Great American Ghost Stories: Lyons Press Classics
A ghoulish collection of true American classics

  • From North to South, coast-to-coast, and legendary to forgotten classics
  • Lyons Press American Classics deliver stories rooted in their time, place, and topic
  • Distinct series design for impulse- and collect-them-all sales

With frightening stories from Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, Bret Harte, Ambrose Bierce, Edith Wharton, Mark Twain, Harriett Beecher Stowe, O. Henry, Willa Cather, and long forgotten yet terrifying authors, this ghostly collection of Lyons Press American Classics delivers the ghastly, horrifying, and otherwise haunting tales we love to read about—all from our deep history and in a book that makes a great gift as part of Lyons Press’s outstanding Americana library.
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Great American Ghost Stories: Lyons Press Classics
A ghoulish collection of true American classics

  • From North to South, coast-to-coast, and legendary to forgotten classics
  • Lyons Press American Classics deliver stories rooted in their time, place, and topic
  • Distinct series design for impulse- and collect-them-all sales

With frightening stories from Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, Bret Harte, Ambrose Bierce, Edith Wharton, Mark Twain, Harriett Beecher Stowe, O. Henry, Willa Cather, and long forgotten yet terrifying authors, this ghostly collection of Lyons Press American Classics delivers the ghastly, horrifying, and otherwise haunting tales we love to read about—all from our deep history and in a book that makes a great gift as part of Lyons Press’s outstanding Americana library.
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Great American Ghost Stories: Lyons Press Classics

Great American Ghost Stories: Lyons Press Classics

Great American Ghost Stories: Lyons Press Classics

Great American Ghost Stories: Lyons Press Classics

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Overview

A ghoulish collection of true American classics

  • From North to South, coast-to-coast, and legendary to forgotten classics
  • Lyons Press American Classics deliver stories rooted in their time, place, and topic
  • Distinct series design for impulse- and collect-them-all sales

With frightening stories from Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, Bret Harte, Ambrose Bierce, Edith Wharton, Mark Twain, Harriett Beecher Stowe, O. Henry, Willa Cather, and long forgotten yet terrifying authors, this ghostly collection of Lyons Press American Classics delivers the ghastly, horrifying, and otherwise haunting tales we love to read about—all from our deep history and in a book that makes a great gift as part of Lyons Press’s outstanding Americana library.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781493029358
Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing
Publication date: 09/01/2017
Pages: 312
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Bill Bowers is a freelance writer and editor. He lives with his wife in a small village in rural New England.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

1 The Crime of Micah Rood Elia W. Peattic 1

2 The Devil and Tom Walker Washington Irving 17

3 An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Ambrose Bierce 33

4 The Snow-Image: A Childish Miracle Nathaniel Hawthorne 45

5 A Ghost of the Sierras Bret Harte 65

6 The Lady's Maid's Bell Edith Wharton 75

7 A Ghost Story Mark Twain 101

8 The Night Call Henry van Dyke 109

9 Tom Toothacre's Ghost Story Harriet Beecher Stowe 123

10 A Strange Story From The Coast Rebecca Haräing Davis 139

11 The Woman At Seven Brothers Wilbur Daniel Steele 159

12 The Furnished Room O. Henry 183

13 The Cross-Roads Amy Lowell 193

14 Jean-Ah Poquelin George Washington Cable 199

15 Mistress Marian's Light Gertrude Morton 225

16 Consequences Willa Cather 233

17 The Tell-Tale Heart Edgar Allan Poe 259

18 The Wind in the Rose-Bush Mary E. Wilkins Freeman 267

Sources 289

Acknowledgments 299

About the Editor 301

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