Shadows and Cypress: Southern Ghost Stories
- ISBN-10
- 1578062713
- ISBN-13
- 9781578062713
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 199
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000
- Publisher
- Univ. Press of Mississippi
- Author
- Alan Brown
Description
In this Dixie seance of the most frightening ghost tales from each of the Southern's states, a folklorist presents a variety of classic and contemporary stories--ranging from Revolutionary War events to cars parked on lovers lane--exactly as they were recorded. Bibliography. Index.
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