Books written by Jim Miles

  • Haunted North Georgia

    hall. County. The. liBrary. GhosT. ThaT. ansWers. The. Phone. More. than a century ago, the land was occupied by the home and cemetery of the Brown family. In 1926, the graves were removed to Alta Vista Cemetery and the house ...

  • Eerie Georgia: Chilling Tales from the Mountains to the Sea

    Evidence suggests that ancient seafarers regularly visited the Peach State centuries before Columbus reached the New World. Author Jim Miles explores these and many more in a collection of stories that can be found only in the Peach State.

  • Haunted North Georgia

    Hikers on Lookout Mountain were surprised to discover a mysterious house eerily decorated with magical symbols and bones. Author Jim Miles reveals the most terrifying ghost stories from each county in the region.

  • Haunted Central Georgia

    The completion of the books was a 10-year project for Miles . . . The stories span all of Georgia history, from one with its origins 2,000 years ago to the latest in ‘scientific ghost hunting.’” —Gainesville Times

  • Haunted South Georgia

    However, one resident, the town drunk, named Smith, ranted about the new schoolmarm to anyone who would tolerate his company. “That woman ain't natural,” was Smith's usual spiel, wrote Schlosser. “I seen her out in the woods after dark, ...

  • Haunted South Georgia

    Driving south, Ephesus Church is located on the left, followed by an unnamed cemetery on the right. Also on the right is Hard Up Cemetery, and shortly Bluesprings Church appears to the left. The road bends southwest, ...

  • Civil War Sites in Georgia

    Civil War Sites in Georgia is a brief history of the Civil War in Georgia and a comprehensive guide to more than 300 Civil War sites, including 25 battlefields, 35 museums, 40 Confederate cemeteries, 2 national cemeteries, 300 statues and ...

  • Haunted Central Georgia

    Miles is author of seven books of the Civil War Explorer Series (Fields of Glory, To the Sea, Piercing the Heartland, Paths to Victory, A River Unvexed, Forged in Fire and The Storm Tide), Civil War Sites in Georgia and two books titled ...

  • Civil War Ghosts of Atlanta

    This daunting task takes an inside look to the culture and stories that those born in Georgia grow up hearing about and connect with.” —The Red & Black

  • Civil War Ghosts of North Georgia

    This daunting task takes an inside look to the culture and stories that those born in Georgia grow up hearing about and connect with.” —The Red & Black

  • Weird Georgia: Your Travel Guide to Georgia's Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets

    We've heard of haunted houses, haunted schools, haunted cemeteries, haunted hospitals, and even haunted warehouses, ... He was a security officer who discovered McDonough, in Henry County, and in 2003 he and his wife, Holly, ...

  • Fields of Glory: A History and Tour Guide of the War in the West, the Atlanta Campaign, 1864

    In early May 1864 Union armies left their winter encampment near Chattanooga, Tennessee, and began a march to Atlanta. Four months later -- on September 3 -- William T. Sherman...

  • Fields of Glory: A History and Tour Guide of the War in the West, the Atlanta Campaign 1864

    The destruction of Atlanta was not just a Union victory over one city, but a key to the end of the war. Fields of Glory traces the story of the campaign from the Tennessee border through the heart of Georgia to Jonesboro.

  • Mysteries of Georgia's Military Bases: Ghosts, UFOs, and Bigfoot

    Georgia has some of the country's most important bases with facilities covering enormous areas.

  • Forged in Fire: A History and Tour Guide of the War in the East, from Manassas to Antietam, 1861-1862

    Part of the ""Civil War Explorer Series"", this illustrated volume serves as both a history lesson and tour guide of the battles in Virginia in the first 15 months of the war from 1861 to 1862.

  • Eerie Georgia: Chilling Tales from the Mountains to the Sea

    I immediately turned to the index and found five entries for Georgia, which I summarize here. Two tornados devastated Gainesville in 1903 and 1906. According to a meteorologist who spoke with Cerveny, a man lost his wife during the ...

  • Weird Georgia: Close Encounters, Strange Creatures, and Unexplained Phenomena

    Weird Georgia is the result of twenty-five years of research on strange and unexplained events that have been reported as taking place in the Peach State. Filled with factual accounts,...

  • Civil War Ghosts of North Georgia

    "Discover the ghosts that haunt the Civil War sites of North Georgia"--

  • Fields of Glory: A History and Tour Guide of the Atlanta Campaign

    Fields of Glory traces the story of the Atlanta campaign from the Tennessee border through the heart of Atlanta to Jonesboro, Georgia. Includez a series of driving tours that enable readers to see the battlefields and important sites.

  • Civil War Ghosts of Central Georgia and Savannah

    ... Ghost Stories of the Civil War . Alberta , Canada : Ghost House Books , 2003 . Barber , Christian A. Barber . Spirits of Georgia's Southern Crescent . Atglen , PA : Schiffer , 2008 . Behrend , Jackie . Ghosts of America's East Coast ...