The Ghostly Tales Of Alabama

Author : Dr. Alan N. Brown
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2023-05
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781467197298

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The Ghostly Tales of Alabama by Dr. Alan N. Brown Pdf

Ghost stories from America's 'Heart of Dixie' have never been so creepy, fun, and full of mystery! Welcome to the spooky state of Alabama! Stay alert! Ghosts lurk around every corner. Even the most unexpected places might be haunted by wandering phantoms. Did you know that every February, a sunken ship rises again on the Tombigbee River' Or that the man peeking out of the Pickens County Courthouse window was wrongfully imprisoned there'150 years ago' Can you believe the sounds of a Civil War horse still echo on the porch of an old house in Suggsville' Pulled right from history, these ghostly tales will change the way you see Alabama and have you sleeping with the light on!

Author : Dr. Alan N. Brown
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2023-05-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781439677988

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The Ghostly Tales of Alabama by Dr. Alan N. Brown Pdf

Ghost stories from America's "Heart of Dixie" have never been so creepy, fun, and full of mystery! Welcome to the spooky state of Alabama! Stay alert! Ghosts lurk around every corner. Even the most unexpected places might be haunted by wandering phantoms. Did you know that every February, a sunken ship rises again on the Tombigbee River? Or that the man peeking out of the Pickens County Courthouse window was wrongfully imprisoned there...150 years ago? Can you believe the sounds of a Civil War horse still echo on the porch of an old house in Suggsville? Pulled right from history, these ghostly tales will change the way you see Alabama and have you sleeping with the light on!

Author : Kathryn Tucker Windham,Margaret Gillis Figh
Publisher : University Alabama Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : IND:39000005895847

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13 Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey by Kathryn Tucker Windham,Margaret Gillis Figh Pdf

The first of six Jeffrey ghost story books centers on Jeffrey's favorite 13 ghostly tales set in Alabama.

Author : Alan Brown
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2021-08
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781467198400

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The Ghostly Tales of the Haunted South by Alan Brown Pdf

Ghost stories from the American South have never been so creepy, fun, and full of mystery! The haunted history of cities across the southeast come to life--even when the main players are dead. Have you heard about the ghosts at the Mayberry Inn in Hot Springs, Arkansas? Their connection to the Inn is so strong--and grisly--they may never check out! Did you know the Springer Opera House in Columbus, Georgia, is haunted by the brother of one of the most infamous men in American history? Do you know the history of the majestic--and haunted--tombs of St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 in New Orleans, Louisiana? Dive into this spooky chapter book for suspenseful tales of bumps in the night, paranormal investigations, and the unexplained; just be sure to keep the light on.

Author : Alan Brown
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2009-09-28
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781496800589

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Shadows and Cypress by Alan Brown Pdf

From backwaters as dark as a cypress swamp to nooks as mysterious as a musty college library, southerners have conjured spirits and told ghost stories. Shadows and Cypress: Southern Ghost Stories is a Dixie séance that summons ghost tales from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. Collecting more than a dozen stories from each state, this book channels the South's entire panorama of creepy locales into one volume. The limestone caves of Kentucky, the swamps of Louisiana and Florida, the pine hills and hollows of Appalachia, and the plains of Texas—these are perfect haunts for a host of narratives about visitors from the spirit world. The many cultures that converged in the American South enriched the region's ghost stories. Shadows and Cypress taps African American, French, Hispanic, and Scotch-Irish storytelling traditions to capture the distinctive signatures that each has left on ghostlore. Throughout the region, the southern ghost story is hardly a curio from the crypt. It is still alive and well. Folklorist Alan Brown draws stories from crannies as contemporary as the college dormitory or cars parked on a lover's lane. To give the reader the unique experience of hearing a classic ghost story told, Brown presents these tales exactly as they were recorded in his field research or as archived in the trove of the WPA oral collections. A wide variety of specters found only in this region arise in Shadows and Cypress. The “fillet” and “loogaroo” from Louisiana, “plat-eye” from South Carolina, and “haints” from across Dixie are among the creatures bumping in the night. Beginning with the Revolutionary War and continuing to the present day, this generous gathering of tales will chill and delight readers and long haunt shelves as a comprehensive sourcebook of the region's supernatural allure.

