The Telltale Lilac Bush and Other West Virginia Ghost Tales

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Folklore & Mythology, Religion & Spirituality, Occult, Supernatural, New Age
Cover of the book The Telltale Lilac Bush and Other West Virginia Ghost Tales by Ruth Ann Musick, The University Press of Kentucky
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Author: Ruth Ann Musick ISBN: 9780813138053
Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky Publication: June 1, 2010
Imprint: The University Press of Kentucky Language: English
Author: Ruth Ann Musick
ISBN: 9780813138053
Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky
Publication: June 1, 2010
Imprint: The University Press of Kentucky
Language: English

" 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.

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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.

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