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Mountain ghost stories : and curious tales of western North Carolina / by Randy Russell and Janet Barnett.
Record details
- ISBN: 0895870649
- ISBN: 9780895870643
- Physical Description: x, 109 pages ; 21 cm
- Publisher: Winston-Salem, North Carolina : J.F. Blair, Publisher, [1988]
- Copyright: ©1988.
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | Dead Dan's shadow on the wall -- A mountain that talks back -- The magic that brought back tobacco -- Ghosts and gold in a world of water and stone -- Hannibal Heaton hears a hoot -- The wicked witch of Nantahala -- X marks the spot -- An unread letter from the ancient past -- Bigfoot of the Balsams -- Fairy corsses and the immortal Nunnehi -- Ulagu, the giant yellow jacket -- The enchanted lake of the Smoky Mountains -- The murdered hermit -- The phantom choir of the Roan -- Till death do you part -- Culgee Watson's sunday clothes -- Belinda and the Brown Mountain lights -- A lover lives to leap again. |
| Summary, etc.: | Eighteen stories deal with witches, ghosts, an enchanted lake, a phantom choir, a lover's leap, Bigfoot, fairies, and magic. |
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| Subject: | Ghosts > North Carolina. Witchcraft > North Carolina. Ghosts > Appalachian Mountains. Witchcraft > Appalachian Mountains. |
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Mountain Ghost Stories and Curious Tales of Western North Carolina
For several years, folklorists Randy Russell and Janet Barnett have taught a course about Southern folklore at the North Carolina Center for Advancement of Teaching in Cullowhee, North Carolina. Russell is also the author of several mysteries, including Edgar Award nominee Hot Wire. They live in Asheville, North Carolina.
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