Adam Selzer: 17 books
Three Terrifying Tales from Chicago
Devil Babies, Murder Castle, Resurrection Mary
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2012
Join Chicago paranormal authority Adam Selzer as he lifts the veil of myth around three of Chicago’s most terrifying ghost stories. Jane Addams’s Hull House became the center of a rumored Devil Baby—an infant born with horns, hooves, and claws . . . and a habit of using profane language to ministers.
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Inside the Murder Castle
Investigating Chicago's First Serial Killer, H.H. Holmes
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2012
Popularized in the bestselling book The Devil in the White City, H. H. Holmes has gone down in history as America’s first—and possibly most prolific—serial killer. A master swindler who changed names about as often as most people change coats, Holmes built a three-story building down the street...
The Resurrection Mary Files
Chicago's Most Famous Ghost Story
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2012
Vanishing hitchhiker stories are everywhere—there are variations in books, in country songs, and even in movies. No one knows for sure how old such stories are, but by the middle of the 20th century, the vanishing hitchhiker was a part of American folklore nationwide.
Chicago’s Resurrection...
by Adam Selzer
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2012
Devil baby stories have been told for years—stories of infants born with horns, hooves, and claws . . . and a habit of using profane language with ministers. Join paranormal authority Adam Selzer as he investigates the legendary Devil Baby of Chicago’s Hull House, the famous Jersey Devil, and...
Chronicles of Old Chicago
Exploring the History and Lore of the Windy City
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
Discover the fascinating history of Chicago—home to Barack Obama, Al Capone, the Chicago Cubs, politicians, mobsters, and more—told through 24 dramatic true stories. Known as an expert on Chicago’s folklore and crime stories, Adam Selzer takes readers through Chicago’s history from the 1800s...
H. H. Holmes
The True History of the White City Devil
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2017
Shares with readers America’s first and most infamous serial killer and his diabolical killing spree during the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago
The first comprehensive book following the life and career of H. H. Holmes
A fascinating true story about a dark moment in Chicago’s history
H. H. Holmes:...
The Ghosts of Chicago
The Windy City's Most Famous Haunts
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Behind the crumbling walls, under the ancient bricks and the nearly forgotten streetcar tracks, the ghosts of Chicago live on.
From Resurrection Mary and Al Capone to the Murder Castle of H. H. Holmes and the funeral train of Abraham Lincoln, the spine-tingling sights and sounds of Chicago’s...
Mysterious Chicago
History at Its Coolest
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2016
A historian shares strange-but-true stories of the city and its unsolved mysteries, from the nineteenth century to today.
From Chicago historian Adam Selzer, expert on all of the Windy City’s quirks and oddities, comes a compelling anthology of forty unsolved mysteries from the 1800s to the...
by Adam Selzer
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2010
Algonquin “Ali” Rhodes, the high school newspaper’s music critic, meets an intriguing singer, Doug, while reviewing a gig. He’s a weird-looking guy—goth, but he seems sincere about it, like maybe he was into it back before it was cool. She introduces herself after the set, asking if he lives...
by Adam Selzer
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2009
Do you know America? No, I mean, do you REALLY know America? Would you recognize John Adams in a lineup? Can you identify any presidents between Lincoln and Roosevelt?
Hmmm. I thought so.
Well, you really need this book.
Not only will it improve your sorry historical knowledge,...
by Adam Selzer
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2014
A committed slacker enlists the help of his best friend (who may or may not be the devil) to get his act together in this “timelessly true to life” (Booklist) novel filled with humor, awkwardness, and honesty, ideal for fans of The Perks of Being a Wallflower.
Leon Harris isn’t exceptional...
Extraordinary*
*The True Story of My Fairygodparent, Who Almost Killed Me, and Certainly Never Made Me a Princess
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2011
Jennifer Van Der Berg would like you to know that the book ostensibly written about her—Born to Be Extraordinary by Eileen Codlin—is a bunch of bunk. Yes, she had a fairy godparent mess with her life, but no, she was not made into a princess or given the gift of self-confidence, and she sure as hell didn't get a hot boyfriend out of it.
Here's the REAL scoop . . .
by Adam Selzer
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2008
COME SPELLING BEE season, the tiny town of Preston erupts in excitement: the bee is televised, and the hottest ticket in town. This year, an assortment of sixth-grade miscreants is going for the top prize: Jennifer, an overscheduled free spirit whose parents are obsessed with her college applications;...
by Adam Selzer
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2009
A dynamic and hilarious new hero for early middle-grade.
Andrew "Danger" North is no ordinary third-grader. He, his brother, Jack, and his father are spies. That is what Jack has always told him, and everything Andrew has learned from his dad’s favorite spy movies tells him it must be true....
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