Author : Amy Petulla and Jessica Penot
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781467198370

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The Ghostly Tales of Chattanooga by Amy Petulla and Jessica Penot Pdf

Ghost stories from the Scenic City have never been so creepy, fun, and full of mystery! The haunted history of Chattanooga comes to life--even when the main players are dead. Dare to visit Raccoon Mountain Caverns to see if a ghostly night watchman returns for his shift. See the spirits who haunt several area schools. Or explore the Chickamauga Battlefield to learn Civil War history--and perhaps meet the ghosts of fallen soldiers. Dive into this spooky chapter book for suspenseful tales of bumps in the night, paranormal investigations, and the unexplained; just be sure to keep the light on.

Author : Kathryn Tucker Windham,Margaret Gillis Figh
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2014-07-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780817318420

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Thirteen Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey by Kathryn Tucker Windham,Margaret Gillis Figh Pdf

This keepsake edition of the timeless bestseller Thirteen Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey by folklorists Kathryn Tucker Windham and Margaret Gillis Figh reproduces in facsimile the original hardcover version of a beloved classic.

Author : Shane Black
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2009-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781440177767

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The Spirits of Athens by Shane Black Pdf

The city of Athens is a picturesque, quintessential southern town in north central Alabama, full of folklore and history. The town may also have more ghost stories per capita than any other town in the South. This book collects, for the first time, the best ghost stories that Athens has to offer. You'll read about: * the frenzied spirits that beat on the windows of town square buildings in their attempt to escape an 1893 inferno; * the phantom grandfather clock in the George S. Houston Library and House that chimes but cannot be found; * the lonely ghost of Founders Hall whose lantern light travels from window to window as she searches for her lost love; * the forlorn spirit of the Vasser-Lovvorn Home whose recurring screams from the attic pierce the night; * the ghost child of the Donnell House who was frightened to death by Union soldiers during the Civil War invasion of the town; * and many more.

Author : Jack Solomon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015005059483

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Ghosts and Goosebumps by Jack Solomon Pdf

Author : Kathryn Tucker Windham
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2016-11-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780817319120

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Jeffrey's Latest Thirteen by Kathryn Tucker Windham Pdf

Jeffrey’s Latest Thirteen: More Alabama Ghosts is a deluxe, commemorative edition of a beloved collection of ghostly stories from famed southern author and folklorist Kathryn Tucker Windham’s home state of Alabama. Accompanied by her faithful companion, Jeffrey, a friendly spirit who resided in her home in Selma, Alabama, Kathryn Tucker Windham traveled the South, visiting the sites of spectral legends in Mississippi, Georgia, and Tennessee, among other places. In Jeffrey’s Latest Thirteen: More Alabama Ghosts, a sequel to her landmark Thirteen Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey, Windham introduces readers to thirteen more of Jeffrey's ghostly acquaintances, each with the charm and universal appeal that has created hundreds of thousands of Jeffrey fans. Among the other hair-raising tales in this collection, Windham spotlights the apparitions of academia. From the three Yankee soldiers who haunt the University of Alabama’s Civil War–era Little Round House to the Confederate soldier who resides in the University Chapel at Auburn University, Alabama’s institutions of higher learning seem to have more than a few paranormal pupils. Photographs of the sites about which Windham writes are one of the best-loved features of her series of “Jeffrey the Ghost” books. Jeffrey’s Latest Thirteen features the image of a beautiful child who, though not photographed in life, reappeared long enough to be photographed with his bereaved father's borrowed camera. Bewitched readers will find the startling photograph of the child in the next-to-last chapter, just pages before he book’s photograph of Windham’s own spectral muse, Jeffrey. This commemorative edition returns Windham’s thrilling classic to its original 1982 keepsake quality and includes a new afterword by the author’s children.

