Tales Told in the Shadows of the White Mountains

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UPNE, 2003 - Fiction - 187 pages
Charles Jordan has spent many years keeping his ear to the ground for stories of the weird and wonderful of northern New Hampshire. Now, in this singular volume, he has collected tales varying from Native American apparitions, witches, ghosts, local characters and cranks, to murder and even the apocalypse! As writer and editor of Northern New Hampshire Magazine, Jordan has covered many stories concerning strange, eerie, and supernatural tales of the region. Tales Told in the Shadows of the White Mountains presents fourteen stories featuring unsolved mysteries, supernatural meanderings, and other tales of intrigue—some well known and the stuff of local legend, others newly unearthed and offered to the reader for the first time. Petrified yet? This collection is sure to put you into a granite state.

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Contents

Lightning Blast Your Crops I
1
Knock Knock Whats There?
13
Of Prophets and Gatekeepers
26
From Out of the Blue
37
10
45
Letters from the Dead
46
Written in Stone
56
Was It Murder?
68
12
71
Strange Brew
83
Forbidden Waters
95
The Vanished Woman and the Mystery Girl
162
INDEX
181
Copyright

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About the author (2003)

CHARLES J. JORDAN is the editor of Northern New Hampshire Magazine. Since 2000, he has served as editor of the Colebrook Chronicle and also serves as the executive editor of the Lancaster Herald. He has written for a wide range of magazines, including Yankee Magazine, Old Farmer’s Almanac, and TV Guide.

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TitleTales Told in the Shadows of the White Mountains
AuthorCharles J. Jordan
Editionillustrated
PublisherUPNE, 2003
ISBN1584651083, 9781584651086
Length187 pages
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Fiction / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology
History / United States / General
History / United States / State & Local / New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
Literary Criticism / General
Social Science / Folklore & Mythology
  
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