Spooky New York: Tales of Hauntings, Strange Happenings, and Other Local Lore

by S.E. Schlosser

Book Overview

New York's folklore is kept alive in these expert retellings by master storyteller S. E. Scholosser, and in artist Paul Hoffman's evocative illustrations. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0762734264
• ISBN13: 9780762734269
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

A book that both visitors and resident's will enjoy.

New York has a rich heritage of folklore. The author of Spooky New York has picked 30 great stories to share. My favorites are story number 4 entitled "Redemption", story number 9, called "The Rising of Gouverneur Morris" and story number 21 called "Henry Hudson and the Kaatskill Gnomes". The book has 30 stories and all 30 are told in an interesting manner, some of the stories have surprise endings. A few popular folklore legends are recounted such as "The Maid of the Mist". This is a great story to read for anyone visiting Niagara Falls. The story provides some background material and reads in an interesting manner. If you are planning a visit to the Rochester area the first story in the book called "The White Lady of the Lake" may interest you. The setting for the story is the Durand - Eastman Park. The park is on Lake Ontario, a great setting for a picnic. You may even be able to find the stair's mentioned in the story. There are several great stories about the New York City area, There's an Empire State Building ghost story, a story about buried treasure on Liberty Island and many more fasinating tales. I highly recommend this book.