Author : Alan Brown
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467141673

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Eerie Alabama: Chilling Tales from the Heart of Dixie by Alan Brown Pdf

Known for antebellum mansions and sunny beaches, Alabama also claims an abundance of fascinating mysteries and legends. The White Thang is a Sasquatch-like creature that has terrorized Alabamians for generations. For a brief period in the 1980s, Needham gained national attention because of its "crying pecan tree." In 1854, a farmer named Orion Williamson simply vanished in a field in Selma. From the aquatic beast known as the Coosa River Monster to the story of the Leprechaun of Mobile, these stories have evolved over generations. Author Alan Brown presents some of the strangest stories from this collective tradition.

Author : Alan Brown
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2022-05-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781467198615

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The Ghostly Tales of the Haunted Southwest by Alan Brown Pdf

Ghost stories from the Southwestern United States have never been so creepy, fun, and full of mystery! The haunted history of the Southwest comes to life--even when the main players are dead. Visit Fort Huachuca to catch a glimpse of the ghosts of Buffalo Soldiers. Or spend the night at the Museum of Colorado Prisons in Canon City, but don't count on getting much sleep while surrounded by restless spirits. Dive into this spooky chapter book for suspenseful tales of bumps in the night, paranormal investigations, and the unexplained; just be sure to keep the light on.

Author : Kathryn Tucker Windham
Publisher : NewSouth Books
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2004-05-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781603061117

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Jeffrey's Favorite 13 Ghost Stories by Kathryn Tucker Windham Pdf

This is the first anthology of the author’s own favorite ghost stories from the highly successful Jeffrey series of books that began in 1969 with “13 Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey.” Hundreds of thousands of these books have been sold. The present volume includes 13 of the best of Mrs. Windham’s stories, representing mysterious and supernatural doings from Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, and Mississippi. Most of the stories are related to historical places and sometimes to historical people.

Author : Alan Brown
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 103 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2009-09-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781614233749

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Haunted Birmingham by Alan Brown Pdf

A supernatural tour of Alabama’s biggest city, filled with local legends and Southern folklore . . . Photos included! From the eerie vestiges of the Sloss Furnaces to the unexplained (and un-booked) performances in the Alabama Theatre and the rather otherworldly room service at the Tutwiler Hotel, Birmingham is truly one of the South’s supernatural hotbeds. Renowned author and ghost expert Alan Brown delivers a fascinating, downright spine-chilling collection of haunts from around the city and surrounding neighborhoods such as Bessemer, Columbiana, Jasper, and Montevallo. Residents and tourists alike will cherish this glimpse into the city’s inexplicable occupants, and the lively history behind the legends.

Author : Alan Brown
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2011-09-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781617031458

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Ghosts along the Mississippi River by Alan Brown Pdf

Some of the nation’s most compelling ghost stories owe their origin to “The Father of Waters.” Ghosts along the Mississippi River is the first book-length collection of ghost tales from the small towns and bustling cities that have grown up along its banks. The states represented in this book include Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee, and Wisconsin. Unlike most collections of “true” ghost stories, Ghosts along the Mississippi River draws from the folk traditions of the northern and the southern United States. These tales are populated with Federal and Confederate soldiers, Native Indians, wealthy entrepreneurs, actors, college students, hotel owners, preachers, slaves, and planters. According to some paranormal investigators, the large number of ghost stories from the Mississippi’s river towns, and from watery sites all over the world, are proof that large bodies of water are conductors of psychic energy. Granted, no concrete proof exists that there is a definite connection between the river and any actual ghosts or spiritual phenomena. What is indisputable, though, is the fact that the ghost stories included in Ghosts along the Mississippi River are an invaluable record of the values, dreams, fears, and lives of the people who have called the river home.