Virginia's Haunted Historic Triangle: Williamsburg, Yorktown, Jamestown, and Other Haunted Locations [Paperback]

Pamela K. Kinney (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 28, 2011

Take a step back into ghostly history as you tour Williamsburg, Yorktown, and Jamestown in the Historic Triangle. Visit Jamestown Island where Captain John Smith and the first English colonists settled. Stroll around Yorktown and follow the same footsteps of Thomas Jefferson and George Washington as they walked along Duke of Gloucester Street. Hear odd noises and see apparitions at the Peyton Randolph House, Cornwallis's Cave, Wells's Corner, Sherwood Forest, the Rosewell Plantation, and many, many other places. Be prepared to get to know the ghosts of this Historic Triangle and its surrounding areas. They're dying for you to read their stories.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. (May 28, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764337467
• ISBN-13: 978-0764337468
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 0.5 x 10 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,448,858 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Pamela K. Kinney is a published author of fictional horror, science fiction, fantasy, poetry, and four nonfiction ghost books. Two of her four nonfiction ghost books, Haunted Richmond, Virginia and Haunted Virginia: Legends, Myths and True Tales, have been nominated for Library of Virginia Literary Awards. The other two are Haunted Richmond II and Virginia's Haunted Historic Triangle: Williamsburg, Yorktown, Jamestown, and Other Haunted Locations.

She admits she can always be found at her desk and on her computer, writing. And yes, the house, husband, and even the cats sometimes suffer for it! Find out more about her at her website: Pamela K. Kinney's Fantastic Dreams at http://FantasticDreams.50megs.com.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Paranormal Guidebook to the Greater Williamsburg Area November 26, 2012

By M. Liebler

Format:Paperback

This is a great book describing hauntings in the Greater Williamsburg area - where to go, what the legends and stories are and what is the history of the place. It covers Williamsburg - and in particular the historic area of CW, Jamestown, Yorktown, the James River Plantations in Charles City County and other locations on the Peninsula. If you are planning a trip to the area and have a taste for hauntings, this book would be perfect for you. Or if you're local and often visit the historic sites, it will give you all the history and the stories.

While I was in the middle of the book, I went back and looked over some pictures we had taken in Colonial Williamsburg over the last couple of years. I saw lots of orbs in the Governor's Palace and the Capital. Also a face in a window on an evening tour - stuff I never noticed before reading this book.

If you love the paranormal TV shows, you will love this book. It's a keeper!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars A wide variety of hauntings here and there in the Virginia Peninsula October 4, 2011

By Deborah R. Painter

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I think a lot of ghosts and I hope they think well of me... there certainly are plenty of them to be had in this book, chock full of photos. Ms. Kinney has assembled stories and accounts from all over York County, James City County, Poquoson, West Point, Williamsburg, Gloucester County and nearby areas. She also did a large number of investigations herself. I liked the down-to-earth way she writes, as though sitting next to you sharing the events. The account of a young woman and her fiancee encountering Civil War soldiers taking part in a spectral hanging just outside their front yard was pretty neat! I work in wild places as part of my job and know the way briars, tree limbs and holes in the ground, hidden by vegetation, can trip a person, so I have to hand it to the author and her husband for braving the Crawford Road bridge embankment in the dark of the night, a cold one at that, no street lamps to guide her, to record any Electonic Voice Phenomena that she could.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Virginia's Haunted Historic Triangle September 16, 2011

By doggie mom

Format:Paperback

I live in this area of the country and was naturally curious to read this book when it came to our library. Nothing really new here if you've read other ghost stories of the area. Most seem to be a rehashing of L. B. Taylor's work (but the author does mention her thanks to him). There are several glaring editorial errors that make sections of it difficult to get through. I found this really strange since other areas of the book are beautifully written and very interesting. One of the worst errors concerns the author's mistake in identifying Fort Monroe's Chamberlain Hotel by the wrong name! At first I thought someone just made a mistake on one of the photos, but they are all wrong, as well as all the text references. I was really looking forward to reading this, but the mistakes made it disappointing.