodian of the twilight zone” (Southern Living). In these seventeen ghostly tales—including five new stories—Roberts expertly guides readers through eerie encounters and harrowing hauntings across Kansas, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and the Dakotas. Along the way her accounts intersect with the lives (and afterlives) of legendary figures such as Wild Bill Hickok, Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and Doc Holliday. Roberts also justifies the fascination among ghost hunters, folklorists, and interested tourists with notoriously haunted locales such as Deadwood, Tombstone, and Abilene through her tales of paranormal legends linked to these gunslinger towns synonymous with violence and vice in Western lore. But not all of these encounters feature frightening specters or wandering souls. Roberts also details episodes of animal spirits, protective presences, and supernatural healings. Forever destined to be associated with adventure, romance, and risk taking, the Wild West of yore still haunts the American imagination. Roberts reminds us here that our imaginations aren’t the only places where restless ghosts still roam. “Tales of vaporous ghost lights, haunted mesas, phantom gunmen, and reanimated skeletons. It’s a book sure to please collectors of Western lore, fans of well-told, old-fashioned ghost tales and, it would seem to me, school librarians looking for just the right book to introduce middle school and high school readers to American folklore.” —Michael Norman, author of Haunted Heartland

Fright to the Point

Author : Thad Krasnesky
Publisher : Schiffer Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780764339189
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Fright to the Point written by Thad Krasnesky and published by Schiffer Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States Military Academy at West Point houses more than cadets; there are ghosts aplenty to stir your imagination and peak your curiosity about the country's oldest continuously running military school. This collection of 13 spooky ghost stories is focused on apparitions that make their home at West Point, right along with the living souls who march the halls of patriotism everyday. Within these pages meet Vivian, a mourning ghost at the Morrison House, but be careful not to lose your head over her (literally). The playful, but lazy, spirit maid at Washington Hall may take your wallet or you may be surprised to see the Lady in White at the Catholic Chapel floating at nearly 100 feet above your head-just before she plunges to the ground and disappears. What will frighten you at West Point?

Haunted West Virginia

Author : Patty A. Wilson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493040820
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Haunted West Virginia written by Patty A. Wilson and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-06-21 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thrilling stories of supernatural occurences in West Virginia, including the restless spirits of Harpers Ferry, the legendary Mothman of Point Pleasant, the ghosts of Twistabout Ridge, the phantom hitchhikers on the West Virginia Turnpike, and many more.

Ghost Towns of the West

Author : Philip Varney
Publisher : Voyageur Press (MN)
ISBN 13 : 0760350418
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book Ghost Towns of the West written by Philip Varney and published by Voyageur Press (MN). This book was released on 2017-04-11 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Ghosts Towns of the West is the essential guidebook to the glory days of the Old West! Ghost Towns of the West blazes a trail through the dusty crossroads and mossy cemeteries of the American West, including one-time boomtowns in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. The book reveals the little-known stories of long-dead soldiers, American Indians, settlers, farmers, and miners. This essential guidebook to the historic remains of centuries' past includes maps, town histories, color and historical photographs, and detailed directions to these out-of-the-way outdoor museums of the West. Plan your road trips by chapter--each section covers a geographic area and town entries are arranged by location to make this the most user-friendly book on ghost towns west of the Mississippi. Ghost towns are within a short drive of major cities out West, and they make excellent day trip excursions. If you happen to be in or near Los Angeles, Phoenix, Las Vegas, or El Paso, for example, you ought to veer towards the nearest ghost town. Western ghost towns can also easily be visited during jaunts to national parks, including Grand Canyon, Yosemite, Crater Lake, Mount Rainier, Glacier, Yellowstone, and many others throughout the West. Ghost Towns of the West is a comprehensive guide to former boomtowns of the American West, covering ghost towns in eleven states from Washington to New Mexico, and from California to Montana. This book has everything you need to learn about, visit, and explore a modern remnant of how life used to be on the Western range"--

American Indian Ghost Stories of the West

Author : Antonio Garcez
Publisher : eBookIt.com
ISBN 13 : 0974098876
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book American Indian Ghost Stories of the West written by Antonio Garcez and published by eBookIt.com. This book was released on 2012-07-10 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The FIRST book written of ghost encounters of American Indians written by an American Indian! These are not second hand accounts, but are personal experiences told to the author by present day individuals who have witnessed spirits, and horrific hauntings throughout the southwest states of Arizona, California, Colorado, and New Mexico. Each page will offer the reader a journey of personal exploration into the spiritually sacred and privileged world known only to Native Americans. AMERICAN INDIAN GHOST STORIES OF THE WEST is unlike any other book. Make no mistake, this first of its kind book is definitely unlike no other!

