Author : Cordelia E. Barrera
Publisher :
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 23,9 MB
Release : 2021-12-15
Category :
ISBN : 9781682831250
Literary criticism situated within the Southwest borderlands, exploring embodiment and ethics, place and landscape, memory and haunting.
Author : S. E. Schlosser
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 41,65 MB
Release : 2017-07-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1493028006
A collection of folktales highlighting famous and not-so-famous Southwestern ghosts, mysterious happenings, powers of darkness, and wonders of the invisible world. Here we have a collection of unnerving tales of events that happened—and still do happen—in the collective back yard of the Southwestern states. Accompanied by evocative illustrations, these compelling retellings of popular folktales feature supernatural occurrences and ghosts of all sorts, from cattle rustlers to runaway trains. Pull up a chair or gather round the campfire and get ready for 35 creepy tails of ghostly hauntings, eerie happenings, and other strange occurrences in Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico, and Texas. Set in the American Southwest's historic towns and sparsely populated expanses, the stories in this entertaining and compelling collection will have you looking over your shoulder again and again.
Author : Donna Kent
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 25,40 MB
Release : 2009-10-07
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1614234248
An unlucky gambler who haunts the Curtis House, the ethereal White Lady who wanders among the tombs of Union Cemetery and a ghostly diner who still insists upon joining the meal are among the otherworldly residents of Southwestern Connecticut. With a long and sometimes turbulent history, the region has become a host to lingering spirits who cannot leave behind the sites of their demise. Through spirit photography and firsthand accounts, Donna Kent, founder of the Cosmic Society of Paranormal Investigation, explores the most haunted locations from Stratford to Easton. These hair-raising tales are sure to intrigue seasoned enthusiasts and convert even the most skeptical reader into a believer.
Author : Richard Young
Publisher : August House Publishers
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 44,64 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
This collection of tales will bring its readers plenty of delicious shivers.
Author : Ted Wood
Publisher : Walker & Company
Page : 49 pages
File Size : 39,44 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780802784827
Describes homes and hotels, restaurants and towns in Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas and the ghosts that haunt them.
Author : Alfred Avila
Publisher : Arte Publico Press
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 41,22 MB
Release : 1994-09-30
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781558856370
Traditional Mexican stories tell of ghosts, evil spirits, devils, curses, and supernatural forces.
Author : Louis L'Amour
Publisher : Bantam
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 46,9 MB
Release : 2004-08-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0553899198
The Navajo called them the Anasazi, the “ancient enemy,” and their abandoned cities haunt the canyons and plateaus of the Southwest. For centuries the sudden disappearance of these people baffled historians. Summoned to a dark desert plateau by a desperate letter from an old friend, renowned investigator Mike Raglan is drawn into a world of mystery, violence, and explosive revelations. Crossing a border beyond the laws of man and nature, he will learn of the astonishing world of the Anasazi and discover the most extraordinary frontier ever encountered.
Author : Lisa Livingston-Martin
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 25,32 MB
Release : 2018-09-03
Category : History
ISBN : 1614237441
For southwest Missouri, the Civil War was an unparalleled period of violence, sorrow and anger. As the torches burned the physical landscape, the depredations inflicted were also scorched upon the psyche of the people who lived through fires. Survey Carthage's battlefield for stubborn holdouts or hold vigil at the Kendrick House for innocent bystanders who were swept up into the stratagems of bushwhackers and guerrillas. Meet the Bloody Spikes, Rotten Johnny Reb and scores more figures from the region's past who continue to trouble its present.
Author : Michael Norman
Publisher : Big Earth Publishing
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 25,22 MB
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 9781931599047
Retold from personal interviews, newspapers, archives, and other sources, stories of ghosts, apparitions and othe supernatural occurences ranging from historical tales embedded in 19th century superstition to contemporary accounts of strange occurences in modern-day homes. This revised edition includes new stories and revisions to some of the tales original to the first edition. In addition, a few stories have been dropped for various reasons.
Author : Dennis Boyer
Publisher :
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 22,2 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN :
This is a superb collection of ghost tales from the hills of Wisconsin's driftless region, the southwest area untouched by the last of the glaciers. The region has a rich legacy of folktales, passed down from generation to generation, that are sure to entertain.
