Great Ghost Stories Of The Old West

Author : Matthew P. Mayo
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2012-08-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780762789146

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Haunted Old West by Matthew P. Mayo Pdf

Howling hauntings from the raw mountain passes and wind-stripped plains of the Old West The Old West is filled with enough phenomenal happenings, curious mysteries, and ghastly ghosts to send chills up and down any spine. Haunted Old West is the petrifyingly perfect collection for campfire gatherings and makes an eerily ideal guide for a ghost-hunting trip to the Old West. In these pages explore horror-filled mine shafts and outrun herds of stampeding spectral cattle. Stumble upon a supernatural saloon, investigate ghost towns teeming with residents of the afterlife, and feel phantom freight trains pass through your body. Haunted Old West provides the inside story on some of the most actively haunted spots in the great American West, including: Ghostly Garnet: In summer, visitors frequent this best-preserved ghost town in Montana, but it is winter when Garnet truly comes alive. Raucous music can be heard within the Kelly Saloon, and the blacksmith’s ringing anvil punctuates the sounds of a busy 1880s street scene. Yes indeed, Garnet puts the “ghost” in ghost town. Bandit Ghoul of Six Mile Canyon: Respected businessman by day, bandit gang leader by night, Big Jack Davis amasses a fortune robbing trains, stagecoaches, and bullion wagons in 1860s Nevada. Shot in the back while robbing a stagecoach, Big Jack is now a shrieking white demon, flapping wings sprouted from his wounds and driving off anyone who gets too close to his buried loot.

Author : Earl Murray
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2008-08-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0312867956

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Ghosts of the Old West by Earl Murray Pdf

Acclaimed Western author Earl Murray recounts 23 stories of mystery and intrigue, filled with the spirits of the trappers and traders, Native Americans and settlers of the Old West.

Author : Dan Asfar
Publisher : Ghost House Books
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1894877179

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Ghost Stories of the Old West by Dan Asfar Pdf

The ghosts of the past still haunt the dusty gold rush towns and frontier outposts where the legendary West was born and died. Dan Asfar explores the haunted histories of some of America's most infamous gunslingers, lawmen and opportunists, as well as of the prisons, saloons and forts where the lawlessness of the Old West found its truest expression.

Author : Nancy Roberts
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2012-08-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781611171235

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Ghosts of the Wild West by Nancy Roberts Pdf

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

Author : Dan Asfar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Legends
ISBN : OCLC:732710245

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Ghost Stories of the Old West by Dan Asfar Pdf

Author : David Boop
Publisher : Baen Books
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781625795991

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Straight Outta Tombstone by David Boop Pdf

Tales of the Weird Wild West. Top authors take on the classic western, with a weird twist. Includes new stories by Larry Correia and Jim Butcher! Come visit the Old West, the land where gang initiations, ride-by shootings and territory disputes got their start. But these tales aren’t the ones your grandpappy spun around a campfire, unless he spoke of soul-sucking ghosts, steam-powered demons and wayward aliens. Here then are seventeen stories that breathe new life in the Old West. Among them: Larry Correia explores the roots of his best-selling Monster Hunter International series in "Bubba Shackleford’s Professional Monster Killers." Jim Butcher reveals the origin of one of the Dresden Files' most popular characters in "Fistful of Warlock." And Kevin J. Anderson's Dan Shamble, Zombie P.I., finds himself in a showdown in "High Midnight." Plus stories from Alan Dean Foster, Sarah A. Hoyt, Jody Lynn Nye, Michael A. Stackpole, and many more. This is a new Old West and you’ll be lucky to get outta town alive! Contributors: David Boop Larry Correia Jody Lynn Nye Sam Knight Robert E. Vardeman Phil Foglio Nicole Kurtz Michael A. Stackpole Bryan Thomas Schmidt & Ken Scholes Maurice Broaddus Sarah A. Hoyt Alan Dean Foster David Lee Summers Kevin J. Anderson Naomi Brett Rourke Peter J. Wacks Jim Butcher **

