Ghosts: Ohio's Haunted Landscapes, Lost Arts, and Forgotten Places

By Randy McNutt

Book Overview

A reissue of this popular history and travel narrative. The author explores the Buckeye State's folklore, towns, and people. It is a snapshot of Buckeye life, past and present. Subjects include frontier legend General "Mad" Anthony Wayne; remnants of the Miami and Erie Canal, which ran into downtown Cincinnati; the disastrous Ohio River flood of 1937; nitro shooters, tattooed chickens, and moonshiners; the phenomenon of Eugene, Sabina's cadaver-in-residence; the glory years of Indiana Lake; and, of course, quintessential ghost towns named Sodom, Knockemstiff, Rural, Mudsock, San Toy, and Dull. The new edition--revised, expanded, and redesigned--includes a new cover, a fanciful two-page map, 45 photos and illustrations, a new typeface, and two new chapters. Several other chapters have been updated and lengthened. Described as a love song to Ohio, the book is a key to a time long past, when places like Whigville, Tunnel, and Toots Corner ruled the day.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1932250646
• ISBN13: 9781932250640
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Little Miami Pub. Co.
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.0" x 9.0"