Book description
" West Virginia boasts an unusually rich heritage of ghost
tales. Originally West Virginians told these hundred stories not for
idle amusement but to report supernatural experiences that defied
ordinary human explanation. From jealous rivals and ghostly children
to murdered kinsmen and omens of death, these tales reflect the inner
lives -- the hopes, beliefs, and fears -- of a people. Like all
folklore, these tales reveal much of the history of the region: its
isolation and violence, the passions and bloodshed of the Civil War
era, the hardships of miners and railroad laborers, and the lingering
vitality of Old World traditions.
"The variety of subjects in her book is vast. Half the
enjoyment comes from searching through the pages, discovering one new
ghost after another. It's all good hunting and good haunting." --
Rocky Mountain News
