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Spooky Pennsylvania by S.E. Schlosser"I was awakened for by soft strains of music that seemed to come from everywhere at once. As I listened, the haunting melody faded away. And then I heard my wife screaming." Meet a blacksmith whose little girl is lured away by the witch known as Bloody Mary; just one of 30 spooky characters in this collection.You will also encounter:
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Part One: Ghost Stories
1. The Phantom Drummer - Valley Forge
2. George Washington Leads the Way - Gettysburg
3. The Artist and the Ghost - Millvale
4. Sweet Cecily's Song - Williamsport
5. The Last Dance -- Chester
6. Ghost in the Steel Mill - Pittsburgh
7. Death on the Spur - Old Logger's Path, Tiadaghton State Forest, Lycoming County
8. Ben and Me - Philadelphia
9. The Toy Room - Allentown
10. Old Coaly - Pennsylvania State University, State College
11. The Flood - Johnstown
12. The White Lady - Altoona
13. The Miner-Minstrel - Wilkes Barre
14. The Phantom Stagecoach - Strasburg
15. Axe Murder Hollow - Erie
Part Two: Powers of Darkness and Light
16. Bloody Mary - Harrisburg
17. Room for One More - Philadelphia
18. Hexed! - Reading
19. The Goblin - Easton
20. Morning Star - Bedford County
21. Dark Cathlin -- Reading
22. The Walking Statue - Lancaster City
23. Top Hat - Schuylkill Haven
24. Angel in the Coal Mine - Lansford
25. Corpse Candles - Pottsville
26. The Storm Hag - Erie
27. The Jersey Devil Returns - Morrisville
28. Wild-fire - Bangor
29. The Dragon Tree -- Lenhartsville
30. Nevermore - Fairmount Park, Philadelphia
About the Author
S. E. Schlosser has been telling stories since she was a child, when games of "let's pretend" quickly built themselves into full-length stories. A graduate of the Institute of Children's Literature and Rutgers University, she also created and maintains the Web site AmericanFolklore.net, where she shares a wealth of stories from all fifty states, some dating back to the origins of America. She is also the author of Globe Pequot's Spooky Series, including Spooky New England, Spooky New York, Spooky New Jersey, Spooky Campfire Tales, Spooky California, Spooky South, and Spooky Southwest. About the Illustrator
Paul G. Hoffman trained in painting and printmaking, with his first extensive illustration work on assignment in Egypt, drawing ancient wall reliefs for the University of Chicago. His work graces books of many genres--children's titles, textbooks, short story collections, natural history volumes, and numerous cookbooks. For the Spooky series he employed a scratchboard technique and an active imagination.
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