Author : John Douglas Canfield
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 9780813129112
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (291 download)
Book Synopsis Heroes and States: On the Ideology of Restoration Tragedy by : John Douglas Canfield
Download or read book Heroes and States: On the Ideology of Restoration Tragedy written by John Douglas Canfield and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on with total page 280 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 livesÑthe hopes, beliefs, and fearsÑof 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.