From Arcadia Children’s Books’ “Spooky America” series, I bring you…
The Ghostly Tales of Pittsburgh
Steel yourself to read all about Pittsburgh’s haunted history and local legends. Find out if the ghostly entities at the Monongahela Incline are actors or spirits. Learn about the restless ghost of Henry Clay Frick lurking in his beloved Clayton. Discover that multiple Carnegie libraries are visited by the undead. This volume also includes plenty of local and state history along with the spooky stuff! Readers of Pittsburgh will learn about the city’s founding, the Johnstown Flood, Gilded Age tycoons, and the growth of the steel industry. Check out this creepy chapter book for gripping stories of ghosts and specters, paranormal detectives, and the unexplained; just be sure to keep the light on!
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The Ghostly Tales of the Midwest
The haunted history of the Midwest comes to life—even when the main players are dead. Visit Ohio, the oldest state in the Midwest, to glimpse ghosts in the Butler County Historical Museum. Find a drowned city in Anchor Bay, Michigan, or learn about ghosts of the Underground Railroad in Crown Point, Indiana. Meet a century ghost in Illinois, or the musical ghosts of Columbia, Missouri. And if you dare, visit Wisconsin and the Midwest’s most haunted place! Dive into this spooky chapter book for suspenseful tales of bumps in the night, paranormal investigations, and the unexplained all across America’s Midwestern states.
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The Ghostly Tales of Michigan’s Haunted Lighthouses
Sail back into Michigan’s spooky history by visiting some of the most haunted buildings on the Great Lakes! Did you know that the former keeper of the Seul Choix Point Lighthouse still keeps his watch, despite having been dead for over a hundred years? Or that a mysterious young girl searches for playmates at the Marquette Island Lighthouse? Can you believe that the poltergeist at Waugoshance Shoal Lighthouse loves to play pranks on visitors? Read this chapter book for more spooky stories—and a taste of what lighthouse life was like in the 19th century. Dive right in to these ghostly tales that will change the way you see Michigan’s coast—just make sure you don’t let your light go out!
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The Ghostly Tales of Michigan’s West Coast
Coastal Michigan’s haunted history and local legends come to life—even when the main players are dead. From the souls lost aboard the doomed Alpena to the restless spirits at Nunica Cemetery, this spooky chapter book will keep readers rapt. But there’s also lots of history along with the creepy stuff! Readers of Michigan’s West Coast will discover more about nineteenth-century life on Lake Michigan through stories about shipwrecks, lighthouses, and graveyards. Discover suspenseful tales of bumps in the night, paranormal investigations, and the unexplained; just don’t try to read it in the dark!
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The Ghostly Tales of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
Welcome to the spooky streets and shores of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula… Stay Alert! Ghosts lurk around every corner. Even the most unexpected places might be haunted by wandering phantoms. Did you know many ghost ships, and their ghostly crews, sail along the Upper Peninsula’s shores? Or that a book-loving ghost haunts the library in Marquette? Can you believe that some miners still come to work … even from the beyond the grave? Pulled right from history, these ghostly tales will change the way you see Michigan’s Upper Peninsula forever, and have you sleeping with the lights on!
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Diane Telgen 