Ghosts: Ohio's Haunted Landscapes, Lost Arts & Forgotten Places [Paperback]

Randy McNutt (Author)

Book Description

Series: Ohio | Publication Date: November 1996

Towns come and towns go. Travelers sometimes have to move in the fourth dimension. Randy McNutt takes us on an eccentric travel trip to dozens of Ohio ghost towns, uncovering tattooed chickens, legendary daredevils, swamp ghosts, milkmen who delivered milk and whiskey, and a fella who bit off his mother-in-law's ear. Handsome illustrations. 80 pages.

Product Details

• Paperback: 261 pages
• Publisher: Orange Frazer Press (November 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1882203143
• ISBN-13: 978-1882203147
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,523,916 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

A native of Hamilton, Ohio, Randy McNutt began his career as an independent record producer. Later he worked as an award-winning newspaper and magazine writer. He has written (and contributed to) twenty books on music, politics, writing, and history. They include the travel narrative "Guitar Towns: A Journey to the Crossroads of Rock 'n' Roll," for which he traveled to Bakersfield, Norfolk, Memphis, New Orleans and other old music capitals to search for the ghosts of the American record business. Since the 1990s, McNutt has written several books about his home state, all of which remain in print. His most recent is "Ohio Civil War Tales," a collection of mostly little-known stories of the war written with his wife, Cheryl Bauer. Are you interested in older independent record companies, music business characters, and vintage recordings? Read Randy's blog at www.homeofthehits.blogspot.com.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A book for anybody who loves back roads and small towns., October 28, 1999

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This review is from: Ghosts: Ohio's Haunted Landscapes, Lost Arts & Forgotten Places (Paperback)

I really loved Ghosts because it takes me to a lot of places I have visited and grown up around, from ghost towns to old canals to old battlegrounds. It is one of my favorite travelogues, and I recommend it highly.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Good but Misnamed Book, August 29, 2001

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Tori L. Wilfred (Seville, OH United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ghosts: Ohio's Haunted Landscapes, Lost Arts & Forgotten Places (Paperback)

This book is obviously well-researched, though I think that more information on other parts of Ohio could have been included as well. It's obvious that the author concentrated on his area of Ohio. I would love to see a few sequels to this book; I'd buy them! However, my biggest complaint is the title--it is *very* misleading. I expected stories of *haunted* places in Ohio--and only a couple of ghosts are alluded to. Actually calling it Ghost Towns: Ohio's Lost Landscapes and Forgotten Places or something like that would have been better, I think.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Boomtowns, on a smaller scale, March 25, 2001

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This review is from: Ghosts: Ohio's Haunted Landscapes, Lost Arts & Forgotten Places (Paperback)

I love this book. While I never visited towns like Rialto, when they were more than a wide place in the road, I feel like I have a pretty good idea what they were like after reading "Ghosts." A nifty canal went through Rialto in it's boomtown days, and you can still see the remnants one of the locks there today, although the weeds and undergrowth try to hide it. The town is long-gone, but with Mr. McNutts writing, one can step back in time. And, the last chapter, on Hamilton, is priceless. I didn't want the book to end. Highly recommended.