Pull up a chair or gather round the campfire and get ready for thirty creepy tales of ghostly hauntings, eerie happenings, and other strange occurrences in Pennsylvania. Set in the Keystone State’s big cites, rural communities, rugged mountains, and vast woodlands, the stories in this entertaining and compelling collection will have readers looking over their shoulders again and again. Pennsylvania’s folklore is kept alive in these expert retellings by master storyteller S. E. Schlosser and in artist Paul Hoffman’s evocative illustrations. Readers will meet the phantom drummer of Valley Forge, cheer on the ghost who haunts a bowling alley in Allentown, search for the mysterious jail cell handprint in Carbon County, and feel an icy wind on the back of their necks on a warm Pennsylvania evening. Whether read around the campfire on a dark and stormy night or from the backseat of the family van on the way to grandma’s, this is a collection to treasure.
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A collection of thirty folktales highlighting famous and not-so-famous Pennsylvania ghosts, mysterious happenings, powers of darkness, and wonders of the invisible world.
Pull up a chair or gather round the campfire and get ready for thirty creepy tales of ghostly in the, eerie happenings, and other strange occurrences from times past. Set in remote towns in the Allegheny Mountains, on rustic farmlands in Pennsylvania Dutch country, and inthe dark streets and hallways of Philadelphia, the stories in this entertaining and compelling collection will have you looking over your shoulder again and again. Pennsylvania folklore traditions are kept alive in these expert retellings by master storyteller S. E. Schlosser and in artist Paul Hoffman's evocative illustrations. You'll meet ghosts and witches hear things that go bump in the night, and feel an icy wind on the back of your neck on a warm summer evening. Whether read around the campfire on a dark and stormy night or from the backseat of the family van on the way to grandma's, this is a collection to treasure.
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[Setting] - Pennsylvania
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781493044771
Publisert
2020-07-01
Utgave
2. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Globe Pequot Press
Vekt
358 gr
Høyde
217 mm
Bredde
142 mm
Dybde
20 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
272
Forfatter
Illustratør