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Haints, Witches, and Boogers: Tales from Upper East Tennessee

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This was a very suspenseful book. It has many short stories in it and all are suppose to be true. Many are folklore that was passed down and most have some eyewitness testimony. My favorite was the one called "A Part Of The Dark Is Moving". Every story takes place at real place in East Tennessee. This is a must have for anyone who likes old fashion ghost stories or folklore.

I grew up around the area he is speaking of in this book. I remember many of these things happening myself. I was so glad to know I was not the only one to experience these strange things. I loved this book! I can't wait to buy more!

This is a fascinating book. The places are real (and some are rather creepy) and the stories are supposedly true. Every story will draw you in. The history and research the author did was extensive. This is a book you could very well (regretfully) finish in one sitting.

I approached this book, not as a person who wants to hunt ghosts or even believes in ghosts, but as a person with a fascination with American folklore. And stories of the supernatural are a big part of folklore.

At 104 pages, this is not a terribly long book. I finished it in two sittings. I'm hardly a speed-reader, but the book flies by pretty fast. Most stories are 5 pages or less, but Price spends extra time on two chapters in particular -- the ghosts of Jonesborough and the ghosts that haunt East Tennessee State. These, especially the latter, for me were especially interesting. There's plenty of stories about ghosts haunting houses, a few native American ghosts as well. A couple of the most delightful tales don't involve the supernatural at all, instead they are about practical jokes gone wrong. There's only one story about a witch, but it's quite good. It takes a lot to give me the creeps, but a few tales here did do that, often through effective imagry that Price serves up.

My one criticism comes from a person who is just getting back into reading books regularly again, so take this with a grain of salt. I felt that a few of the stories were fairly "average" and didn't particularly stick out...so when I look back at the titles, I remember some of the more interesting and strange ones, but some tend to blend together. That said, I still think Price did a decent job of providing some variety.

As a person primarily interested in folklore, this book delivers.

This was a VERY INTERESTING book. Lots of historical info as well as a story.

Charles Edwin Price, along with other folklorists, such as Michael Paul Henson and William Lynwood Montell, is the perfect storyteller of supernatural legends in Appalacia. This is a wonderful compilation of such stories in that it is educational as well as entertaining, for he includes informative motifs with each legend he tells. A must-have for collectors of folklore, and those interested in a good read, whether or not they believe in the supernatural.

I was born and raised in Kingsport and I even met the author of this book when he came to my high school in 1996. The name is a little hokey but the book is extremely well written and the research is very good, it even includes some newspaper clippings. This book is well worth the price and the read!