Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places

by Colin Dickey

Book Overview

One of NPR's Great Reads of 2016

"A lively assemblage and smart analysis of dozens of haunting stories...absorbing... and] intellectually intriguing." --The New York Times Book Review

From the author of The Unidentified, an intellectual feast for fans of offbeat history that takes readers on a road trip through some of the country's most infamously haunted places--and deep into the dark side...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1101980206
• ISBN13: 9781101980200
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Brilliant!

While slow in the prologue this book does pick up pace and tells the history behind some of America's greatest ghosts. This book confronts the hard to look at parts of american history and how we as a culture have handled it. If you are searching for enthusiastic stories of scary places this may not be the book for you, but if you are interested in the anthropology that runs hand in hand with ghost stories in the US I highly recommend this book.