Jeffrey's Latest Thirteen: More Alabama Ghosts, Commemorative Edition
Autor Kathryn Tucker Windham Cuvânt după de Dilcy Windham Hilley, Ben Windhamen Limba Engleză Paperback – 20 sep 2021 – vârsta ani
A deluxe, commemorative edition of a beloved collection of ghostly stories from famed southern author and folklorist Kathryn Tucker Windham’s home state of Alabama
Accompanied by her faithful companion, Jeffrey, a friendly spirit who resided in her home in Selma, Alabama, Kathryn Tucker Windham traveled the South, visiting the sites of spectral legends in Mississippi, Georgia, and Tennessee, among other places. In Jeffrey’s Latest Thirteen: More Alabama Ghosts, a sequel to her landmark Thirteen Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey, Windham introduces readers to thirteen more of Jeffrey's ghostly acquaintances, each with the charm and universal appeal that has created hundreds of thousands of Jeffrey fans.
Among the other hair-raising tales in this collection, Windham spotlights the apparitions of academia. From the three Yankee soldiers who haunt the University of Alabama’s Civil War–era Little Round House to the Confederate soldier who resides in the University Chapel at Auburn University, Alabama’s institutions of higher learning seem to have more than a few paranormal pupils.
Photographs of the sites about which Windham writes are one of the best-loved features of her series of “Jeffrey the Ghost” books. Jeffrey’s Latest Thirteen features the image of a beautiful child who, though not photographed in life, reappeared long enough to be photographed with his bereaved father's borrowed camera. Bewitched readers will find the startling photograph of the child in the next-to-last chapter, just pages before he book’s photograph of Windham’s own spectral muse, Jeffrey.
This commemorative edition returns Windham’s thrilling classic to its original 1982 keepsake quality and includes a new afterword by the author’s children.
Accompanied by her faithful companion, Jeffrey, a friendly spirit who resided in her home in Selma, Alabama, Kathryn Tucker Windham traveled the South, visiting the sites of spectral legends in Mississippi, Georgia, and Tennessee, among other places. In Jeffrey’s Latest Thirteen: More Alabama Ghosts, a sequel to her landmark Thirteen Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey, Windham introduces readers to thirteen more of Jeffrey's ghostly acquaintances, each with the charm and universal appeal that has created hundreds of thousands of Jeffrey fans.
Among the other hair-raising tales in this collection, Windham spotlights the apparitions of academia. From the three Yankee soldiers who haunt the University of Alabama’s Civil War–era Little Round House to the Confederate soldier who resides in the University Chapel at Auburn University, Alabama’s institutions of higher learning seem to have more than a few paranormal pupils.
Photographs of the sites about which Windham writes are one of the best-loved features of her series of “Jeffrey the Ghost” books. Jeffrey’s Latest Thirteen features the image of a beautiful child who, though not photographed in life, reappeared long enough to be photographed with his bereaved father's borrowed camera. Bewitched readers will find the startling photograph of the child in the next-to-last chapter, just pages before he book’s photograph of Windham’s own spectral muse, Jeffrey.
This commemorative edition returns Windham’s thrilling classic to its original 1982 keepsake quality and includes a new afterword by the author’s children.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780817360344
ISBN-10: 0817360344
Pagini: 152
Ilustrații: 49 B&W figures - 1 map
Dimensiuni: 178 x 254 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.32 kg
Ediția:First Edition, First Edition, facsimile of the first edition with new material
Editura: University Of Alabama Press
Colecția University Alabama Press
ISBN-10: 0817360344
Pagini: 152
Ilustrații: 49 B&W figures - 1 map
Dimensiuni: 178 x 254 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.32 kg
Ediția:First Edition, First Edition, facsimile of the first edition with new material
Editura: University Of Alabama Press
Colecția University Alabama Press
Notă biografică
Kathryn Tucker Windham grew up in Thomasville, Alabama, the youngest child in a large family of storytellers. For many years a Selma resident, Windham was a freelance writer, collected folklore, and photographed the changing scenes of her native South. A nationally recognized storyteller and a regular fixture on Alabama Public Radio, her commentaries were also featured on National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered.” Her other books include Thirteen Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey, Jeffrey Introduces Thirteen More Southern Ghosts, Thirteen Georgia Ghosts and Jeffrey, Thirteen Mississippi Ghosts and Jeffrey, and Thirteen Tennessee Ghosts and Jeffrey.
Cuprins
The Piano
The Boyington Oak
The Silent Riders
A Promise Kept
The James T. Staples, Doomed Steamboat of the Tombigbee
“I’ll Never Leave You”
The Auburn Spirit
A Sampling of University Hauntings
Granny Dollar and Her Dog
Sudden Laughter
The Ghosts at Montevallo’s Mansion House
The Locket
“Paint the Gallows Red”
Afterword to the Commemorative Edition by Dilcy Windham Hilley and Ben Windham
Recenzii
“In Windham’s tales . . . myth and fact intertwine to present a picture of the South that is as true as any textbook.”
—Paris Review
—Paris Review
“Almost every town has its own ghostly legends. It’s separating fact from fiction and fantasy that requires someone of Mrs. Windham's expertise.”
—Huntsville Times
—Huntsville Times
Descriere
A deluxe, commemorative edition of a beloved collection of ghostly stories from famed southern author and folklorist Kathryn Tucker Windham’s home state of Alabama