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Canadian ghost stories / Barbara Smith ; illustrations by Arlana Anderson-Hale.
LIBRA - Rare BF1472.C3 S533 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smith, Barbara, 1947 April 19-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ghosts--Canada.
- Ghosts.
- Canada.
- Penn Provenance:
- Auerbach, Nina, 1943- (former owner)
- Auerbach, Nina, Estate of (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 248 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Edmonton, Alta. : Lone Pine Pub., 2001.
- Summary:
- Startling, scary stories from Vancouver Island to Newfoundland. Guaranteed to chill!
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Haunted Houses
- Location, Location, Location 13
- Protective Presence 21
- Island Entities 24
- Ghostly Helper 26
- "Funky" Haunted Apartment 27
- Suburban Spirits 29
- Haunted Park 32
- All in the Family 36
- Jumpin' Jammers 41
- Patty Cake 49
- Fred's Family Phantom 51
- Twelve Stranded Men 55
- Haunted Honeymoon 59
- Murdered Manifestation 61
- Old House Haunter 62
- Musical Manifestation 66
- Welcome Home 70
- Chapter 2 Transported to Beyond
- Legend of the Light 76
- Upsetting Journey 81
- Ghostly Smoker 86
- On and Off the Road Again 90
- Titanic 93
- The Voice 102
- Regina's Demise 105
- Ghostly Presence 107
- Spectral Ships 113
- The Young Teazer 115
- Ghost of the Baie 118
- Fire Upon the Water 120
- Pacific Presences 122
- Jane Miller of the Bay 124
- Chapter 3 Spirit Snippets 126
- Chapter 4 The Spirit's Inn
- The Algonquin Hotel 150
- Pub "Creepy" Crawlers 153
- Spectral Speaker 156
- Frontenac Returns 158
- Ghost Attends Conference 161
- "Maud" Stays Home 162
- Haunted Landmark Razed 163
- Spirits at the Bar 167
- Chapter 5 Historically Haunted
- Ghost Brothers 171
- Brother from Beyond 175
- The Thing 179
- Knock, Knock, Who's There? 182
- The Real McCoy? 184
- Ghostly Chief 185
- Evil, Cursed, Haunted or All Three? 187
- Chapter 6 They Came Back
- Possession by a Poltergeist 195
- The Grandfather Clock 206
- Close Cousins 207
- Caged Spirit 209
- Phantom Footsteps 212
- Mistaken Identity 214
- River Wraith 217
- Ghostly Queen 219
- "Devil Dog" 222
- Lady in Pink 227
- Foreign Phantoms? 230
- Possessed Plane 233
- Laura's Legacy 238.
- Local Notes:
- Presented to the Penn Libraries by the estate of Nina Auerbach in 2017.
- Libra Rare copy has ms. notes and underlining.
- ISBN:
- 1551053020
- 9781551053028
- OCLC:
- 46619522
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