Ghosts of Alcatraz and Other Hauntings of the West

Author : Suzanne Garbe
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 1476539154
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (765 download)

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Download or read book Ghosts of Alcatraz and Other Hauntings of the West written by Suzanne Garbe and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2014 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Describes ghost sightings and hauntings in the western United States"--

Ghosts of the Green Swamp

Author : Lee Gramling
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1683343263
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (833 download)

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Download or read book Ghosts of the Green Swamp written by Lee Gramling and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-07-01 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tate Barkley is back setting out to the vast and ominous swampland west of Orlando. Tate meets up with the odd and ornery little bald “perfessor" named Monk, who sells elixirs from his odd contraption of a wagon. Tate and Monk—and an odd assortment of other characters—follow a trail that draws them ever deeper into that vast forbidding swampland near the headwaters of the Withlacoochee River. This Cracker Western will have your spine tingling as it races on to the final all-out showdown

Ghosts and Legends of Michigan's West Coast

Author : Amberrose Hammond
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1614234116
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (142 download)

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Download or read book Ghosts and Legends of Michigan's West Coast written by Amberrose Hammond and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2009-08-31 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories and photos that bring the spooky history of Western Michigan to life . . . Western Michigan is home to some of the state’s most picturesque places—and also some of its most chilling tales. Ghost story researcher Amberrose Hammond exposes the mysterious and spirit-ridden world of many beloved Michigan destinations as she skillfully weaves narratives of a world unseen by most. From the lingering spirit forever working in the Grand Theatre and the band of melon-headed children prowling the Saugatuck Dunes State Park to the lights of the Lake Forest Cemetery staircase waiting to reveal one’s place in the afterlife, these tales are sure to give pause to anyone daring enough to experience these hauntingly beautiful spots . . . after dark.

Haunted New Braunfels

Author : Erin O. Wallace
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1614239118
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (142 download)

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Download or read book Haunted New Braunfels written by Erin O. Wallace and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013-04-09 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Visitors claim to hear the clinking of tinsmith tools and the ring of an unattended antique cash register at all hours at Kickin' K, which formerly housed Henne's Hardware and tinsmith shop. In Landa Park, passersby have reported hearing phantom footsteps follow behind them in the evening. Strange and spooky stories like these abound in New Braunfels. From the city's rough-and-tumble beginnings to its vibrant present, haunted tales can be found all over town. Author Erin O. Wallace delves into the ghost stories and histories of New Braunfels and tries to find the source of the paranormal phenomena.

Ghosts of New York

Author : Jim Lewis
Publisher : West Virginia University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781949199963
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (999 download)

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Download or read book Ghosts of New York written by Jim Lewis and published by West Virginia University Press. This book was released on 2021-04 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Literary novel with a New York setting and a dash of speculative fiction, for fans of Colum McCann, Colm Toibin, and Dana Spiotta. Ghosts of New York is a novel in which the laws of time and space have been subtly suspended. It interweaves four strands: a photographer newly returned to the neighborhood where she grew up, after years spent living overseas; a foundling raised on 14th Street; a graduate student, his romantic partner, and his best friend entangled in a set of relationships with far-reaching personal and political repercussions; and a shopkeeper suffering from first love late in life. Mixing prophecy, history, and a hint of speculative fiction, its stories are bound together even as they are propelled into stranger territory. And undergirding it all is a song, which appears, disappears, and then resurfaces. Ghosts of New York explores complex lives through indelible renderings of settings-a bar, a night market, a recording studio-that alternate between familiar and unsettling. The work of a celebrated novelist and veteran of the art, film, and music scenes in New York and Austin (described as "a rare talent" by the New York Times and "a powerful literary voice" by Jeffrey Eugenides), this novel will immediately absorb readers intrigued by creative people and the places that sustain and challenge them.

West Virginia Ghost Stories, Legends, and Haunts

Author : Jannette Quackenbush
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781940087252
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (872 download)

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Download or read book West Virginia Ghost Stories, Legends, and Haunts written by Jannette Quackenbush and published by . This book was released on 2017-07-31 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the spookier side of West Virginia with over 85 ghost stories, legends, and haunts from Harpers Ferry, where Screaming Jenny still never outruns the trains, to Hatfield-McCoy Country where Devil Anse Hatfield rises from the grave along with his sons. Explore Moundsville Prison and see the shadow man, then investigate the death and ghostly hereafter of Mamie Thurman, the housewife with a secret life who haunts 22 Mine Road. Follow the Rail Trail to get a glimpse of the ghost of the Silver Run Tunnel and take a thrill-ride through one of the most haunted tunnels-Dingess Tunnel. There's the Headless Ghost Rider of Powell Mountain and a woman who still walks the Ohio River shoreline of Blennerhassett Island long after her death.

