Haunted Histories in America: True Stories behind the Nation's Most Feared Places

Haunted Histories in America: True Stories behind the Nation's Most Feared Places by Hendricks, Nancy. Hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781440868702.

If you believe in ghosts, youre in good company. Haunted Histories brings Americas most ghostly locales to life, illuminating their role in shaping U.S. history and detailing how they became the nations most feared places. Haunted Histories takes readers on a state-by-state journey across the United States, exploring the nations most feared places. Along the way, the text introduces readers to new ghostly tales and takes a fresh look at familiar stories and locations, with an eye to history. From well-known spooky spots like Salem, Massachusetts, to such lesser-known ones as the Shanghai Tunnels of Portland, Oregon, where spirits are supposedly trapped, readers will discover not only where Americas most haunted places are but also why they are said to be haunted. The ghosts of the doomed Donner Party allow readers to experience the arduous and often deadly journey of Americas westward wagon trains, while different kinds of "spirits" haunting old distilleries allow readers to discover how whiskey almost derailed the new American nation before it was born. This book can be studied for academic purposes as a historical reference, used as a source for classroom assignments, or simply read for the pleasure of a great story.