Spooky Michigan: Tales of Hauntings, Strange Happenings, and Other Local Lore (Spooky) | 
| Author: S. E. Schlosser
Creator: Paul G. Hoffman
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 136870
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 200
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.7
ISBN: 0762741392
Dewey Decimal Number: 398.209774
EAN: 9780762741397
ASIN: 0762741392
Publication Date: August 1, 2007
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| Customer Reviews:
A Quick and Fun Read July 31, 2008
This book is a quick and fun read. These are made up of stories which would be very good for telling around a campfire. There are very interesting stories, from the "Nain Rouge," a wicked dwarf whose sighting means disaster for Detroit, to "The Merchant," a story about man shipwrecked at sea, and is rescued by a ghost ship.
A must read for anybody from Michigan, or anyone interested in campfire tales.
A Spooky read, indeed! May 10, 2008
A fun collection of spooky folktales retold by the author. The book has some really freaky stories like One Last Head and the Devil's Coach. There are also funny/spooky combination stories like Sam meets Death, in which a practical joke goes wrong, and Followed Me Home, in which a ghost takes a shine to a pretty lady at his funeral and moves into her house!
A story that I personally found thought-provoking was The Staircase, in which we see what happens to a serial killer when he finds himself climbing an endless staircase following his death.
A fun read. Great for campfires or for a relaxing read on the beach.
A highly entertaining book September 10, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
All the stories in this book are very interesting. It is hard to pick a favorite. I really enjoyed the story entitled "Paul Bunyan and the Witch". This is a really good Paul Bunyan story that I had not heard before. This story by itself is worth the price of the book. The "Nain Rouge" in it's story line mention's a man named "Cadillac," according to the story seeing the Nain Rouge brings bad luck. "The Devil's Coach" is an exciting read about a farmer and two black horses that he purchases. "The Green Lantern" is a story about sailors in a storm on Lake Michigan being rescued by a strange light. There are a number of other stories that are equally well told. Once I started reading this book I found it hard to put down, even the last story a tounge in cheek tale called "Sam Meets Death" was quite interesting with an unusual twist. I recommend this book to anyone interested in folklore.
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