The Bookcase Ghost: A Storyteller's Collection of Wisconsin Ghost Stories - Softcover

Matson, Elizabeth; Stotts, Stuart

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9781883953164: The Bookcase Ghost: A Storyteller's Collection of Wisconsin Ghost Stories

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1883953162 ISBN 13: 9781883953164

Publisher: Midwest Traditions, 1996

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Ghost Stories (Regional Wisconsin/Folklore/Storytelling). For ages 8 and up. A delightful selection of 18 spooky Wisconsin tales for reading or telling aloud, collected and retold by two experience storytellers. Pleasantly blood-curdling tales of things that go bump in the night: from helpful stangers who disappear to mysterious library patrons to tales of the famous Ridgeway ghost. From historical and oral sources. "A lively compilation," says Midwest Book Review. Includes tips on how to memorize and tell a ghost story successfully.

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The Bookcase Ghost is a lively compilation of eighteen downright spooky tales from Wisconsin, collected by the authors from people with hand-me-down family stories, along with some older tales gleaned from historical archives. The stories include: The Hex Broom, The Hole in the Basement, The Bouncing Cat, The Child in the Wall, The Bookcase Ghost, The Gambler's Cards, The portrait in Pendarvis, The Rocking Cradle, The Ghost in the Library, The Ridgeway Ghost, The Empty Chair, and more. The Bookcase Ghost includes a chapter on tips for how to memorize and successfully tell a good ghost story. The Bookcase Ghost is ideal for Halloween parties, camp-outs, and sleep-overs. -- Midwest Book Review

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