Haunted Potomac River Valley
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Haunted Potomac River Valley
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Author : David W. Thompson
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2021-07-26
Haunted Potomac River Valley written by David W. Thompson and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-26 with History categories.
Before European colonists first dipped their toes in our "Nation's River," it succored generations of American Indians, who added their own stories and often stained its banks with their blood. Revolutionary War ghosts haunt its length, from Shepherdstown to Saint George's Island. Harpers Ferry is home to more than one nineteenth-century haunt, and ghosts of Civil War soldiers linger in the river's upper reaches. Former residents still reside in historic buildings in Sterling, Arlington and Alexandria. Point Lookout, at the mouth of the river, is the most haunted site in Maryland. While the Potomac has weathered horrors and tragedies, many residents did not. Author David W. Thompson tells their stories.
The Big Book Of Virginia Ghost Stories
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Author : L. B. Taylor, Jr.
language : en
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Release Date : 2010
The Big Book Of Virginia Ghost Stories written by L. B. Taylor, Jr. and has been published by Stackpole Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Fiction categories.
Turn these pages and enter the world of the paranormal, where ghosts and ghouls alike creep just out of sight. Author L. B. Tayloy shines a light in the dark corners of Virginia and scares those spirits out of hiding in this thrilling collection.
Haunted Shenandoah Valley
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Author : Denver Michaels
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2021
Haunted Shenandoah Valley written by Denver Michaels and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021 with History categories.
The abolitionist John Brown still roams the West Virginia panhandle--and beyond. In Lexington, a statue sheds real tears, mourning Virginians killed in battle. Decades of abuse at a sanatorium unleashed malevolent entities in Staunton. Spirits of Native Americans, Civil War soldiers and children frequent natural springs in Frederick County and caves near Strasburg. Ghosts stay free of charge at the nation's oldest inn in Middletown, and at the Natural Bridge Hotel, phantom children play in the halls. Visitors from beyond the grave enjoy live performances at several theaters in the region, while spectral soldiers gather for combat in the battlefields scattered throughout the area. Join Denver Michaels as he delves into folklore, eyewitness accounts and urban legends to bring you the best ghost stories from the Shenandoah Valley.
Possessions
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Author : Judith RICHARDSON
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2009-06-30
Possessions written by Judith RICHARDSON and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06-30 with Literary Criticism categories.
The cultural landscape of the Hudson River Valley is crowded with ghosts--the ghosts of Native Americans and Dutch colonists, of Revolutionary War soldiers and spies, of presidents, slaves, priests, and laborers. Possessions asks why this region just outside New York City became the locus for so many ghostly tales, and shows how these hauntings came to operate as a peculiar type of social memory whereby things lost, forgotten, or marginalized returned to claim possession of imaginations and territories. Reading Washington Irving's stories along with a diverse array of narratives from local folklore and regional writings, Judith Richardson explores the causes and consequences of Hudson Valley hauntings to reveal how ghosts both evolve from specific historical contexts and are conjured to serve the present needs of those they haunt. These tales of haunting, Richardson argues, are no mere echoes of the past but function in an ongoing, contentious politics of place. Through its tight geographical focus, Possessions illuminates problems of belonging and possessing that haunt the nation as a whole. Table of Contents: Introduction 1. "How Comes theHudson to this Unique Heritage?" 2. Irving's Web 3. The Colorful Career of a Ghost from Leeds 4. Local Characters 5. Possessing High Tor Mountain Epilogue: Hauntings without End Notes Index Reviews of this book: The author traces changing versions of several ghostly tales that mutated over time to reflect local conditions and controversies as well as national political issues like abolitionism. Richardson shows that, thanks to the Hudson Valley's long history of settlement, the 'legendizing impetus' created by Washington Irving, and the area's established position as a tourist destination, it inspired at least three sometimes overlapping traditions of hauntings: the 'aboriginal' Dutch and Indian hauntings, the Revolutionary War hauntings, and industrial hauntings, which are traced in Maxwell Anderson's High Tor (1937) and T. Coraghessan Boyle's World's End (1987). --J. J. Benardete, Choice Possessions is a rare and brilliant book that seamlessly combines history and literature--revealing how richly they can support one another. It is a great pleasure to read: both fluent and profound. --Alan Taylor, author of American Colonies and William Cooper's Town This is a lively, well-written, and engaging interdisciplinary study. Richardson pursues two main goals: probing in considerable detail a body of early national folklore and its modern revivals and testing some more general notions about the uses to which such lore is put in the periods when it is recovered, reshaped, and reinvigorated. It is smart without being condescending, locally inflected without exhibiting the least bit of piety - and, I think, quite suggestive for scholars looking at other domains far beyond the Hudson Valley. She gives us a way of understanding how the "local" has figured in the cultural construction of Americanness. --Wayne Franklin, author of Discoverers, Explorers, Settlers and The New World of James Fenimore Cooper
Haunted Travels In The Hudson River Valley Of Washington Irving
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Author : Todd Atteberry
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-10-27
Haunted Travels In The Hudson River Valley Of Washington Irving written by Todd Atteberry and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-27 with categories.
