Ghosts across Kentucky / William Lynwood Montell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Montell, William Lynwood, 1931-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ghosts--Kentucky.

Ghosts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (282 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

""Lynwood Montell has collected ghost tales all over the state of Kentucky, from coal mining settlements to river landings, from highways to battlefields. He presents these suspense-filled stories just as he first heard or read them: as bona fide personal experiences or as events witnessed by family members or friends. There are over 250 stories in Ghosts across Kentucky that are set in specific places and times. They include tales of graveyards, haunted dormitories, animal ghosts, and vanishing hitchhikers. Montell describes weird lights, unexplained sounds, felt presences, and disappearin

Contents:

Cover; Ghosts across Kentucky; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Graveyard Ghosts; 2. Disappearing Ghosts; 3. Ghostly, Unnatural Sounds; 4. Headless Ghosts; 5. Animal Ghosts; 6. Scary Tales; 7. Hanged or Murdered Persons' Ghosts; 8. Ghosts of Persons Killed Accidentally; 9. Ghosts of Suicide Victims; 10. Weird, Eerie, Ghostly Lights; 11. Haunted Spots on the Landscape; 12. The Vanishing Hitchhiker; 13. Felt Presences of Ghostly Beings; 14. Civil War Ghosts; 15. Haunted Dorms, Fraternities, and Sororities; Notes; Index to Counties

Index to Cities, Towns, and Other Locations

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [240]-251) and index.

ISBN:

0-8131-3788-8

1-283-32723-6

9786613327239

0-8131-2784-X

OCLC:

768083104