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Haunted Heritage: A Definitive Collection of North American Ghost Stories (Haunted America) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Michael Norman, Beth Scott
Publisher: Forge Books
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 868402
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 384
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 6.5 x 1.3
ISBN: 0765301733
Dewey Decimal Number: 133.10973
EAN: 9780765301734
ASIN: 0765301733
Publication Date: October 18, 2002
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Product Description
The latest in the bestselling series of Americana occult folklore collections that have included Haunted America and Historic Haunted America, Haunted Heritage brings together yet another amazing collection of spectral tales from all across the United States and Canada. The talesbased on interviews, public records, and family historiesreach from coast-to-coast in the United States and Canada. Some involve famous families (such as that of American patriot Nathan Hale), and some, famous events (such as the battle of Little Big Horn). Some are gentle and benevolent (a family member watching over his/her descendants), others vengeful and disruptive (the unresting souls of the wrongfully dead).There are also several sections on general topics such as college campus related hauntings and supernatural phenomenon.A rich cavalcade of American supernatural social history.
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 Haunted Heritage August 7, 2008
Good Book, Many interesting stories, however a bit long some of the stories may seem a bit boring but others make up for that. Would recommend but not at a very high selling price
 not bad, not good but not bad July 12, 2005
1 out of 6 found this review helpful
I felt this book was to much like other ghost story collections and really embelished a great deal of facts.
Solid, detailed collection of stories November 9, 2003
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I hesitated before buying this book because I tend to prefer ghost story collections that are more "investigative" than "folklore-ish." However, I'm glad I picked up this book. Michael Norman and the late Beth Scott did a great job of getting to the heart of each story, searching for the details that keep the reader from feeling like he or she is holding a collection of urban legends. As a result, even stories I've encountered before were interesting because of the new information presented in this book. I only grew a little bored in the "ghost lights" section, mainly because there were so many stories that are so similar to each other. I have no qualms recommending this book, and I plan to seek out the other books in this series now, as well.
BOO! October 31, 2003
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
The latest in the Haunted America series was the first offering I had the pleasure to read. It will not be the last. This is a collection of "True Accounts" of hauntings and other suernatural occurances.
Having stated what this nonfictio work is "about", let me hastily add it is much more than the sum of its parts. That is "Haunted Heritage" is a collection of ghost stories, that is much more than a collection of ghost stories.
Each spooky anecdote provides some background of a biographical and/or historical nature providing readers with a context for the ghostly tales contained therein. This aspect is what makes the volume worthwhile reading, I am sure everyone knows many ghost stories told around campfires etc, but it is who the ghosts were when they were alive that adds immediacy and intimicy to this book.
One of my favourite chapters ( and I use that term loosely as they are more geographical/topical dividers than traditional chapters.) States how the art of the oral tradition of storytelling is a dying art, a pretty obvious tradition, yet reading it stated so baldly in this type of work really brought the point home.
The other bonus is that while these tales cover a large timescale from 1600s to present, and everything from the mysterious to the outrageous the authors' report without editorilizing the stories this repeats.
On one personal note I am not sure if trying to finish it to review for halloween, or a subtle change in author's tone is responsible but about three quarters of the way through I was genuinely spooked by what I read.
Please leave lights on when devouring this latest offering in series.
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