The first book of the 13-volume Spirits Between the Bays ghost/folkore series includes more than a dozen Mid-Atlantic ghost tales, including the curse of Blackbeard's Treasure, the Revolutionary War's Headless Horseman of Welsh Tract Road and the Ghost of Ashley Manor, which the author visited the week before Halloween.
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"In Pulling Back the Curtain by Ed Okonowicz, the Cecil County resident doesn't have to go far to find ghosts." -- Baltimore Sun
"Okonowicz collects, refines and tells interesting legends and folk tales that have been passed by families from generation to generation." -- Newark Post [Newark, Del.]
"The stories are even more facinating for local readers because Okonowicz interviewd Delmarva residents for the book." -- Cecil Whig [Elkton, Md.]
"Okonowicz collects, refines and tells interesting legends and folk tales that have been passed by families from generation to generation." -- Newark Post [Newark, Del.]
"The stories are even more facinating for local readers because Okonowicz interviewd Delmarva residents for the book." -- Cecil Whig [Elkton, Md.]
About the Author
Ed Okonowicz is the author of 15 books, including two volumes featuring haunted antiques and nine volumes of the Spirits Between the Bays Mid-Atlantic ghost/folklore series. Several of his books have won state and national awards. The books in his DelMarVa Murder Mystery series are set on the Delmarva Peninsula, which includes Delaware and the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Virginia.
Also a professional storyteller, he has appeared in the documentary Ghost Waters, which was featured on The Learning Channel and he conducts ghost tours at Fort Delaware and other sites throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. He sometimes is referred to as "Delmarva's Stephen King."
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I was born on Halloween Eve. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
General Washington, Mean Man, Charlie Miller, Cecil County, Robscott Manor, Chesapeake Bay, North Carolina, Spirits Between the Bays New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
I was born on Halloween Eve. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
General Washington, Mean Man, Charlie Miller, Cecil County, Robscott Manor, Chesapeake Bay, North Carolina, Spirits Between the Bays New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Welcome Inn, Volume III: Haunted Inns, Restaurants, and Museums (Spirits Between the Bays) by Ed Okonowicz in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- George Washington by Vivian Laubach Thompson on page 11
- In the Vestibule: True Ghost Stories from the Delmarva Peninsula to the Jersey Shore (Spirits Between the Bays Series, Volume IV) by Ed Okonowicz in Back Matter
- Possessed Possessions : Haunted Antiques, Furniture and Collectibles by Kathleen Okonowicz in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- In the Vestibule: True Ghost Stories from the Delmarva Peninsula to the Jersey Shore (Spirits Between the Bays Series, Volume IV) by Ed Okonowicz in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Welcome Inn, Volume III: Haunted Inns, Restaurants, and Museums (Spirits Between the Bays) by Ed Okonowicz in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Ghosts by Ed Okonowicz in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Fired! by Ed Okonowicz in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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