Old West Ghost Legends

Author : Matthew P. Mayo
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,8 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 : Betty Baker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Ghost stories
ISBN : OCLC:6593049

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Great Ghost Stories of the Old West by Betty Baker Pdf

Author : Dan Asfar
Publisher : Ghost House Books
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 52,9 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 : Earl Murray
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 45,9 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 : Robert F. (Bob) Turpin
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2014-07-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781312280595

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Old West Ghost Legends by Robert F. (Bob) Turpin Pdf

The Old West remains a frontier of mystery and intrigue, filled with desert spirits, haunted shacks, lost trails, strange encounters, eerie unexplained happenings, and haunting spirits seeking revenge, justice, or both. Old West Ghost Legends contains a batch of ageless, never ending, and timeless, Old West haunting tales of strange and unexplained apparitions, long-dead lost souls, and wandering spirits. Some were good; many were evil and ugly, straight from the dark side of the terrifying paranormal and ghostly phenomenon. As you read, keep in mind that things we cannot explain still wander the ruins of our past.

Author : Nancy Roberts
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 54,5 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 : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Legends
ISBN : OCLC:732710245

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Ghost Stories of the Old West by Dan Asfar Pdf

Author : Robert F. (Bob) Turpin
Publisher : Booktango
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 42,9 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 : Joan Lowery Nixon
Publisher : Delacorte Press
Page : 109 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2008-12-24
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780307527943

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Ghost Town by Joan Lowery Nixon Pdf

For fans of Gillian Flynn, Caroline Cooney, and R.L. Stine comes Ghost Town: Seven Ghostly Stories from four-time Edgar Allen Poe Young Adult Mystery Award winner Joan Lowery Nixon. In the old towns of the Wild West, there’s more to hear than the paint peeling from the deserted storefronts, more than the tumbleweeds somersaulting down the empty streets. If you listen hard, you can hear voices whispering stories. Stories like the one about the lost mine in Maiden, Montana, or how Wyatt Earp won the shoot-out at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona. And don’t forget about the Bad Man from Bodie, California—he’s still searching for his lost finger! Can you hear them? “An entertaining collection.” –School Library Journal “Combining history and mystery…[Ghost Town: Seven Ghostly Stories] recalls classic campfire tales.” –Booklist “A well conceived (and titled) collection…[of] chilling short stories.” –Kirkus Reviews

Author : Robert F. (Bob) Turpin
Publisher : Booktango
Page : 35 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781468939194

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Old West Legends by Robert F. (Bob) Turpin Pdf

Old West Legends contains three stories: 1) The Legends of Standing Rock - Standing Rock, a famous landmark, is related to buried gold and silver stashed there by travelers, outlaws, and Indians. 2) The Greatest Stagecoach Driver That Ever Lived - "One-eyed Charlie Parkhurst" or "Six-Horse Charlie" was a legendary stagecoach driver. At his death a most fascinating aspect of his life was discovered. 3) J. Simon Lovely, Legendary Detective - Murder cases were usually handled by posses, six-guns, and ropes in the Old West. This murder was solved in a different way by J. Simon Lovely, the Nero Wolf of the 1880's.

Author : Ruth Ann Musick
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 41,7 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 : Robert F. (Bob) Turpin
Publisher : Booktango
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781468939019

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Western Ghost Stories by Robert F. (Bob) Turpin Pdf

Western Ghost Stories brings you two ghostly tales: 1) Haunted Gallows, the story of Lewis Holder who was hanged for a horrifying murder related to a lost gold mine. All those involved in his hanging later died under strange and unexplained circumstances. 2) Spirit Horse, known as the Chindi (evil animal spirit), was a gold-colored stallion who roamed the desert leading a band of wild mustangs that left death and terror behind.

Author : David Boop
Publisher : Baen Books
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 52,7 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 : Johnnie Bachusky
Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Co
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 42,5 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.

Author : Thelma Heatwole
Publisher : Primer Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 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!