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13 Terrifying Tales from the North Carolina Piedmont
Edited by Leslie Rindoks

Lorimer Press
978-0-9789342-0-0
$16.95 hardcover
5 ¾ x 9 ¼ 
81 pages, color drawings throughout
Published in 2007
Children/Young Adult, Folklore/Ghosts, Gift & Holiday, North Carolina

Here are thirteen tales of haunted roads, mysterious lights, strange sightings, and a lingering curse—stories about places we know from storytellers that hail from North Carolina's Piedmont: from Charlotte and Concord, to Mooresville and Winston-Salem.

Appropriate for children and adults alike, this beautiful book includes accounts of the first sightings of the leathery looking, three-toed Lake Norman Sea Monster, as well as the tale of an altruistic spirit who points his heir towards $100,000. And in a Davidson-based story, George Washington's spectre makes an appearance, too. For animal lovers, there are a couple of dogs (one frisky and one savage), a fateful cat that lures lost drivers off a Charlotte road, and a flock of vultures.

Thirteen Terrifying Tales from the North Carolina Piedmont has stories by:

Reviews

“Like the corner grocery and drugstore soda fountain, the art of storytelling is a treasured facet of North Carolina’s heritage. That art is preserved in these 13 chilling tales from our own backyard. Read at your own risk!”
Mike Lassiter, author of Our Vanishing Americana

“We tend to think of ghost stories as happening somewhere else, but these tales take place just up the road and down the street and on Lake Norman. You will never see Charlotte or Mooresville or Davidson in quite the same way after reading this book. A delightful collection!”
Tony Abbott, author of The Three Great Secret Things

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