Author : Austin N. Stevens
Publisher : Yankee Publishing, Incorporated
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 49,91 MB
Release : 1979-02
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9780911658866
Presenting the Dark Side of New England -- its ghosts, vampires, legends, beasts, witches, and devils. A colorful tapestry of old Yankee tradition, a bizarre pattern stained with guilt and suffering and woven with the hard fiber of Puritan madness.
Author : Diana Ross McCain
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 26,81 MB
Release : 2009-08-04
Category : History
ISBN : 0762756144
Mysteries and Legends of New England explores unusual phenomena, strange events, and mysteries in the region’s history—evenly divided between the New England States (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island).
Author : S. E. Schlosser
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 42,26 MB
Release : 2008-08-13
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1461746442
Suitably, hauntings and paranormal happenings in the Lone Star state are larger than life. Included in this must-read collection are tales of the ghost lights of Marfa, the werewolf of Elroy, and the Devil’s brand in the eternal roundup of El Paso. Your hair will stand on end as you read about the mysteries and lore in Spooky Texas.
Author : Scott Thomas
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 13,31 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780892727322
Evoking the times and styles of Edgar Allan Poe and H. P. Lovecraft, this collection of original stories is set in 18th and 19th century New England--when restless spirits seemed to roam more freely. Not quite horror, not quite mystery, these dark yet spellbindingly eloquent tales hover on the edge, threatening at every page to plunge the characters into madness.
Author : Joseph A. Citro
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 37,42 MB
Release : 2018-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1493032216
New Englanders are always cursing. But a colorful profanity uttered by some stero-typically taciturn old Yankee is usually more humorous than menacing. Yet, true maledictions (the opposite of benedictions) have frequently been spoken on New England soil, curses intended to invoke evil, injury, or total destruction against other people. Stories about preternatural revenge are numerous in Yankee lore, with each New England state providing its favorites. You’ll read about curses that were followed by the strange disappearance of a father and daughter in Rhode Island, mysterious afflictions in Massachusetts, a river of death in Maine, an unaccountable blight in New Hampshire, unexplained madness in Connecticut, and other eerie happenings from New England’s colorful history. Some are well known, at least regionally. Others are nearly forgotten. Within these pages, storyteller Joseph A. Citro vividly brings these tales to life, letting us decide if these tales of woe were bad luck or . . . something else.
Author : Joseph A. Citro
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 48,43 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1402733305
"It may seem like clambakes, the Red Sox, and the Patriots define New England, but boy did the Pilgrims land in one very strange spot! These six states are filled with odd curiosities and bizarre legends, such as the elusive Vermont hum, the hibernating hill folk, hillside whale tales, and the Holy Land (yes, you read that right). Tongue-in-cheek and filled with dry wit, this is a journey you'll not soon forget."--P. [4] of cover.
Author : Joseph Citro
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 21,78 MB
Release : 1997-10-31
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 0547527314
New England's dark hills, fogbound coasts, and hidden villages have inspired generations of writers such as Hawthorne, Lovecraft, and King. But these authors' dark imaginings pale when compared to little-known but well-documented and true tales. In this delightfully spine-tingling tour of all six New England states, Citro chronicles the haunted history and folklore of a region steeped in hardship and horror, humor and pathos.
Author : Robert Ellis Cahill
Publisher : Old Saltbox
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 21,23 MB
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN : 9780962616242
"Called the ""Reader's Digest of New England Archaeology,"" by experts in the field, this book covers all finds and sits by amateur and professional ancient artifact hunters since America was first settled. Hundreds of messages were cut into stone by unknown ancient settlers. Carved faces, well-made homes of rock, Celtic ritual sites, dolmens, and other ancient remnants are scattered throughout the New England states, making it quite apparent that visitors from other lands lived here hundreds of years before Columbus discovered America. Ancient coins, weapons, lamps, containers and art objects have been uncovered as well -- all well documented and described, with photos in this fascinating book."
Author : Thomas D'Agostino
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 16,23 MB
Release : 2013-07-23
Category : History
ISBN : 1614239797
New England's history is marked with witch executions, curses and an untold number of cemeteries hiding mysteries beneath their stones. In this sometimes harsh landscape, the truth is often stranger than fiction. Examine the footprints burned into the ledge of Devil's Foot Rock in Rhode Island. Spend a night at the Kennebunk Inn in Maine, where the mischievous specter of Silas Perkins still resides. Traverse an old dirt road near Sterling, Connecticut, where the Darn Man's frozen body was uncovered in 1863. Authors Thomas D'Agostino and Arlene Nicholson uncover the history behind the region's best-kept secrets and lore. As you flip through these pages of New England's legends, tread lightly--you just might find a story that will follow you home.
Author : Stephen L. Carter
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 25,29 MB
Release : 2007-06-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0307266966
NATIONAL BESTSELLER Lemaster Carlyle, the president of the country's most prestigious university, and his wife, Julie, the divinity school's deputy dean, are America's most prominent and powerful African American couple. Driving home through a swirling blizzard late one night, the couple skids off the road. Near the sight of their accident they discover a dead body. To her horror, Julia recognizes the body as a prominent academic and one of her former lovers. In the wake of the death, the icy veneer of their town Elm Harbor, a place Julie calls "the heart of whiteness," begins to crack, having devastating consequences for a prominent local family and sending shock waves all the way to the White House.
