Synopses & Reviews
Pull up a chair or gather round the campfire and get ready for thirty creepy tales of ghostly hauntings, eerie happenings, and other strange occurrences from times past. Set way back on the quiet, rustic farmlands of Lansing and Grosse Pointe Woods, in the dark, heavily wooded areas of Monroe County, and along the frigid, babbling streams of Detroit, the stories in this entertaining and compelling collection will have you looking over your shoulder again and again.
Michigan folklore traditions are kept alive in these expert retellings by master storyteller S. E. Schlosser, and through artist Paul Hoffmans
evocative illustrations. You'll meet ghosts and witches, hear things that go bump in the night, and feel an icy wind on the back of your neck on a warm summer evening. Whether read around the campfire on a dark and dreary night or from the backseat of the family van on the way to grandmas, this is a collection to treasure.
Synopsis
Pull up a chair or gather round the campfire and get ready for twenty-five creepy tales of ghostly hauntings, eerie happenings, and other strange occurrences in Michigan. Set in Michigan's historic towns and sparsely populated backwoods, the stories in this entertaining and compelling collection will have you looking over your shoulder again and again. Michigan folklore is kept alive in these expert retellings by master storyteller S. E. Schlosser, and in artist Paul Hoffman's evocative illustrations. You'll hear otherworldly voices and things that go bump in the night, and feel an icy wind on the back of your neck on a warm summer evening. Whether read around the campfire on a dark and stormy night or from the backseat of the family van on the way to grandma's, this is a collection to treasure.
About the Author
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 website AmericanFolklore.net, where she shares a wealth of stories from all fifty states, some dating back to the origins of America.
Artist Paul 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 employs a scratchboard technique and an active imagination.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Part One: Ghost Stories
1. The Wraith of the Creek Alger
2. The Engineers Message Ann Arbor
3. Followed Me Home Midland
4. A Fathers Revenge Detroit
5. The Green Lantern St. Martins Island
6. The Ada Witch Grand Rapids
7. The Talking Head Sault Ste. Marie
8. The Staircase Grand Haven
9. The Merchant Marquette, Bay City
10. Ghost Train Tahquamenon Falls State Park
11. The Phantom Trespasser Saginaw
12. One Last Head Monroe County
Part Two Powers of Darkness and Light
13. Windigo Isle Royal State Park
14. Paul Bunyan and the Witch Cheboygan
15. The Werewolf Detroit
16. The Wizards Rope Port Huron
17. Doppelganger Lansing
18. The Nain Rouge Detroit
19. The Sea Gull Traverse City
20. Nishishin Raises the Dead Mackinac Island
21. The Dream Deer Park
22. The Rescuer -- Upper Peninsula
23. The Devils Coach Grosse Pointe Woods
24. The Coffin of Snakes LAnse
25. Sam Meets Death Kalamazoo
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