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Ghosts on the Coast of Maine
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by Carol Schulte
Sales Rank: 1064673
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List Price: $12.95
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Features
Cover Type: Paperback with 176 pages
Published by: Down East Books July 25, 1996
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0892723904
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0892723904
Book Dimensions:
8.4 x 5.3 x 0.4 inches
Weighs: 9.6 ounces
Product Description
A ghostly tour of Maine's coast - twenty-five tales of hauntings and unexplained supernatural occurrences compiled by a lady whose family's home in coastal Maine is home to more than one ghost. Her interest in psychic phenomena was sparked by a request from the NBC series In Search of for an interview about her family's haunted house. This is a different kind of tour, an intriguing, spine-tingling tour full of witches, mysterious disappearances, and things that go bump in the night.
Reader Reviews
"Ghosts on the Coast of Maine" features 25 true ghost stories from Maine's picturesque, yet often harsh coast. The stories are short, just four or five pages in length, and much of the story relates the history of the area or people involved. Some of the other reviewers have been a bit critical of this fact but I rather like the quaint charm in which author Carol Olivieri Schulte relates these various tales. They are perhaps more along the lines of legends than they are scary, but again I think that goes to the allure of the book and its rough, yet pastoral setting. This blueprint is perfectly illustrated in the story of "The Haunted Mountain", which tells the take of 13 year-old Sarah Whitesell who was picnicking on the mountain in 1865 with her family when she fell to her death. A wooden cross was erected in her memory on the mountain and since then, people have reported seeing a phantom girl playing in the flowers on Spring or Summer days. "Burnt Head" tells the tale of young woman named Cathy who was walking the trail to Burnt Head along the cliffs when she suddenly felt hands on her back, slowly pushing her towards the edge of the cliff, stopping just three feet from where a fall would have been certain death. While researching the history in town, Cathy discovers that an elderly woman committed suicide by jumping from that very spot several years earlier. In "Pitcher Man" we learn about a Maine Revolutionary War hero William Richardson. Richardson was enjoying a victory celebration when he wandered from the group of revelers, pitcher of beer in hand, and was killed by Torrie loyalists near a bridge. Years later the spot would become a kind of local lover's lane with many teens encountering a phantom, merrily carrying a pitcher before disappearing. Perhaps the most chilling tale, certainly the most tragic was that of "The Invisible Estate". When a fire rips through a beautiful mansion it claims the life of three children and their two elderly babysitters, completely destroying the home, and leaving only a great stone chimney standing. The spot was never built over and the chimney was left where it stood. Many residents have related hearing the terrified screams of children coming from the spot and when one photographer took a picture of the chimney, he was shocked to see the complete mansion in the photograph. The "Cursed Farm", "Massacre Pond", "Witches Grave", and "Musical Mystery House" are just a few more of the tales you'll read in this short, but captivating book. Reviewed by Tim Janson
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