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Ghosts of the West Coast: The Lost Souls of the Queen Mary and Other Real-Life Hauntings (Haunted America)

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Ghosts of the West Coast sent chills up my spine and made me want to read more. From the Winchester Mansion to Alcatraz Island, this book is informative, interesting and chilling. I loved every page.

I don't think this is as informative or spine-tingling as the previous reviewer suggests. It's a short book - 48 pages, with large print and lots mostly oversized photos. Most of the text, in fitting with the title, details anecdotes of sightings, rather than saying very much about the location where the sightings purportedly occurred. For someone (young and) interested in a bit of juevenile wonder and/or excitement, it's probably fine.

The main advantage of the book, other than being able to hold it in your hands (maybe with a flashlight, under the covers or in a backyard pup tent), are those oversized photos. But the text itself isn't written with the thrill that might accompany some of the dark and spooky photos, so the photos become even more important.

For informative, there are many other books (and websites, for that matter) about ghosts and supernatural events and sightings. For my own interests/purposes (possibly visiting some of the locales), it wasn't nearly as informative as I'd hoped. An exception would be the Winchester Mystery House, which is acknowledged for its innumnerable architectural oddities and which is an interesting sidestop (not destination) independent of ghost reports. But I actually bought this book there, and haven't yet been compelled by the book to visit others.