Haunted America FAQ : all that's left to know about the most haunted houses, cemeteries, battlefields, and more /
Take a fast-pace survey of the ghosties, ghouls and associated denizens of the nation's haunted history with Haunted America FAQ. Tracing local ghost stories back to Native American legends and forward through horror tales both ancient and modern, this book visits some of the country's bes...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Montclair, New Jersey :
Backbeat Books, an imprint of Hal Leonard Corporation,
[2015]
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| Series: | FAQs series.
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| Summary: | Take a fast-pace survey of the ghosties, ghouls and associated denizens of the nation's haunted history with Haunted America FAQ. Tracing local ghost stories back to Native American legends and forward through horror tales both ancient and modern, this book visits some of the country's best-known haunted locales and most obscure creepy places, from private homes and hotel rooms to schools, parks, prisons, hospitals, battlefields and nearly anywhere else people go. Delving deep into the cultural history of American hauntings, Haunted America FAQ features chapters on ghosts in cemeteries, amusement parks, government buildings and more, as well as spirits on page and screen. Also included are a roundup of reality-TV ghost hunts and state-by-state gazetteer of haunted spots. Believers and skeptics alike will be amazed by the history and range of spectral sightings form around the country, and perhaps even in their neighborhood. |
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| Physical Description: | xxiv, 378 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [355]-368) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781480392625 1480392626 |