Discover the haunted landscape of the Hudson River Valley and explore the history, legends and folklore of the region that Washington Irving wove into an American archetype. From Sleepy Hollow to the Catskills, these travelogues inform as well as entertain, and act as a guide to this mystical region. Including Irving and Christmas ghost stories, a haunting in New Amsterdam and walking and dining in the footsteps of Poe in New York City. With over 100 original images, plus excerpts from Irving and other literary giants.
Haunted Village And Valley
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Author : Adi-Kent Thomas Jeffrey
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2010-10
Haunted Village And Valley written by Adi-Kent Thomas Jeffrey and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-10 with History categories.
The charming village of New Hope, Pennsylvania, and many of the surrounding river towns on both sides of the Delaware, are buzzing with restless spirits, shadowy figures & ghostly energy. Haunted Village & Valley (co-authored and published posthumously by the author's daughter, Lynda Elizabeth Jeffrey), is a compilation of true paranormal incidents and real-life spooky experiencees that have occurred in this rich, colorful, historic and eerie area. Illustrated throughout with stunning photographs and graphic images, Haunted Village & Valley covers a wide range of ghostly legends and haunting experiences. For the first time ever, Jeffrey also gives readers a glimpse of her own supernatural encounters, along with her unique views and theories pertaining to the "what" and the "why" of ghosts. Do you believe in ghosts? If Adi-Kent Thomas Jeffrey can't convince you... nobody will.
A Haunted Capital
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Author : Natalie Lunis
language : en
Publisher: Bearport Publishing
Release Date : 2014-08-01
A Haunted Capital written by Natalie Lunis and has been published by Bearport Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Places that are filled with history are also thought to be filled with ghosts. If that is true, then Washington, D.C.—a city that dates back to the earliest days of the United States of America—is surely one of the most haunted cities in the country. In A Haunted Capital, children visit eleven of the most haunted spots in Washington, D.C. and come across some of its most famous ghosts. Among them are a former president who never left the White House, a vice-president who still hurries to his office in the Capitol building, and a First Lady who has found a quiet and peaceful home—years after her death. The haunting photographs and chilling nonfiction text will keep children turning the pages to discover more spooky stories.
Virginia Ghosts
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Author : Marguerite du Pont Lee
language : en
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
Release Date : 2009-06
Virginia Ghosts written by Marguerite du Pont Lee and has been published by Genealogical Publishing Com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06 with Ghosts categories.
This collection of more than 100 ghost stories has entertained lovers of Virginia genealogy, history and folklore for generations. Mrs. Marguerite du Pont Lee, daughter of Eleuthere Irenee du Pont, humanitarian and campaigner for women's rights, was also a great student of psychic phenomena. This interest in the unexplained led her to gather tales of ghosts and the paranormal from around her adopted state, many of them dating back to the colonial period. Charmingly written and illustrated throughout, most of the tales (like the encounter of Warner Taliaferro of Belle Ville in Gloucester County with the spirit of his neighbor, Mrs. Tabb, on the night of her death) deal with ghosts sited at the venerable homesteads that proliferate in Virginia. Thus, for example, we have stories set at The Anchorage and Gunston Hall in the Alexandria area, Federal Hill and Traveller's Rest near Fredericksburg, Mount Airy and Woodlawn in the Tidewater, Edgewood and Westover near Richmond, Ash Lawn and Fairfield within the Piedmont, Carter Hall and Elmwood in the Shenandoah Valley, Ivanhoe and Ellerslie in Southside, and still other tales from the Eastern Shore, Southwest Virginia, and West Virginia. Many of the ghost stories, of course, concern early Virginians who materialize on the family trees of Virginia researchers.
Civil War Ghost Trails
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Author : Mark Nesbitt
language : en
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Release Date : 2012
Civil War Ghost Trails written by Mark Nesbitt and has been published by Stackpole Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with History categories.
Eerie tribute to the ghosts and ghouls of American Civil War soldiers. Riveting ghost stories from all the major engagements of the war including Manassas, Shiloh, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Vicksburg, Gettysburg, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Petersburg, and Appomattox.
Haunted Travels In The Hudson River Valley Of Washington Irving
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Author : Todd Atteberry
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-10-15
Haunted Travels In The Hudson River Valley Of Washington Irving written by Todd Atteberry and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-15 with categories.
Discover the haunted landscape of the Hudson River Valley and explore the history, legends and folklore of the region that Washington Irving wove into an American archetype. From Sleepy Hollow to the Catskills, these travelogues inform as well as entertain, and act as a guide to this mystical region. Including Irving and Christmas ghost stories, a haunting in New Amsterdam and walking and dining in the footsteps of Poe in New York City. With over 100 original images, plus excerpts from Irving and other literary giants.