Haunted Halls: Ghostlore of American College Campuses

by Elizabeth Tucker

Book Overview

Why do so many American college students tell stories about encounters with ghosts? In Haunted Halls, the first book-length interpretive study of college ghostlore, Elizabeth Tucker takes the reader back to school to get acquainted with a wide range of college spirits. Some of the best-known ghosts that she discusses are Emory University's Dooley, who can disband classes by shooting professors with his water pistol; Mansfield University's Sara,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1578069955
• ISBN13: 9781578069958
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 241 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"