College Blue Book

College Blue Book

Author: Macmillan Reference USA.

Publisher: Macmillan Reference USA

Published: 2007-11

Total Pages: 1366

ISBN-13: 9780028660134

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Guide to thousands of 2- and 4-year schools in the U.S. and Canada. Covers the expected listings and detailed descriptions, degree programs offered, scholarships, and occupational education programs.


The Telltale Lilac Bush and Other West Virginia Ghost Tales

The Telltale Lilac Bush and Other West Virginia Ghost Tales

Author: Ruth Ann Musick

Publisher: University Press of Kentucky

Published: 1965-12-31

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 9780813101361

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" West Virginia boasts an unusually rich heritage of ghost tales. Originally West Virginians told these hundred stories not for idle amusement but to report supernatural experiences that defied ordinary human explanation. From jealous rivals and ghostly children to murdered kinsmen and omens of death, these tales reflect the inner lives—the hopes, beliefs, and fears—of a people. Like all folklore, these tales reveal much of the history of the region: its isolation and violence, the passions and bloodshed of the Civil War era, the hardships of miners and railroad laborers, and the lingering vitality of Old World traditions.