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Oldest Ghosts [Paperback]

Karen G. Harvey (Author)
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January 1, 2001
Discarnate beings tap tourists on their shoulders. Spirits peer with hollow eyes through windows of abandoned houses, and ephemeral images are captured on film. Oldest Ghosts tells of unexplained exploits by the spirits dwelling in St. Augustine, the oldest city of European origin in the United States.

• Judge John Stickney watches from a tree limb above his cemetery monument.
• Ruth Hopkins Pickering looks out the window from the room where she died by fire.
• A Colonial-period ghost hangs laundry in a Spanish courtyard.
• The ghost of Will Green, who died in 1802, routinely enters the bodies of men drinking in a bar.
• A construction worker at the Victorian keeper’s house of the St. Augustine Lighthouse sees an apparition of a man hanging by a rope around his neck from one of the ceiling beams.
• The ghost of a Spanish guard tosses pots and pans around the kitchen at Pizza Hut.

Stories told of spiritual contacts continue with no rational, earthly explanations. Some are funny, some sad, some frightening. Some residents and visitors tolerate the playful spirits. Others prefer not to acknowledge them. Either way, the ghosts abide.


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About the Author

Karen Harvey has written books and articles about St. Augustine since her arrival in the Ancient City in 1978. Ms. Harvey was the arts and entertainment editor of the St. Augustine Record for seven years. It was there she first met her ghosts (or they met her). She also conducts ghost tours as well as educational tours for Tour Saint Augustine, Inc. She lives in her favorite town with her husband, John, and children, Kristina and Jason.

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  • Paperback: 112 pages
  • Publisher: Pineapple Press (January 1, 2001)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1561642223
  • ISBN-13: 978-1561642229
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,590,958 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Oldest Ghosts, October 25, 2001
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Living within a few minutes of St. Augustine, I eagerly looked forward to the publication of this book. Unfortunately, it is poorly written, and one of the stories is set in upstate New York! I hate to purchase a book--believing it is about a certain area--only to discover it contains accounts from other parts of the country. I found Oldest Ghosts very disappointing.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Beautifulcover of book but that's about it, November 3, 2002
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This book wasn't really what I was looking for. It didn't really tell the ghost stories it was more like summaries. I like David Lapham's book a lot better which is ghosts of st. augustine.
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