The Big Book of West Virginia Ghost Stories

Author : Rosemary Ellen Guiley
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 0811711153
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (117 download)

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Download or read book The Big Book of West Virginia Ghost Stories written by Rosemary Ellen Guiley and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2014-03-01 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 100 of the best, most thrilling accounts of hauntings from the Mountain State from one of the nation's leading experts, including... • Headless ghosts and wandering soldiers at Droop Mountain • The Weeping Woman tombstone at Riverview Cemetery in Parkersburg • John Brown's restless spirit in Harpers Ferry and Charles Town • The violent ghosts at the Western State Penitentiary in Moundsville • Hauntings of the murdered Mamie Thurman • Tortured spirits of the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in Weston

The Ghosts of Guerrilla Memory

Author : Matthew Christopher Hulbert
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 0820350001
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book The Ghosts of Guerrilla Memory written by Matthew Christopher Hulbert and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2016-10-15 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Civil War tends to be remembered as a vast sequence of battles, with a turning point at Gettysburg and a culmination at Appomattox. But in the guerrilla theater, the conflict was a vast sequence of home invasions, local traumas, and social degeneration that did not necessarily end in 1865. This book chronicles the history of “guerrilla memory,” the collision of the Civil War memory “industry” with the somber realities of irregular warfare in the borderlands of Missouri and Kansas. In the first accounting of its kind, Matthew Christopher Hulbert’s book analyzes the cultural politics behind how Americans have remembered, misremembered, and re-remembered guerrilla warfare in political rhetoric, historical scholarship, literature, and film and at reunions and on the stage. By probing how memories of the guerrilla war were intentionally designed, created, silenced, updated, and even destroyed, Hulbert ultimately reveals a continent-wide story in which Confederate bushwhackers—pariahs of the eastern struggle over slavery—were transformed into the vanguards of American imperialism in the West.

The Haunted History of the West Virginia Penitentiary

Author : Sherri Brake
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781452835044
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book The Haunted History of the West Virginia Penitentiary written by Sherri Brake and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2011-12-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Afterlife with no parole.If you die in prison, your soul stays in prison. At least that's what many inmates believed. 998 murders and suicides combined with 85 hangings and 9 electrocutions all make for a dark and violent past. The Cincinnati Ohio Enquirer called it a "Hell On Earth" in 1886. The New York Times branded it as "One of the Most Violent in the Country". Inmates called it "Bloody Alley" and for good reasons.The Haunted History of the West Virginia Pen is brought to light by Paranormal Investigator, Haunted Heartland Tours owner and author, Sherri Brake. Built in 1866 in Moundsville, West Virginia and situated on 10 acres, this mammoth fortress held some of the country's worst criminals. Explore Moundsville's bloody frontier history, the Grave Creek Mound, the building of the Pen, and the Wardens. Read first hand accounts from past guards and inmates along with newspaper articles, some collected from over 100 years ago. Accounts of executions, torture, escapes and notorious inmates are revealed. Examine over 100 ghostly accounts as paranormal investigators look for Shadow Men, ghosts and proof of the afterlife. Check out the Paranormal Directory and Vocabulary section. Use the Paranormal Guide to the Pen to help you investigate on site or simply read about the Sugar Shack, the Boiler Room and North Hall, all from the safety of your chair.This book is an excellent resource for gaining insight on the history and hauntings of this gothic prison. It is a first hand look into the dark dimensions of one of America's most haunted locations.

The Telltale Lilac Bush and Other West Virginia Ghost Tales

Author : Ruth Ann Musick
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 9780813101361
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book The Telltale Lilac Bush and Other West Virginia Ghost Tales written by Ruth Ann Musick and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 1965-12-31 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " West Virginia boasts an unusually rich heritage of ghost tales. Originally West Virginians told these hundred stories not for idle amusement but to report supernatural experiences that defied ordinary human explanation. From jealous rivals and ghostly children to murdered kinsmen and omens of death, these tales reflect the inner lives—the hopes, beliefs, and fears—of a people. Like all folklore, these tales reveal much of the history of the region: its isolation and violence, the passions and bloodshed of the Civil War era, the hardships of miners and railroad laborers, and the lingering vitality of Old World traditions.

Haunted Deland and the Ghosts of West Volusia County

Author : Dusty Smith
Publisher : History Press
ISBN 13 : 9781596295261
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (952 download)

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Download or read book Haunted Deland and the Ghosts of West Volusia County written by Dusty Smith and published by History Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author and Haunted DeLand tour guide Dusty Smith recounts a century of ghostly history in the bustling historic community of DeLand, the Athens of Florida. Specters include those of Jeannette Barnhill, whose ghost drove her real estate mogul widower mad by standing behind him to keep a constant watch on his accounting books, and of the guest killed in the 1917 Putnam Hotel fire who leaves the smell of burnt wood and flesh in the air. Forlorn lovers Ruby and Joshua, a freed slave and a plantation foreman, and Suzanna Brown, who jumped to her death with unrequited love for a Stetson professor, are included, as well as the ghostly horse-drawn hearse that has been seen parked alongside what was once the Old Casket Company. From steamboat captains to Spiritualist camp residents, DeLand's ghosts are sure to delight visitors and residents alike in this stirring account of the area's historic haunts.

Shadows of the Western Door

Author : Mason Winfield
Publisher : North Country Books
ISBN 13 : 9781879201224
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Shadows of the Western Door written by Mason Winfield and published by North Country Books. This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prepare for a journey through fact, fiction and outright puzzle down the dark lanes of upstate legacy. Shadows of the Western Door is Mason Winfield's original supernatural survey of Western New York. Colorful, provocative and sometimes electrifying, this unique study always entertains. After this walk on its wilder side, Western New York will never quite look the same!