Tar Heel Ghosts
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An amazing assortment of twenty-three stories and ten "short shorts" comprise this popular selection. More than merely entertaining, Tar Heel Ghosts captures the "spirit" of North Carolina's past.
North Carolina's ghost stories have infinite variety. There are mountainous ghosts and seafaring ghosts; colonial ghosts and modern ghosts; gentle ghosts and roistering ghosts; delicate lady ghosts and fishwife ghosts; home ghosts and ghosts that just want to be noticed. Mysterious signs and symbols appear--small black crosses, galloping white horses, strangely moving lights, floating veils, lifelike apparitions, skulls, dripping blood, and "things that go bump in the night." At least one North Carolina ghost got himself into a court record, and other ghostly phenomena have attracted scientific investigation.
These stories have a marked realistic North Carolina flavor. The reader finds mountain cabins and antebellum mansions, Indian trails, water wheels, river steamboats, railroad trains, slave labor on plantations, revenuers and stills in the mountains, a burial in St. James Churchyard in Wilmington, Winston-Salem before the days of Winston, Raleigh in the 1860s, Fayetteville during World War II, and even a new suburb haunted by old spooks.
North Carolina's ghost stories have infinite variety. There are mountainous ghosts and seafaring ghosts; colonial ghosts and modern ghosts; gentle ghosts and roistering ghosts; delicate lady ghosts and fishwife ghosts; home ghosts and ghosts that just want to be noticed. Mysterious signs and symbols appear--small black crosses, galloping white horses, strangely moving lights, floating veils, lifelike apparitions, skulls, dripping blood, and "things that go bump in the night." At least one North Carolina ghost got himself into a court record, and other ghostly phenomena have attracted scientific investigation.
These stories have a marked realistic North Carolina flavor. The reader finds mountain cabins and antebellum mansions, Indian trails, water wheels, river steamboats, railroad trains, slave labor on plantations, revenuers and stills in the mountains, a burial in St. James Churchyard in Wilmington, Winston-Salem before the days of Winston, Raleigh in the 1860s, Fayetteville during World War II, and even a new suburb haunted by old spooks.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0807840696
ISBN13:9780807840696
Release Date:August 1990
Publisher:University of North Carolina Press
Length:192 Pages
Weight:0.60 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 5.4" x 8.4"
Age Range:10 years and up
Grade Range:Grade 5 and higher
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4 ratings
A must for the Ghost Fanatic!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
I used up check out this book alot when I was a kid,I always found the ghost stories of North Carolina to be very interesting.I stumbled across a copy in the book store one day and had the joy of reading these spooky stories once again:)a must for anyone in North Carolina who likes history about ghosts or anyone who is interested in North Carolina in general.
Cool Book
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
If you are interested in ghostly tales of North Carolina, this is a good book. An excellent addition to anyone's paranormal library.
Wild ride of Carolina tales
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
I have loved this collection of ghost stories since I was a child--Harden has a gift for campfire storytelling that continues to give me chills every time I read a story. I highly recommend this book for any Carolinian with an interest in the paranormal!
Great collection of Carolina tales
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
I have loved this book since I was a kid--Harden has a gift for campfire storytelling that never fails to give me chills. I highly recommend this book to anyone with an interest in the tales, myths, and legends of the great state of North Carolina!
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