Author : Robert F. (Bob) Turpin
Publisher : Booktango
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781468938173

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Forgotten Ghost Tales and Legends of the Old West by Robert F. (Bob) Turpin Pdf

If ghostly apparitions, frightening superstitions, strange phenomenon, mysterious unexplained happenings, dreams that wake you in the middle of the night in a cold sweat intrigue you, then this book is for you. “Forgotten Ghosts and Legends of the Old West” has it all. If you are an adventurous soul who enjoys reading a good ghost tale, these exciting accounts should more than fill the bill and leave you wanting more of the same.

Author : Thelma Heatwole
Publisher : Primer Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0914846108

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Ghost Towns and Historical Haunts in Arizona by Thelma Heatwole Pdf

Visit the golden past of Arizona's cities. See adobe ruins, old mines, cemeteries, cabins and castles! Experience Arizona's history!

Author : Alan Brown
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780811748537

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The Big Book of Texas Ghost Stories by Alan Brown Pdf

The best ghost stories from the Lone Star State, including . . . • Spirits of the Alamo • The Black Hope Horror • Hauntings at the Driskill Hotel • The legend of El Muerto • Woman Hollering Creek • Stampede Mesa

Author : Erin O. Wallace
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781614239116

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Haunted New Braunfels by Erin O. Wallace Pdf

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.

Author : Ruth Ann Musick
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2010-09-12
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780813128276

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The Telltale Lilac Bush and Other West Virginia Ghost Tales by Ruth Ann Musick Pdf

" 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.

Author : Charis Cotter
Publisher : Nimbus Publishing Limited
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2020-08-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1771089067

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Screech! by Charis Cotter Pdf

Adapted from family stories told across Newfoundland and passed down over generations, these 10 spine-tingling tales traverse centuries and introduce readers to nooks and the Island's nooks and crannies. This spooky collection features black-and-white illustrations as well as traditional context on each story and the art of storytelling in Newfoundland.

Author : Rick Steber
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1994-03
Category : History
ISBN : 0945134126

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Campfire Stories by Rick Steber Pdf

A collection of stories to be told around a campfire.

Author : Elmer Kelton
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2017-11-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250161130

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Wild West by Elmer Kelton Pdf

Compiled for the first time in book form, seven-time Spur Award-winning author Elmer Kelton's short story collection, Wild West. From rodeos to rustlers, from ranch life to the outlaw trail, Elmer Kelton’s take on the human condition shows us life in Texas as it was back then: simpler, but harder, with danger always present. Readers will meet several unforgettable characters, including a young veteran who overcomes his PTSD to fight a fire ravaging his town, a sheriff who continues to chase bandits despite having lost his job, and a frontier housewife who refuses to let her home be held hostage by dangerous criminals—even when all seems lost. Equally fascinating are the rancher and his wife who protect their adopted son when his abusive biological father returns unexpectedly, and the two women whose argument over a prospective lover leads to a no-holds-barred rodeo barrel race. As in all of Elmer Kelton’s work, readers will, once again, encounter the timeless strength of the human heart and the human spirit when everything else has gone awry. Filled with adventure and imbued with a love of the time, the people, and the place, these stories take us from the earliest days of the Wild West well into the twentieth century, each one embodying a passion for life that’s as wide as Texas sky. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Johnnie Bachusky
Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Co
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2011-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781926936192

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Ghost Town Stories of BC by Johnnie Bachusky Pdf

Many of BC's old mining towns are now abandoned ruins, disappearing into the wilderness. These once-thriving towns and the pioneers who built them are remembered in 10 fascinating stories of hard work and heroism. A mine rescue worker sadly recounts a tale of death underground at Coal Creek. Three eccentric old bachelors become the final residents of Phoenix. Legends of Spanish treasure near a Vancouver Island gold-rush town persist to this day. Experience BC's colourful past in these entertaining stories from the province's vanished communities.