Historic Haunted America
- Book Review,
by Michael Norman
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These are some of the most compelling true ghost stories from North America. While some of the ghosts written about here have settled down or moved on, many of them are still active. While not exactly terrifying, these tales are fascinating in the fact that they are all true, backed up with eyewitness testimony. If you prefer a book which you can use as a reference source rather than a caffeine substitute, this is one you should pick up.
From Library Journal
Perfect Halloween reading, this fourth and final companion volume (to Haunted Wisconsin, Stanton & Lee, 1980; Haunted Heartland, Stanton & Lee, 1985; and Haunted America, LJ 11/1/94) is the culmination of 18 years of research and journalistic collaboration by the authors. Having traversed the United States and Canada to garner eyewitness accounts of ghostly sightings and habitats, the authors present yet another all-new assortment of earthly visitations by restless spirits of bygone eras residing in such common locales as homes, theaters, plantations, open fields, schools, and railroad cars. Be they old generals, soldiers, nursemaids, children, lovers, moonshiners, former employees, mental patients, murder victims, former residents, or servants, each has a tale to tell, things to do, people to guard, and places to watch over. Although some tales seem plausible, others are more difficult to believe, and still others too haunting to be real, all have been thoroughly researched; none is the result of the authors' overactive imaginations. Mesmerizing, spine-tingling?and not to be missed by any folklore collection.?Ann E. Cohen, Rochester P.L., N.Y.Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
It may take a while for your spine to tingle when you first tackle this enormous volume of good, old-fashioned ghost stories, but eventually the chill sets in. Of course, it's hit-and-miss, with some stories a lot scarier than others. All 50 states and some Canadian provinces offer at least one spooky yarn, if not more. Norman and Scott spent 18 years collecting tales, ranging from the typical (with rattling chains, moans, cold spots, and the like) to the elaborate (the spectral marching soldiers of Indiana's Battle of Tippecanoe, a haunted mine, and the infamous Inn of Seventeen Ghosts in Pennsylvania, for instance). Occasionally scary but consistently enjoyable. Joe Collins
Review
"Legendary stories of phantoms, possessions by evil spirits, spontaneous combustion, and death cars....Great reading for a stormy night." --Booklist on Haunted Heartland
"Deliciously disturbing, carefully researcher, engrossing and entertaining.... Norman and Scott spin good yarns with fun, fact and fright." --Minneapolis Star-Tribune on Haunted America
Review
"Legendary stories of phantoms, possessions by evil spirits, spontaneous combustion, and death cars....Great reading for a stormy night." --Booklist on Haunted Heartland
"Deliciously disturbing, carefully researcher, engrossing and entertaining.... Norman and Scott spin good yarns with fun, fact and fright." --Minneapolis Star-Tribune on Haunted America
Review
"Legendary stories of phantoms, possessions by evil spirits, spontaneous combustion, and death cars....Great reading for a stormy night." --Booklist on Haunted Heartland
"Deliciously disturbing, carefully researcher, engrossing and entertaining.... Norman and Scott spin good yarns with fun, fact and fright." --Minneapolis Star-Tribune on Haunted America
Book Description
Historic Haunted America is an engrossing investigation into North American ghost legends, a comprehensive documenting yesterday and today's most shocking hauntings in the United States and Canada.
From the ghost-ridden forts in Old Tucson to the "Inn of the 17 Ghosts" near Philadelphia, from the haunted plantations of Louisiana and Georgia to a haunted community playhouse in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Michael Norman and Beth Scott tell stories of the past and present so terrifyingly real that even the most skeptical reader will believe.
About the Author
Michael Norman has taught at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls for more than twenty-five years. Beth Scott, who died in early 1994, was full-time freelance writer for more than thirty-five years.
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