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Spooky Southwest: Tales of Hauntings, Strange Happenings, and Other Local Lore
Here we have a collection of unnerving tales of events that happened--and still do happen--in the collective back yard of the Southwestern states. Accompanied by evocative illustrations, these compelling retellings of 30 popular folktales feature supernatural occurrences and ghosts of all sorts, from cattle rustlers to runaway trains.
Pull up a chair or gather round the ca...more
Pull up a chair or gather round the ca...more
Paperback, 200 pages
Published
September 1st 2004
by Globe Pequot
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I was seriously disappointed in this book. I have a fascination with the southwest and I love ghost stories and folk tales and being creeped out, so when I spotted it in a display at the library I was eager to start reading. Unfortunately, while some of the stories could be genuinely creepy if told properly, they are all written in a overly simplistic fashion and the voice seems completely inauthentic. There is often little sense of place- sure, there are archetypal stories and folk tales which ...more
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