The Haunting of Louisiana
Title | The Haunting of Louisiana PDF eBook |
Author | Sillery, Barbara |
Publisher | Pelican Publishing |
Pages | 228 |
Release | 2001-08-31 |
Genre | Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | 9781455605620 |
"To those who may be encountering Louisiana for the first time through these wonderful stories-prepare to be engaged and entertained to a degree to which you are certainly unaccustomed . . . Barbara's gift for storytelling holds in the written word just as it does before a television camera."-Phillip J. Jones, former secretary, Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation, and Tourism "A personal, anecdotal narrative that paints events with evocative descriptions . . . best savored in slices-it serves up a great bedtime read."-New Orleans Times-Picayune Based on the PBS documentary of the same name that aired across the country, The Haunting of Louisiana highlights many of the stories that would not fit into the one-hour television program. Louisiana's haunted reputation is spotlighted in the twenty chapters that cover the ghostly escapades and happenings at Oak Alley Plantation, Ormond Plantation, Destrehan Manor, and America's "most haunted home," the Myrtles, in St. Francisville, to name a few. The book also includes behind-the-scenes incidents that occurred during the taping of the documentary. Who is the lady in the photograph whose mirrored reflection appears headless in a bedroom in Oak Alley Plantation? Why are little girls the only tour visitors to experience the taunting of Chloe, a slave and mistress of the owner of the Myrtles in the 1800s? Whose invisible hand had to be repeatedly pushed away from the owner's car horn at Chretien Point Plantation before the owner could get a good night's rest? The spine-tingling explanations for these events and many others are just waiting to be discovered.
Haunted History of Louisiana Plantations, A
Title | Haunted History of Louisiana Plantations, A PDF eBook |
Author | Cheryl H. White, PhD, and W. Ryan Smith, MA |
Publisher | Arcadia Publishing |
Pages | 128 |
Release | 2017 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1626198756 |
Louisiana plantations evoke images of grandeur and elegance. Beyond the facade of stately homes are stories of hope and subjugation, tragedy and suffering, shame and perseverance and war and conquest. After sixteen workers axed most of the Houmas House's ancient oak trees, referred to as "the Gentlemen," eight of the surviving trees eerily twisted overnight in grief over the losses wrought by a great Mississippi River flood. An illegal duel to reclaim lost honor left the grounds of Natchez's Cherokee Plantation bloodstained, but the victim's spirit may still wander there today. A mutilated slave girl named Chloe still haunts the halls of the Myrtles Plantation in St. Francisville. Cheryl H. White and W. Ryan Smith reveal the dark history, folklore and lasting human cost of Louisiana plantation life.
Empires: Infiltration
Title | Empires: Infiltration PDF eBook |
Author | Gavin Deas |
Publisher | Gollancz |
Pages | 253 |
Release | 2014-11-20 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 057512931X |
This groundbreaking collaboration between two Gollancz authors tells of the invasion of Earth by two different alien races - at the same time. Two men become aware of the threat, and must work to sabotage the invasion plans and see off the aliens. Each book follows one hero, uncovering the threat to humanity and the world from their point of view. Each book can be read on its own, and will give the reader a complete, kinetic, fast-paced military SF story. But read both books and the reader gets something else - another view of (some of) the same events and crossover points, culminating in a bloody battle at Canary Wharf. The two books can be read in any order, but together they tell the story of humanity caught in the crossfire between two deadly alien races, who have made Earth their battleground...
Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of Missouri
Title | Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of Missouri PDF eBook |
Author | Missouri. Supreme Court |
Publisher | |
Pages | 460 |
Release | 1871 |
Genre | Law reports, digests, etc |
ISBN |
Empires: The First Battle
Title | Empires: The First Battle PDF eBook |
Author | Gavin Deas |
Publisher | Gollancz |
Pages | 497 |
Release | 2014-11-13 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1473211034 |
Two alien invasions. Two heroes. One Story. Collects EMPIRES: EXTRACTION and EMPIRES: INFILTRATION in one volume! This groundbreaking collaboration between two Gollancz authors tells of the invasion of Earth by two different alien races - at the same time. Two men become aware of the threat, and must work to sabotage the invasion plans and see off the aliens. Each book follows one hero, uncovering the threat to humanity and the world from their point of view. Each book can be read on its own, and will give the reader a complete, kinetic, fast-paced military SF story. But read both books and the reader gets something else - another view of (some of) the same events and crossover points, culminating in a bloody battle at Canary Wharf. The two books can be read in any order, but together they tell the story of humanity caught in the crossfire between two deadly alien races, who have made Earth their battleground...
Genealogical Records of the Williamson Family in America
Title | Genealogical Records of the Williamson Family in America PDF eBook |
Author | James Abeel Williamson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 70 |
Release | 1896 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
The American Decisions
Title | The American Decisions PDF eBook |
Author | John Proffatt |
Publisher | |
Pages | 902 |
Release | 1884 |
Genre | Law reports, digests, etc |
ISBN |