Haunted Houses of Grand Rapids

by Gary Eberle, John Layman (Contributor), Roger Timmermanis (Illustrator)

Eberle, Gary, Layman, John

137 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1979

About the author

Gary Eberle, MA, professor of English at Aquinas College, is the author of several books, including The Geography of Nowhere: Finding One's Self in the Postmodern World (Sheed & Ward, 1994); Angel Strings, a novel (Coffee House Press, 1995); A City Full of Rain, short stories (Xlibris, 2001), and Sacred Time and the Search for Meaning (Shambhala, 2003). His newest book is Dangerous Words: Talking About God in the Age of Fundamentalism (Boston: Shambhala/Trumpter, 2007).

Eberle has twice been selected by the Student Senate as Outstanding faculty member of the year, and in 1994 he received an award from the Aquinas College faculty for outstanding scholarship. He developed the Insignis Program for Honors Students in 1985 and directed it for 12 years. His journalism and fiction have won awards locally and nationally, and his novel Angel Strings was named a “best book” by the New York Public Library in 1997. Active professionally, he has been president of the Mid-East Honors Association, the Michigan Honors Association, and has been an officer of the Michigan Association of Departments of English. A more extensive biography and critical notes may be found in the on-line version of Contemporary Authors.

Reviews

[Kyle Brooky · Rating 4 out of 5]

Actually a collection of both previous Haunted Houses of Grand Rapids books from the 80s, with a new forward and (brief) updates to some of the stories.

All stories from HHOGR 2 are included, several from volume 1, and a few new stories.

Some are scary, some are simply tales of supposed interactions with the paranormal homeowners have had. Fun to read if you live or have lived around GR.

[Emily · Rating 4 out of 5]

I mean it's your typical ghost story book, so yea, it's a little cheesy. But it was good and I like reading about places near to my heart. Plus this made me want to do another GR ghost tour so good book imo

[Crysta Coburn · Rating 3 out of 5]

I wish there were a bibliography. It's hard to just take the writer's say so that research was done.

[Wendy Russell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interesting stories from grand rapids

[Janice · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was interesting because it was said to have happened in Grand Rapids