North Carolina Ghosts and Legends

North Carolina Ghosts and Legends

  • Autor: Roberts, Nancy
  • Editor: University of South Carolina Press
  • ISBN: 9781643360454
  • eISBN Pdf: 9781643360461
  • eISBN Epub: 9781643360461
  • Lloc de publicació:  South Carolina , United States
  • Any de publicació digital: 2019
  • Mes: Octubre
  • Idioma: Anglés

Nancy Roberts has often been described to as the "First Lady of American Folklore" and the title is well deserved. Throughout her decades-long career, Roberts documented supernatural experiences and interviewed hundreds of people about their recollections of encounters with the supernatural.

This nationally renowned writer began her undertaking in this ghostly realm as a freelance writer for the Charlotte Observer. Encouraged by Carl Sandburg, who enjoyed her stories and articles, Roberts wrote her first book in 1958. Aptly called a "custodian of the twilight zone" by Southern Living magazine, Roberts based her suspenseful stories on interviews and her rich knowledge of American folklore. Her stories were always rooted in history, which earned her a certificate of commendation from the American Association of State and Local History for her books on the Carolinas and Appalachia.

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  • NORTH CAROLINA GHOSTS AND LEGENDS
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  • CONTENTS
  • The Ghost Comes for Blackbeard
  • The General’s Ghost
  • The Whaler’s Return
  • The Unearthly Music of Roan Mountain
  • Lifesaver of the Outer Banks
  • The Lovely Apparition
  • Run of the Ghost Train
  • The Mysterious Hoofprints at Bath
  • The Fairy Cross
  • Music by the Ghost Organ
  • Bummer’s End
  • The Little Red Man
  • Devil’s Tramping Ground
  • The Light at Maco Station
  • Dromgoole
  • Ghost of the Old Mine
  • The Battle of the Dead
  • The Ghost on the Stairs