Gordon wanted a life of enjoying his own company and a very few friends. He was a loner and had been his entire life. He was a fisherman in his spare time and enjoyed the great outdoors. Gordon fished from an old ferry on the beautiful Green River in the western part of Kentucky. He decided to give a friend a call on a beautiful weekend and see if he wanted to fish for a while from the ferry. The friend, Henry Vincent met him on the ferry about daybreak and they fished the entire weekend. Before Henry left for home he asked Gordon if he ever thought of buying the ferry. Gordon told him that he didn't know it was for sale. Gordon found the owner and purchased the ferry and eventually buying the entire town of Five Spot on the North side of the river. Gordon had no idea that the houses in the small town were occupied with ghosts but he didn't care. He said he wasn't afraid of ghosts and always wanted to meet one of them. He got his chance. He enjoyed the friendship of the friendly ghosts and finally ran off the bad ones. He had a good life on the river living with the ghosts and finally married one of them, yea married one of them. Did it turn out OK, read the book.