Spooky Campfire Tales Hauntings, Strange Happenings, And Supernatural Lore

by Schlosser, S. E.; Hoffman, Paul G.

• ISBN13: 9780762744763
• ISBN10: 0762744766
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-06-01
• Publisher: Globe Pequot

Summary

New from the team that has brought us Spooky New England and other Spooky titles are thirty classic creepy tales of ghostly hauntings, eerie happenings, and other strange occurrences. Expert storytelling and evocative illustrations once again prove perfect for reading aloud or retelling later. Whether gathered around the campfire or read on a dark and stormy night, these tales will stay with you long after you close the book's covers.

Author Biography

Author S.E. Schlosser has been telling stories since she was a child, when games of "let's pretend" quickly built themselves into full-length stories. A graduate of the Institute of Children's Literature and Rutgers University, she also created and maintains the website AmericanFolklore.net, where she shares a wealth of stories from all fifty states, some dating back to the origins of America.

Artist Paul Hoffman trained in painting and printmaking, with his first extensive illustration work on assignment in Egypt, drawing ancient wall reliefs for the University of Chicago. His work graces books of many genres--children's titles, textbooks, short story collections, natural history volumes, and numerous cookbooks. For the Spooky series, he employs a scratchboard technique and an active imagination.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. ix
Ghost Stories
The Fifty-Cent Piece	p. 2
Ghost Handprints	p. 7
The White Lady	p. 11
Playin' Piano	p. 20
The Specter in the Graveyard	p. 26
The Lady in Red	p. 33
Vengeance	p. 37
The Lincoln Death Train	p. 45
Never Mind Them Watermelons	p. 49
Screaming Jenny	p. 54
Piece by Piece	p. 61
Dismal Swamp	p. 65
The Music Lesson	p. 70
Turnabout Is Fair Play	p. 74
Don't Sell My House	p. 81
Powers of Darkness and Light
The Birth of the Jersey Devil	p. 88
La Mala Hora	p. 94
Bloody Bones	p. 98
I Can't Get In	p. 106
The Werewolf's Bride	p. 112
Cow's Head	p. 116
Tom Dunn's Dance	p. 121
The Death Coach	p. 127
The Hook	p. 132
Shadow Train	p. 136
The Black Cat's Message	p. 140
Tailypo	p. 146
One Last Head	p. 151
Dark Passenger	p. 161
Bloody Mary	p. 172
Resources	p. 182
About the Author	p. 186
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