Ghost Stories of Oregon [Paperback]

Susan Smitten (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 2002

Explore the fascinating and often inexplicable tales of strange ghostly events in this Pacific Ocean state:
- At the Oregon Vortex in Gold Hill, gravity and light are distorted in one of the world's most bizarre paranormal anomalies
- A phantom stagecoach is seen rolling up to the site of the Galesville Hotel in Douglas County, a structure that burned to the ground in 1931
- A lighthouse keeper at the breathtaking Tillamook Lighthouse is reported to have watched in dismay as a phantom schooner foundered on the rocks--then vanished.

From coastal Cannon Beach and Newport to Salem, Bend, La Grande, and many places in between, these stories of hair-raising folklore are sure to delight.

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...provides a fun light read appropriate for all ages. --Roseburg News Review

About the Author

SUSAN SMITTEN is an accomplished television producer, editor and news anchor. She was story editor for the second stellar season of the acclaimed series Cinema Secrets on the American Movie Classics network. Smitten has produced and story-edited for Discovery Channel and Life Network and has worked as a senior producer with Great North and Television Renaissance. She produced, wrote and directed segments of a television series called Medical Profiles for Discovery Health, including a one-hour special on actress Carrie Fisher and her struggle with bipolar disorder. When not writing for television and film, she enjoys combining her journalistic training with her personal interest in folklore to craft ghost story collections.

Product Details

• Paperback: 215 pages
• Publisher: Lone Pine Publishing (August 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1894877136
• ISBN-13: 978-1894877138
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,394,124 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars book was a fun read, November 24, 2009

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I am a local to Oregon City (the last chapters) and was sad to see some names spelled wrong, but I did like the forward and the stories were well shared.