Ghost Stories of Old New Orleans - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ghost Stories of Old New Orleans write by Jeanne deLavigne. This book was released on 2013-10-07. Ghost Stories of Old New Orleans available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “He struck a match to look at his watch. In the flare of the light they saw a young woman just at Pitot’s elbow—a young woman dressed all in black, with pale gold hair, and a baby sleeping on her shoulder. She glided to the edge of the bridge and stepped noiselessly off into the black waters.”—from Ghost Stories of Old New Orleans Ghosts are said to wander along the rooftops above New Orleans’ Royal Street, the dead allegedly sing sacred songs in St. Louis Cathedral, and the graveyard tomb of a wealthy madam reportedly glows bright red at night. Local lore about such supernatural sightings, as curated by Jeanne deLavigne in her classic Ghost Stories of Old New Orleans, finds the phantoms of bitter lovers, vengeful slaves, and menacing gypsies haunting nearly every corner of the city, from the streets of the French Quarter to Garden District mansions. Originally printed in 1944, all forty ghost stories and the macabre etchings of New Orleans artist Charles Richards appear in this new edition. Drawing largely on popular legend dating back to the 1800s, deLavigne provides vivid details of old New Orleans with a cast of spirits that represent the ethnic mélange of the city set amid period homes, historic neighborhoods, and forgotten taverns. Combining folklore, newspaper accounts, and deLavigne’s own voice, these phantasmal tales range from the tragic—brothers, lost at sea as children, haunt a chapel on Thomas Street in search of their mother—to graphic depictions of torture, mutilation, and death. Folklorist and foreword contributor Frank A. de Caro places the writer and her work in context for modern readers. He uncovers new information about deLavigne’s life and describes her book’s pervasive lingering influence on the Crescent City’s culture today.
Strange True Stories of Louisiana
Strange True Stories of Louisiana - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Strange True Stories of Louisiana write by George W. Cable. This book was released on 2018-09-20. Strange True Stories of Louisiana available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Reproduction of the original: Strange True Stories of Louisiana by George W. Cable
The Haunting of Louisiana
The Haunting of Louisiana - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Haunting of Louisiana write by Sillery, Barbara. This book was released on 2001-08-31. The Haunting of Louisiana available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "To those who may be encountering Louisiana for the first time through these wonderful stories-prepare to be engaged and entertained to a degree to which you are certainly unaccustomed . . . Barbara's gift for storytelling holds in the written word just as it does before a television camera."-Phillip J. Jones, former secretary, Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation, and Tourism "A personal, anecdotal narrative that paints events with evocative descriptions . . . best savored in slices-it serves up a great bedtime read."-New Orleans Times-Picayune Based on the PBS documentary of the same name that aired across the country, The Haunting of Louisiana highlights many of the stories that would not fit into the one-hour television program. Louisiana's haunted reputation is spotlighted in the twenty chapters that cover the ghostly escapades and happenings at Oak Alley Plantation, Ormond Plantation, Destrehan Manor, and America's "most haunted home," the Myrtles, in St. Francisville, to name a few. The book also includes behind-the-scenes incidents that occurred during the taping of the documentary. Who is the lady in the photograph whose mirrored reflection appears headless in a bedroom in Oak Alley Plantation? Why are little girls the only tour visitors to experience the taunting of Chloe, a slave and mistress of the owner of the Myrtles in the 1800s? Whose invisible hand had to be repeatedly pushed away from the owner's car horn at Chretien Point Plantation before the owner could get a good night's rest? The spine-tingling explanations for these events and many others are just waiting to be discovered.
Ghosts Along the Bayou
Ghosts Along the Bayou - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ghosts Along the Bayou write by Christine Word. This book was released on 1988-12-01. Ghosts Along the Bayou available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Haunted Lafayette, Louisiana
Haunted Lafayette, Louisiana - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Haunted Lafayette, Louisiana write by Cheré Dastugue Coen. This book was released on 2013-08-20. Haunted Lafayette, Louisiana available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Discover this Cajun and Creole city where ghost stories abound . . . photos included! The Hub City boasts a multitude of spirits and specters, from those lost in Civil War skirmishes and fever outbreaks to those souls that simply can’t say goodbye. Today, they wander the halls of bed-and-breakfasts and restaurants and linger along back roads and cemeteries. Pirates are rumored to guard buried treasure, and ancient French legends hide in the swamps, bayous, and woods. Join journalist and ghost seeker Cheré Dastugue Coen as she visits Lafayette’s haunted sites and travels the countryside in search of ghostly legends found only in South Louisiana.
