Spooky Trails and Tall Tales Pennsylvania
Title | Spooky Trails and Tall Tales Pennsylvania PDF eBook |
Author | Tom Ogden |
Publisher | Falcon Guides |
Total Pages | 256 |
Release | 2022-10 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 9781493058785 |
Spooky Trails and Tall Tales Pennsylvania features different spooky stories across Pennsylvania. Accompanying each of these captivating tales is hiking information for the brave reader interested in venturing into the wilderness to test their mettle. Written in an engaging, "campfire-style" voice and with dozens of stories and hikes throughout, readers will discover and explore the haunted history of the Keystone State.
Spooky Pennsylvania
Title | Spooky Pennsylvania PDF eBook |
Author | S. E. Schlosser |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | 273 |
Release | 2020-07-01 |
Genre | Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | 1493044788 |
Pull up a chair or gather round the campfire and get ready for thirty-eight creepy tales of ghostly hauntings, eerie happenings, and other strange occurrences in Pennsylvania. Set in the Keystone State’s big cites, rural communities, rugged mountains, and vast woodlands, the stories in this entertaining and compelling collection will have readers looking over their shoulders again and again. Pennsylvania’s folklore is kept alive in these expert retellings by master storyteller S. E. Schlosser and in artist Paul Hoffman’s evocative illustrations. Readers will meet the phantom drummer of Valley Forge, cheer on the ghost who haunts a bowling alley in Allentown, search for the mysterious jail cell handprint in Carbon County, and feel an icy wind on the back of their necks on a warm Pennsylvania evening. Whether read around the campfire on a dark and stormy night or from the backseat of the family van on the way to grandma’s, this is a collection to treasure.
Spooky Trails and Tall Tales Massachusetts
Title | Spooky Trails and Tall Tales Massachusetts PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen Gencarella |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | 289 |
Release | 2021-09-01 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 1493060430 |
Massachusetts—a New England state with a proud history and a vibrant culture. But there is more to this place than white church steeples and town greens. In the forests, meadows, and beaches surrounding quaint, colonial towns lurk screeching ghosts, cursed treasures, sea serpents and other strange creatures, and even the Devil himself, all awaiting the next hiker to stumble down the trail… For years, tales of these mysterious beings and places existed only in whispers and campfire tales, but now for the first time these legends have been collected and retold in one volume: Spooky Trails and Tall Tales Massachusetts. Alongside each of these captivating tales is the necessary route and trailhead information brave readers will need to go beyond their town lines and test their nerve. With dozens of stories and hikes throughout, readers will discover and explore the legends and forgotten histories from the Berkshires to the Bay.
Spooky Trails and Tall Tales Connecticut
Title | Spooky Trails and Tall Tales Connecticut PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen Gencarella |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | 240 |
Release | 2019-09-01 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 1493039156 |
Connecticut—a New England state with a proud history and vibrant culture. But there is more to this place than white church steeples and town greens. In the forests and meadows surrounding these quaint, colonial towns lurk spine-chilling ghosts protecting Captain Kidd’s treasure, the abode of the Devil himself, and shadowy creatures such as the Glawackus, all awaiting the next hiker to stumble down the trail. For years, the stories of these mysterious beings and places existed only in whispers and campfire tales, but now for the first time these legends have been collected and retold in one volume: Spooky Trails and Tall Tales Connecticut. Alongside each of these captivating tales is the necessary route and trailhead information brave readers will need to go beyond their town lines and test their nerve. Proud to support Friends of Connecticut State Parks with a portion of the royalties.
The Big Book of Pennsylvania Ghost Stories
Title | The Big Book of Pennsylvania Ghost Stories PDF eBook |
Author | Mark Nesbitt |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | 369 |
Release | 2019-07-17 |
Genre | Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | 1493043935 |
Hauntings lurk and spirits linger in the Keystone State Reader, beware! Turn these pages and enter the world of the paranormal, where ghosts and ghouls alike creep just out of sight. Authors Mark Nesbitt and Patty A. Wilson shine a light in the dark corners of Pennsylvania and scare those spirits out of hiding in this thrilling collection. From apparitions of fires and soldiers struggling in the cold at Valley Forge, to ghostly children stalking dormitories at Gettysburg College, these stories of strange occurrences are sure to send a chill up your spine. Around the campfire or tucked away on a dark and stormy night, this big book of ghost stories is a hauntingly good read.
Haunted Pennsylvania
Title | Haunted Pennsylvania PDF eBook |
Author | Mark Nesbitt |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | 160 |
Release | 2019-06-26 |
Genre | Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | 1493040863 |
A collection of frightening stories, including the Civil War ghosts of Gettysburg, spirits at John Brown's tannery, the fiddling ghost of Potter County, hauntings at the Eastern State Penitentiary, the mysterious indelible handprint, and many more.
Spooky Pennsylvania
Title | Spooky Pennsylvania PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Globe Pequot |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Ghosts |
ISBN | 9780762739967 |
A collection of thirty folktales highlighting famous and not-so-famous Pennsylvania ghosts, mysterious happenings, powers of darkness, and wonders of the invisible world.