Liars And Legends: The Weirdest, Strangest, And Most Interesting Storiesand People From The South

by Ellison, Emily; PERRY, CHUCK

• ISBN13: 9781401602031
• ISBN10: 1401602037
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-04-13
• Publisher: Harpercollins Christian Pub

Summary

Everyone loves a good story. And Liars and Legends contains 40 of the South's most interesting and . . . well . . . just plain curious stories. This book grows out of the popular Turner South television show, Liars and Legends and will be promoted on the show. George Lindsey, who just began as host of the show, will be available for promotion as well.Attractively designed in a square format, each story will have 4 to 8 pictures that will enhance the story by letting the readers see for themselves the weird, strange, and interesting things that occur in the South.

Table of Contents

Foreword	v
Introduction	vii
Build It and They Will Come	1	(12)
Hell on Wheels	13	(8)
The Real Jack Daniel	21	(6)
The Murphy Village Travelers	27	(6)
The Bell Witch	33	(10)
The Edgar Watson Murder	43	(6)
The Pea Island Surfmen	49	(12)
Fort Livingston	61	(6)
America's Most Haunted City?	67	(10)
Underground Savannah	77	(8)
What Lurks in the Shadows?	85	(8)
The Coon Dog Opera	93	(6)
Coon Dog Cemetery	99	(4)
The Delta Blues	103	(6)
The Fort Fisher Hermit	109	(6)
The Town(s) Sherman Didn't Burn	115	(8)
Roswell Women	123	(10)
a.k.a. May berry	133	(8)
Underground Wonders	141	(8)
Nuestra Senora de Atocha	149	(10)
See Rock City!	159	(8)
The Greenbrier's Secret	167	(8)
Index	175