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978-0-89587-257-9
0-89587-257-9
$9.95 paperback
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From the mountains to the
sea, North Carolina's 100 counties have a wealth of creepy stories to
tell. These three volumes present a ghostly tale from each county.
Though folklore fans may recognize a few new twists on old favorites ,
the great majority of the stories have not previously been told in
print.
Seaside Spectres offers
tales from the 33 counties in eastern North Carolina. "Betty"
tells about a Lenoir county orphan who consoles himself over the loss of
his parents by imagining people in heaven are given white horses to ride
to visit loved ones--a fantasy that proves more real than he could have
possibly imagined. "The Fraternity of Death" tells of a
society of sacrilegious free thinkers in New Hanover County who begin to
die mysteriously after they stage a mocking imitation of the Last
Supper; it is a true-life tale that may have inspired the Robert Louis
Stevenson story.
about the author
Historian-turned-folklorist Daniel W. Barefoot is the author of five
previous books. Barefoot is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill
and a graduate of UNC School of Law. A former member of the North
Carolina House of Representatives, he lives in Lincolnton, NC.
Also in the North Carolina's Haunted Hundred series:
Piedmont Phantoms
Haints of the Hills
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