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Author : W. K. McNeil
Publisher : august house
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0935304843
Collects Southern legends and folk tales about haunted houses, supernatural events, and the appearances of ghosts
Author : Tiya Miles
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781469626345
In this book Tiya Miles explores the popular yet troubling phenomenon of "ghost tours," frequently promoted and experienced at plantations, urban manor homes, and cemeteries throughout the South. As a staple of the tours, guides entertain paying customers by routinely relying on stories of enslaved black specters. But who are these ghosts? Examining popular sites and stories from these tours, Miles shows that haunted tales routinely appropriate and skew African American history to produce representations of slavery for commercial gain. "Dark tourism" often highlights the most sensationalist and macabre aspects of slavery, from salacious sexual ties between white masters and black women slaves to the physical abuse and torture of black bodies to the supposedly exotic nature of African spiritual practices. Because the realities of slavery are largely absent from these tours, Miles reveals how they continue to feed problematic "Old South" narratives and erase the hard truths of the Civil War era. In an incisive and engaging work, Miles uses these troubling cases to shine light on how we feel about the Civil War and race, and how the ghosts of the past are still with us.
Author : W. K. MacNeil
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Ghosts
ISBN : 0095304835
Author : Downer,W. K. McNeil
Publisher : Random House Value Publishing
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0517089270
Author : Nicole E. Rodriguez Mata
Publisher : Bellwether Media
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2021-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781648344497
Venezuela may be home to a whistling ghost! El Sibón wanders the country, gathering bones for his collection. If you hear his whistle, run away! This is one of three creepy ghost stories introduced in this book about the haunted tales of South America. Additional features show off the origin of each story, introduce a possible explanation, and highlight another similar story from another part of the world.
Author : Nancy Roberts
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781643360423
Nancy Roberts has often been described to as the "First Lady of American Folklore" and the title is well deserved. Throughout her decades-long career, Roberts documented supernatural experiences and interviewed hundreds of people about their recollections of encounters with the supernatural. This nationally renowned writer began her undertaking in this ghostly realm as a freelance writer for the Charlotte Observer. Encouraged by Carl Sandburg, who enjoyed her stories and articles, Roberts wrote her first book in 1958. Aptly called a "custodian of the twilight zone" by Southern Living magazine, Roberts based her suspenseful stories on interviews and her rich knowledge of American folklore. Her stories were always rooted in history, which earned her a certificate of commendation from the American Association of State and Local History for her books on the Carolinas and Appalachia.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Chartwell Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08-29
Category : History
ISBN : 078583558X
Phantom Army of the Civil War compiles thirty-five tales of first-hand encounters with specters and phantoms, ghost-ridden swamps, and the eerie mansions that populate the haunted South. The stories span of more than forty years; and the rich, emotional, often violent history of the American South certainly adds something unique to this collection. Many of the spirits fought and died during the Civil War, our bloodiest and most costly conflict. Others lived long before then, helping in America's fight for independence from the British. Not every story deals with wars or battles, there are tales of lost and betrayed love, and of ancestors trying to protect the living from beyond the grave. Authors of these real-life ghost stories range from the average person to the professional paranormal investigator. This unique and varied collection will offer something different for everyone, whether you believe in ghosts or not.
Author : Nancy Roberts
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
Page : 67 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781643360447
The Old South comes to supernatural life in this classic collection of chilling tales from the “custodian of the twilight zone” (Southern Living). Nancy Roberts, known as the “First Lady of American Folklore,” is a topnotch storyteller and one of the few who both write and tell their own stories. For more than two decades, Ms. Roberts has documented ghost stories and interviewed hundreds of people throughout the United States. A nationally known author of twenty-three books, Ms. Roberts began her career with a series of ghost stories written for The Charlotte Observer. Carl Sandburg sent her word that her stories were good, suggesting “they should be a book.” Since then her books have won her a certificate of commendation from the American Association for State and Local History and a nomination for the Great Western Writer’s Spur Award. The Haunted South includes tales about . . . An angel sighting in the North Carolina mountains A poltergeist occurrence that drew trainloads of spectators to Jessup, Georgia A ghostly warning in Atlanta presaging a major plane crash A North Carolina tavern where unsuspecting travelers were murdered An omen of death brought by South Carolina’s “Gray Lady” The apparition of an Alabama Railroad Robin Hood A ghost ship off North Carolina’s Outer Banks Praise for Nancy Roberts “Ghost hunter/author Nancy Roberts has put together as shivery a selection of other worldly tales as you’re likely to find anywhere . . . And whether you believe in ghosts or not, these tales are guaranteed to give you a chill, especially before you go into a dark room alone.” —Southern Living
Author : Alan Brown
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 9781604735833
Your guide to the spookiest spots in Dixie
Author : Nancy Roberts
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
Page : 119 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2019-10-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781643360386
The “First Lady of American Folklore” explores the supernatural side of the Civil War with chilling tales of spectral soldiers and haunted battlefields. Few events have sparked more legends and stories of the supernatural than America’s Civil War. The accounts of gallantry and heroism have spread far and wide. Nancy Roberts grew up listening to her father’s stories of the War Between the States and she trekked over many battle sites with him during her childhood. After reading about General Joshua Chamberlain’s supernatural experience at the Battle of Gettysburg, Roberts began to collect tales of the blue and gray and write them down. In her latest collection, readers visit such famous Civil War sites as Fredericksburg, Antietam, Johnson’s Island, Andersonville, Fort Davis, Gaines Mill, Gettysburg, Fort Monroe, Harpers Ferry, Vicksburg, Richmond, Charleston, New Bern, and Petersburg. Through these stories, the readers will hear the voices of those brave individuals who lived through that dramatic era; visit with Brigadier General J. E. B. Stuart on the banks of the Chickahominy River, learn the real story about John Brown’s activities at Harpers Ferry, and watch the passing of Abraham Lincoln’s funeral train. Praise for Nancy Roberts “Just about everybody likes a good ghost story. And ghost hunter/author Nancy Roberts has put together as shivery a selection of other worldly tales as you’re likely to find anywhere . . . And whether you believe in ghosts or not, these tales are guaranteed to give you a chill, especially before you go into a dark room alone.” —Southern Living
Author : Paige V. Polinsky
Publisher : Bellwether Media
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2021-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781648344480
In South Carolina, a man dressed in grey walks along the beach. Is it someone going for a stroll? Or could it be a ghostly omen that warns residents of an oncoming storm? In this title, reluctant readers will explore ghost stories of North America. Creepy images and engaging text pull readers in, and additional special features connect stories to different cultures, highlight scientific explanations, and show the origins of these frightening fables.
Author : Alan Brown
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781578062713
In this Dixie seance of the most frightening ghost tales from each of the Southern's states, a folklorist presents a variety of classic and contemporary stories--ranging from Revolutionary War events to cars parked on lovers lane--exactly as they were recorded. Bibliography. Index.
Author : Alan Brown
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Ghosts
ISBN : 1617034835
Ghost stories from various southern states in America.
Author : Deborah L. Downer
Publisher : august house
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0874831156
Contains 51 supposedly true, classic American ghost stories from newspapers, journals, and magazines.
Author : Randy Russell
Publisher : Blair
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2011-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0895875578
Good ghost kitties, bad ghost kitties, ghost kitties in many manifestations and moods: 22 stories that the cats dragged in.