Haunted Lighthouses

By George Steitz

Book Overview

Lighthouses are America's castles -- proud, sturdy, mystical, and sometimes even haunted. The stories you'll read in this book feature some of America's most enchanting lighthouses -- and by far the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1561642681
• ISBN13: 9781561642687
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Pineapple Pr Inc
• Length: 243 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.5" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Haned Lighthouses

Loved this book!! If you like books on lighthouses and ghost stories you will love this book. It's not only a mystery but gives you some of the histroy of the lighthouses and a glimpse into life as a lighthouse keeper.

Loved this book

I actually loved reading this book, mostly because the author went to so much trouble in treating it like a travel guide, with actual histories of the lighthouses and the hauntings, and including phone numbers and websites.

Haunted Lighthouses

Well written. Covers several lighthouses, but not all on the west coast. I suppose the book would be six times as long if it had covered these.

An Informative and Very Interesting Book

Although the title is HAUNTED LIGHTHOUSES, this is much more than a ghost-hunter's guide. In addition to describing the supernatural phenomena associated with each lighthouse, the author provides historical information and very helpful travel tips for visitors. The lighthouses in the book include St. Augustine and Pensacola Lights in Florida, Boston Harbor and Plymouth (Gurnet Point) Lights in Massachusetts, St. Simons Island Lighthouse in Georgia, Maryland's Point Lookout Light (said to be the most haunted lighthouse in the US), New London Ledge Light in Connecticut, Maine's Seguin Island Light, and White River and Old Presque Isle Lighthouses in Michigan.The book is illustrated with both vintage and recent photographs. For example, a little girl who haunts the keeper's house at the St. Augustine Light is shown in a photograph with her sister, both of whom drowned near the light in 1873. The chapter on the Boston Harbor Light is particularly intriguing and includes ghost stories associated not only with the lighthouse itself, but those of nearby Castle Island (which inspired Poe's THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO) and Georges Island (haunted by the "Lady in Black," the spirit of a Southern lady hanged during the Civil War). I highly recommend HAUNTED LIGHTHOUSES to anyone interested in lighthouses and/or ghosts.