Spooky New York: Tales of Hauntings, Strange Happenings, and Other Local Lore [Paperback]

S. E. Schlosser (Author), Paul G. Hoffman (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 2005 | Series: Spooky

New York's folklore is kept alive in these expert retellings by master storyteller S. E. Scholosser, and in artist Paul Hoffman's evocative illustrations.

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Pull up a chair or gather round the campfire and get ready for thirty creepy tales of ghostly hauntings, eerie happenings, and other strange occurrences from times past. Set in remote Adirondack towns, windswept stretches of Long Island Sound, and all around New York City, the stories in this entertaining and compelling collection will have readers looking over their shoulder again and again.
New York folklore traditions are kept alive in these expert retellings by master storyteller S. E. Schlosser, and in artist Paul Hoffman's evocative illustrations. You'll meet ghosts and witches, hear things that go bump in the night, and feel an icy wind on the back of your neck on a warm summer evening. Whether read around the campfire on a dark and stormy night or from the backseat of the family van on the way to grandma's, this is a collection to treasure.

About the Author

S. E. Schlosser has been telling stories since she was a child, when games of "let's pretend" quickly built themselves into full-length stories. A graduate of the Institute of Children's Literature and Rutgers University, she also created and maintains the Web site AmericanFolklore.net, where she shares a wealth of stories from all fifty states, some dating back to the origins of America. She is also the author of Globe Pequot's Spooky New England, Spooky South, and Spooky Southwest.

Paul G. Hoffman trained in painting and printmaking, with his first extensive illustration work on assignment in Egypt, drawing ancient wall reliefs for the University of Chicago. His work graces books of many genres--children's titles, textbooks, short story collections, natural history volumes, and numerous cookbooks. For the Spooky series he employed a scratchboard technique and an active imagination.

Product Details

• Paperback: 227 pages
• Publisher: The Globe Pequot Press; 1st edition (May 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0762734264
• ISBN-13: 978-0762734269
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,125,999 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A book that both visitors and resident's will enjoy., May 16, 2005

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This review is from: Spooky New York: Tales of Hauntings, Strange Happenings, and Other Local Lore (Paperback)

New York has a rich heritage of folklore. The author of Spooky New York has picked 30 great stories to share. My favorites are story number 4 entitled "Redemption", story number 9, called "The Rising of Gouverneur Morris" and story number 21 called "Henry Hudson and the Kaatskill Gnomes". The book has 30 stories and all 30 are told in an interesting manner, some of the stories have surprise endings. A few popular folklore legends are recounted such as "The Maid of the Mist". This is a great story to read for anyone visiting Niagara Falls. The story provides some background material and reads in an interesting manner. If you are planning a visit to the Rochester area the first story in the book called "The White Lady of the Lake" may interest you. The setting for the story is the Durand - Eastman Park. The park is on Lake Ontario, a great setting for a picnic. You may even be able to find the stair's mentioned in the story. There are several great stories about the New York City area, There's an Empire State Building ghost story, a story about buried treasure on Liberty Island and many more fasinating tales. I highly recommend this book.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great read!, May 27, 2005

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This review is from: Spooky New York: Tales of Hauntings, Strange Happenings, and Other Local Lore (Paperback)

I really enjoyed Schlosser's latest book. I own the whole series, and I read Spooky New York as soon as it arrived from Amazon (which happened to be a traditional dark and stormy night.) There were a couple of stories, High Hat and the Hermit's House in particular, that troubled my dreams that night! Of course, typical of Schlosser, there were also some characters that made me chuckle out loud.

Quite a number of stories took place around New York City. I had no idea that Central Park, the Empire State Building, and Ellis Island had ghost stories associated with them. Also, Captain Kidd left buried treasure on Liberty Island, the Devil had a fiddle contest in Brooklyn, a monster once roamed Wall Street, and a Revolutionary War hero rose from his Bronx grave to defend his widow and baby son.

Highly recommended!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Spooky Book!, September 4, 2010

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This review is from: Spooky New York: Tales of Hauntings, Strange Happenings, and Other Local Lore (Paperback)

This is one of the best Spooky books around! The majority of the stories in Spooky New York have morals tied to their endings so you actually finish the story by learning a lesson. There are some very genuine scary stories in this edition that people will enjoy. Those stories are Observatory, The Satin Dress, The Hermit's House and High Hat. I think that the stories that have the best morals are Redemption, The Poker Game, The Gold Tooth, Baker's Dozen and The Loup-Garou's Debt. I recommend this book for all those Spooky fans out there and also for those who want to know some folklore from New York!