Gullah Ghosts - 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 Gullah Ghosts write by Lynn Michelsohn. This book was released on 2013-08-29. Gullah Ghosts available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Meet . . . ~ the shrieking spirit of Crab Boy lost forever to a fierce Murrells Inlet marsh creature . . . ~ an ingenious slave matching wits with his plantation owner . . . ~ the unique inhabitants of isolated Sandy Island in the Carolina Lowcountry . . . These are the "ghosts" of African-American Gullah culture once so alive on plantations along the coast above and below Charleston, South Carolina. This brief collection (10,000 words, seven illustrations, 84 pages in paperback) of charming Gullah folktales includes one actual ghost story, “Crab Boy's Ghost,” local history and folklore, and notes on Gullah history and culture. An excerpt from her book Lowcountry Ghosts is also included. These selections are also included in Lynn Michelsohn's longer collection, Tales from Brookgreen with its accounts of ghosts, romantic heroines, historical characters, and mysterious visitors to Murrells Inlet in the Lowcountry surrounding Charleston, South Carolina.
Crab Boy's Ghost
Crab Boy's Ghost - 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 Crab Boy's Ghost write by Lynn Michelsohn. This book was released on 2013-08-31. Crab Boy's Ghost available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Beware the Shrieking Droll-the wandering ghost of a child lost forever to a fierce marsh creature! Then enjoy the antics of friendlier Lowcountry spirits from nearby Waccamaw Swamp as Brother Frog, Brother Rabbit, and Brother Gator each try to outwit the others. These four charming Gullah folktales come from the African American Gullah culture once so alive on the historic rice plantations making up Brookgreen Gardens, a popular Murrells Inlet tourist attraction in the Lowcountry near Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Bonus Feature: A brief excerpt from Lynn Michelsohn's Lowcountry Ghosts, stories of South Carolina ghosts from historic rice plantations around Myrtle Beach, is also included. Please Note: All four of these folktales are included in Lynn Michelsohn's longer collection, Tales from Brookgreen, with its accounts of South Carolina ghosts and lovers, historical characters and mysterious visitors on historic Lowcountry rice plantations. The story, "Crab Boy's Ghost," also appears in the short collection, Gullah Ghosts.
Tales from Brookgreen
Tales from Brookgreen - 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 Tales from Brookgreen write by Lynn Michelsohn. This book was released on 2009. Tales from Brookgreen available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. History, Mystery, and Romance in the Carolina Lowcountry! A haunted necklace, a trickster rabbit, an ingenious slave, a shrieking droll, and a fianc returned from the dead all come to life in Lynn Michelsohn's new collection of Carolina Lowcountry ghost stories and folklore from the four historic rice plantations making up Brookgreen GardensSouth Carolina's popular tourist attraction near Myrtle Beach. These enchanting folktales, tied to specific plantation locations and historical events, enrich the enjoyment of any visit to the Lowcountry for tourists, armchair travelers, or devotees of ghost stories and folklore. Lynn Michelsohn, a tenth generation Carolinian, is clearly drawn to history, mystery, and romance wherever she finds it, as her previous book, "Roswell, Your Travel Guide to the UFO Capital of the World!" explores intrigues of a different kind. Now, in "Tales from Brookgreen" her charming retelling of these sometimes-eerie, sometimes-sad, sometimes-humorous tales engages readers in characters and folkways unique to the Carolina Lowcountry.
Ghosts and Legends of the Carolina Coasts
Ghosts and Legends of the Carolina Coasts - 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 and Legends of the Carolina Coasts write by Terrance Zepke. This book was released on 2005. Ghosts and Legends of the Carolina Coasts available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Spine-chilling tales and fascinating legends from the coastal regions of North and South Carolina.
Ghosts of Berkeley County, South Carolina
Ghosts of Berkeley County, South Carolina - 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 of Berkeley County, South Carolina write by Bruce Orr. This book was released on 2011-09-20. Ghosts of Berkeley County, South Carolina available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Berkeley County, just like its sister county of Charleston, is steeped in history and rich in legend and lore. With Native American beginnings and later infused with colonial and Gullah cultures, Berkeley has seen many people come to reside. And with each of these diverse cultures came the eerie tales of ghosts, ghouls and goblins. Now, for the first time, Berkeley County ghost stories have been collected in a single volume bound to frighten and chill even the bravest of readers. Join local author and investigator Bruce Orr as he recounts the spine-tingling stories behind these apparitions, including the spirits of early colonists that still linger in the pines, the feared Cymbee water spirits of the Gullah culture and the dreaded Cherokee witch Spear Finger, who craves the livers of unsuspecting victims.
