Ghosts of the Southern Tennessee Valley

by Kotarski, Georgiana

• ISBN13: 9780895873262
• ISBN10: 0895873265
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-06-30
• Publisher: Blair

Summary

It is hardly surprising that the southern Tennessee River Valley is thick with ghosts. The southern Tennessee Valley encompasses southeast Tennessee, northwest Georgia, and north Alabama. This collection introduces you to thirty true ghosts in this region. Kotarski is director of the Sequatchie Valley campus for Chattanooga State Techical Community College and lives in Dunlap.

Table of Contents

Preface: On Becoming a Ghost Writer	xi
Acknowledgments	xv
Introduction	xix
Tales from Southeast Tennessee
John A. Murrell---The Headless Outlaw	3	(16)
Pikeville, Tennessee
Shadow Man	19	(6)
Van Buren County, Tennessee
The Pitty Pat	25	(7)
Sale Creek, Tennessee
The Tears of Little Nina	32	(7)
Cleveland, Tennessee
Lost in Toyland	39	(5)
Hixson, Tennessee
A Ghost Gets Revenge	44	(5)
Signal Mountain, Tennessee
The Spiraling Trap	49	(14)
Suck Creek, Tennessee
Mary Greene of the Delta Queen
Tennessee River	53	(10)
The Curious Case of General Grant's Headquarters	63	(6)
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Read House Revenants	69	(9)
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Haunted Hooper Hall	78	(5)
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Little Margie	83	(8)
Chattanooga, Tennessee
The Ghost Who Typed ``Boo''	91	(4)
East Ridge, Tennessee
Night Drummers	95	(8)
Lookout Mountain, Tennessee
Tales from Northwest Georgia
Blades and Roses	103	(10)
Flintstone, Georgia
Green Eyes Searching in the Night	113	(9)
Chickamauga, Georgia
Fifes and Drums	122	(4)
Chickamauga, Georgia
Dark, Dark Road	126	(4)
Chickamauga, Georgia
Dead Boys Walking	130	(4)
Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia
Miss Clarissa's Angry Yankee	134	(7)
Chickamauga, Georgia
Little House of Spirits	141	(8)
Chickamauga, Georgia
The Family That Stayed	149	(9)
Chickamauga, Georgia
The Haunted Doorway	158	(6)
Chickamauga, Georgia
The General's Rocker	164	(11)
Tunnel Hill, Georgia
Tales from North Alabama
Cemetery Playmate	175	(4)
Stevenson, Alabama
Wagon Train	179	(4)
Ider, Alabama
Home Is Where the Heart Is	183	(3)
Pisgah, Alabama
Graveyard Time Shift	186	(6)
Hollywood, Alabama
The Moody Brick	192	(7)
Kyles, Alabama
Murder in Alabama	199	(5)
North Alabama
References	204