Title: Ghosts of the southern mountains and Appalachia /
Authors: Roberts, Nancy,; Roberts, Nancy,; Roberts, Nancy,
Date: 1988
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press,
Physical description: vi, 150 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language: English
LC classification: B
Abstract: Collection of stories that combine the supernatural and history of the Southern Mountains and Appalachia.
Contents: Night of the hunt (Hendersonvill, North Carolina) -- Return of the bell witch (Adams, Tennessee) -- The Shenandoah stage (New Market, Virginia) -- Chain gang man (Decatur, Alabama) -- Fort Mountain (Fort Mountain, Georgia) -- The woman in black (Smoky Mountains, Tennessee) -- Laura (Campbellsvill, Kentucky) -- The coming of the demon (Middleway, West Virginia) -- The letter (South Mountain, Maryland) -- The ghost fiddlers (Hill Country, West Virginia) -- The haunted copper mine (Ducktown, Tennessee). The ghost of Henry lives on (Talcott, West Virginia) -- A visitor from the dead (Grant Town, West Virginia) -- The ghost of Shut-In Creek (Black Mountain, North Carolina) -- Highway 19, where apparitions still ride (Flatwoods, West Virginia) -- The mysterious face on the wall (Grant Town, West Virginia) -- The specter's vengeance (Ducktown, Tennessee) -- The angel of death (Mountains, South Carolina).
Notes: Enlarged edition of: Appalachian ghosts. c1978.
Subject headings (LCSH): Ghosts--Appalachian Region.