Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
ix, 115 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-112). |
Contents |
Superstitions of the sea -- Water-dwelling monsters -- North shore -- The pirates who came back to New Jersey -- The ghosts of Morro Castle -- Get out! get out! -- Captain Huddy's ghost -- A presidential ghost -- The end of an era -- The ghost in the library -- The spy house and its many ghosts -- The lady didn't want to leave -- The devil and the drunkard -- The lost explorer -- Penelope's nightmare honeymoon -- The ghostly Noah's ark -- The wrestling match on the beach -- The captain and the pigeon -- The indian who refused to go along -- Molly still brings the pitcher -- Central shore -- The hoodoo schooner -- Still following the north star -- Bringing home the bacon -- Parental love never dies -- The Jersey shore's most famous ghost -- Look for pirate's trees -- The lighthouse builder's ghost -- The ghost of the airship -- The phantom canal diggers -- The lighthouse keeper's ghost -- The old seadog's ghost -- The ghosts drink to St. Francis -- The ghost beacons of the Tuckerton Tower -- The sailing ships on rails -- New Jersey's Paul Revere -- South shore -- The ghost with the most diamonds -- Taps at the Cape May point bunker -- The ghost who is so proud -- The haunted cottage -- Reasoning with the ghost -- Reliving Bessie's happiest evening -- The phantom lifeguard -- The helpful little dog -- The ghost of the tragic chambermaid -- The ghost in the elephant -- Heading back to a safe harbor -- The case of the terrified cat -- The ghost who loves to tango -- The ghostly tapdancer -- Never cross a witch -- The colonel's ghostly inspection tours -- The peaceable ghost of Cape May -- Pirate ghosts at Cape May point -- The ghosts of absecon light -- The pinelands -- The wizard of the pines -- The wreck of the blue comet -- The Jersey devil has company -- The legend of the Jersey devil -- The bottomless blue hole -- Are ghost sightings a symptom of apple palsy? -- Ghost towns of the pinelands -- The dancing bandit -- Fiddling with the devil -- Northern tidewater -- The ghost of the traitor general -- The ghost of Mary Rogers, aka Mary Roget -- The ghost of Washington's spy -- Jimmy Hoffa's ghost cheers them on -- The triple airship flies still -- The poetic ghost from Matawan -- Delaware Bay and river -- The town named for a disaster -- Stretch Garrison rides again -- Blood money -- The confederate ghosts of Finn's Point -- The youngest confederate ghost -- Thar she blows, there she goes -- The hanged pirate -- The doomed ferryboat -- The big tub in the little tub -- The ghostly perfumed smoke. |
Subject |
Ghosts -- New Jersey.
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Haunted places -- New Jersey.
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ISBN |
0811732673 paperback |
Standard No. |
9780811732673 |
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