Tales of Kentucky ghosts
By: William Lynwood Montell
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Lexington, Ky
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
ISBN-13: 9780813125930
Description: AA good ghost story can make your hair stand on end, your palms sweat, and your heart race. The bone-chilling collection Tales of Kentucky Ghosts presents more than 250 stories that do just that. In his new book, William Lynwood Montell has assembled an entertaining and diverse array of tales from across the commonwealth that will keep you checking under the bed every night.The first-person accounts in this collection showcase folklore that Montell has drawn from archives, family stories, and oral traditions throughout Kentucky.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Cemetery ghosts; title: Return of family members as ghosts; title: Haunted houses and public buildings; title: Civil War ghosts; title: Roadside ghosts and odd phenomena; title: Headless ghosts; title: Animal ghosts and animal tales; title: Ghostly lights and screams; title: Strange sounds, lights, and unexplained events; title: Legends and folktales.