Spooky Florida Tales Of Hauntings, Strange Happenings, And Other Local Lore

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

• ISBN13: 9780762751228
• ISBN10: 0762751223
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-08-03
• Publisher: Globe Pequot

Summary

Pull up a chair or gather 'round the campfire and get ready for twenty-five creepy tales of ghostly hauntings, eerie happenings, and Other strange occurrences in the state of Florida. From the ghost car of Islamorada that is literally blown off a bridge along Highway l, to the hermit of the Fort Myers swamplands who takes revenge on a pirate who murdered his son, the stories in this entertaining and compelling collection will have you looking over your shoulder again and again.

Author Biography

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. She created and maintains the Web site AmericanFolklore.net, where she shares a wealth of stories from all 50 states, some dating back to the origins of America. She lives near the Hudson River in New York State.

 

Paul Hoffman illustrates books of many genres—children’s titles, textbooks, short story collections, natural history volumes, and cookbooks. For the Spooky series, he employs a scratchboard technique and an active imagination. He lives in Massachusetts.

Table of Contents

Map	p. x
Introduction	p. xiii
Ghost Stories
The Antique Car: Islamorada	p. 2
Skyway: St. Petersburg	p. 8
In the Elevator: Coral Gables	p. 15
Might 401: The Everglades	p. 21
Old Red Eyes: Jacksonville	p. 26
Diamond Ring: Pensacola	p. 37
The Wedding: Maitland	p. 42
Shell Mound: Cedar Key	p. 47
Ghost Baby: Orlando	p. 54
The Phantom Coach: Tallahassee	p. 61
The Cypress Tree: Pensacola	p. 70
Dark Dreams: Miami	p. 75
Powers of Darkness and Light
Tailybone: Walton County	p. 84
Little Lucy: Putnam County	p. 92
Roses: St. Augustine	p. 101
The Watermelon Thief: Gainesville	p. 107
True Love: Key West	p. 116
The Hermit: Fort Myers	p. 121
Spook Hill: Lake Wales	p. 138
Pink: Daytona Beach	p. 144
Spanish Moss: The Florida Coast	p. 152
Mystic Music: Manatee County	p. 152
The Choking Doherman: Tampa	p. 158
The Witch's Curse: Fort Lauderdale	p. 163
Initiation: Miami	p. 175
Resources	p. 180
Additional Chapter	p. 185
About the Author	p. 191
About the Illustrator	p. 192
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