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Overview
Flying Dutchmen, poltergeists, vengeful wraiths, child ghosts, phantom trains, houses of evil, headless horsemen...Haunted America takes you on a grand tour of ghostly hauntings through the U.S. and Canada, sweeping from terrifying battlefield spectres at Little Bighorn to a vaudeville palace in Tampa, from ghostly apparitions in President Garfield's home in Ohio to the White House in Washington, D.C.Taking the reader on a grand tour of ghostly hauntings--over 70 terrifying tales--through the U.S. and Canada, this chilling volume sweeps from battlefield spectres at Little Bighorn to a vaudeville palace in Tampa, from ghostly apparitions in President Garfield's home in Ohio to the White House in Washington D.C. Includes stories from all 50 states.
Synopsis
Flying Dutchmen, poltergeists, vengeful wraiths, child ghosts, phantom trains, houses of evil, headless horsemen...Haunted America takes you on a grand tour of ghostly hauntings through the U.S. and Canada, sweeping from terrifying battlefield spectres at Little Bighorn to a vaudeville palace in Tampa, from ghostly apparitions in President Garfield's home in Ohio to the White House in Washington, D.C.
New York Times Book Review
Tales of murder, sex, madness and revenge make Haunted America both intriguing and amusing.
Editorials
Minneapolis Star-Tribune
Haunted America provides a deliciously disturbing collection of stories from every state in the Union and Canada...Norman and Scott spin good yarns with fun, fact, and fright.New York Times Book Review
Tales of murder, sex, madness and revenge make Haunted America both intriguing and amusing.Library Journal
The authors have expanded their repertoire of true ghost stories previously published in Haunted Wisconsin (Stanton & Lee, 1980) and Haunted Heartland (Stanton & Lee, 1985). This collection of chilling tales of the supernatural includes at least one story from each state and from the English-speaking Canadian prov-inces. The stories recount sightings of ghostly apparitions and mysterious happenings, and their history and evolution is documented. To enhance the true-story appeal, newspaper accounts and other sources of information are given in the bibliography. Full of eerie specters and haunted houses, including the White House, this book will captivate readers of all ages. An excellent source of spine-tingling narratives for Halloween night or spooky campfire fun. For general collections.-Eloise R. Hitchcock, Tennessee Technological Univ. Lib., CookevilleBooknews
A tour of some 70 hauntings throughout the United States and Canada, from tales of battlefield specters at Little Big Horn to reports of a ghostly projectionist in a Florida movie palace. Based on the authors' interviews with witnesses and accounts from archives and newspapers. The bibliography is arranged by state. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Minneapolis Star-Tribune
Haunted America provides a deliciously disturbing collection of stories from every state of the Union an Canada....Norman and Scott spin good yarns with fun, fact and fright.From the Publisher
"Haunted America provides a deliciously disturbing collection of stories from every state of the Union and Canada....Norman and Scott spin good yarns with fun, fact and fright." —Minneapolis Star-Tribune
"Full of eerie specters and haunted houses, including the White House, this book will captivate readers of all ages. An excellent source of spine-tingling narratives for Halloween night or spooky campfire fun."—Library Journal on Haunted America