Coffin Hollow/Other Ghost Story-Pa

by Ruth Ann Musick

Book Overview

Mysterious vanishing hitchhikers, travelers beset by headless dogs, and long-dead moonshiners come alive in this collection of ninety-six Appalachian folktales. Set in coal mines and remote farm cabins, in hidden hollows and on mountain tops, some of these stories look back to the days when West Virginia was first settled; others reflect the rancor and brutality of the Civil War. But most of these tales guide us through the recent past of the uncommonly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813114160
• ISBN13: 9780813114163
• Release Date: December 1977
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 8.5"