Spirits of '76 : ghost stories of the American Revolution / Daniel W. Barefoot.
Record details
- ISBN: 0895873621
- ISBN: 9780895873620
- Physical Description: xxvi, 342 pages : maps ; 23 cm
- Publisher: Winston-Salem, N.C. : John F. Blair, [2009]
- Copyright: ©2009
Content descriptions
General Note: | Includes index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | The haunted drumbeat of liberty, Castine, Maine - Still celebrating Independence, Rockport, Maine - Other "spirited" Revolutionary War sites in Maine, briefly noted - The ghost of the green mountains, Burlington, Vermont - The retreat of a Revolutionary War ghost, Lake Memphremagog, Vermont - Other "spirited" Revolutionary War sites in Vermont, briefly noted - Phantom lovers, Portsmouth, New Hampshire - The general, the devil, and the ghost, Hampton, New Hampshire - Other "spirited" Revolutionary War sites in New Hampshire, briefly noted - The light burns for John, Gurnet Point (Plymouth Bay), Massachusetts - Haunted by the shot heard round the world, Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts - Other "spirited" Revolutionary War sites in Massachusetts, briefly noted - The haunts of a cherished American hero, Coventry, Connecticut - Legendary generals never die, they just become ghosts, Brooklyn, Connecticut - Other "spirited" Revolutionary War sites in Connecticut, briefly noted - Ghosts of a revolutionary affair, Portsmouth, Rhode Island - The march of the Spectral Hessians, Portsmouth, Rhode Island - Other "spirited" Revolutionary War sites in Rhode Island, briefly noted - Spooky Fort Ti, Fort Ticonderoga, New York - A haunting tale of love and espionage, Long Island, New York - A patriotic welcome, Saratoga Springs, New York - Terror in the house of Skene, Whitehall, New York - No peace here, Staten Island, New York - Other "spirited" Revolutionary War sites in New York, briefly noted - Spooky Ringwood Manor, Ringwood, New Jersey - Ghosts from the heat of the battle, Monmouth, New Jersey - A traitor, a spy, and a martyr : ghosts all, Navesink Highlands, New Jersey - The curse and ghost of Mary Post, Mahwah, New Jersey - The sourlands spook, East Amwell Township, New Jersey - Other "spirited" Revolutionary War sites in New Jersey, briefly noted - Of Ben, Benedict, and Betsy : haunted Philadelphia Freedom, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Spectres of a devastating defeat, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania - Haunted reminders of sacrifice and suffering, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania - The "mad" search for his bones, U.S. 322 between Meadville and Radnor, Pennsylvania - Other "spirited" Revolutionary War sites in Pennsylvania, briefly noted - Ghost writer, Dover, Delaware - A ghost story within a ghost story, Newark, Delaware - Other "spirited" Revolutionary War sites in Delaware, briefly noted - The patriotic spirit of defiance, Annapolis, Maryland - The indefatigable Captain Jones, Annapolis, Maryland - Other "spirited" Revolutionary War sites in Maryland, briefly noted - The ghost of a mad housewife, Ashland, Virginia - The ghost of the brooding brother-in-law, Fredericksburg, Virginia - Here, there, and everywhere : Mad Anthony, of course, Loudoun County, Virginia - The haunted twilight of surrender, Yorktown, Virginia - Other "spirited" Revolutionary War sites in Virginia, briefly noted - Patrick, Benjamin, and other phantoms, Ronda, North Carolina, and Kings Mountain, on the border of the Carolinas - Shadows of a shady patriot, Moore County, North Carolina - Ghosts of the Pyrrhic victory, Greensboro, North Carolina - Haunted by love and war, Wilmington, North Carolina - Other "spirited" Revolutionary War sites in North Carolina, briefly noted - The black menace at Blackstock's, Cross Anchor, South Carolina - The eternal martyr, Charleston, South Carolina - The endless summer siege, Ninety Six, South Carolina - When Bloody Bill called, Roebuck, South Carolina - Other "spirited" Revolutionary War sites in South Carolina, briefly noted - A patriot still at home, Savannah, Georgia - A vengeful haunting, Augusta, Georgia - Other "spirited" revolutionary war sites in Georgia, briefly noted. |
Target Audience Note: | 9-12 Medialog, Inc. |
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Subject: | Ghosts > East (U.S.) United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783. |
Genre: | Fiction. |
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