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. This book compiles local lore about these supernatural sightings.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: DeLavigne, Jeanne
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2013.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Ghost stories, American.
FICTION > General.
Histoires de fantômes americaines > Louisiane > La Nouvelle-Orleans.
Ghost stories, American > Louisiana > New Orleans.
Louisiana > New Orleans.
New Orleans (La.) > Fiction.
Fiction.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword : Jeanne deLavigne and Ghost Stories of Old New Orleans
  • Author's Note
  • The Singing Capuchin
  • The Mystery of Madame Vaquer
  • The Golden Brown Woman
  • The Soldiers Who Could Not Die
  • The Specter on the Shell Road
  • Le Neant
  • The Ghost of the Headless Woman
  • Between Worlds
  • Up from the Sea
  • The Gay Caballeros
  • Walking Otto
  • Tears of Heaven
  • The Devil's Mansion
  • The Whispering Hands
  • The Magic of Aga Bab
  • The Return of Esposito
  • The Ghost of the German Countess
  • The Witch of the French Opera
  • The Ghosts of Carrollton Jail
  • The Flaming Tomb
  • The Ghosts of Shiloh
  • The Lady of the Door
  • The Swirling Specter
  • The Ghost of the Treme Street Bridge
  • The Beautiful Lost Children
  • The Golden Witch
  • Up the Garret Stairs
  • The Haunted House of the Rue Royale
  • The Ghost of Love
  • The Fountain Woman
  • Warring Wraiths
  • The Haunted Spanish Barracks
  • The Red-Headed Ghost of Parish Prison
  • The White Skiff
  • The Mansion That Ghosts Carried Away
  • The Twin Green Spirits
  • The Lost Pearl
  • The White Althea Tree
  • Golden Slippers
  • The Swamp Witch.

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