Classic American Ghost Stories

by Deborah L. Downer

Book Overview

200 years of ghost lore from the Great Plains, New England, the South, and the Pacific Northwest.

Young or old, playful or terrifying, clad in the brocades of the 16th century or the jeans of today, the phantoms of these tales vary as much as the places they haunt. Some are ghosts in the strictest sense, troubled over deeds left undone or unavenged at the time of their deaths; others, like the Georgia Werewolf and the wold-girl of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0874831180
• ISBN13: 9780874831184
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: August House Publishers
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 8 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 3 and higher