The Ghosts of Nantucket: 23 True Accounts (Paperback)

~ (Author), George Murphy (Illustrator)

Product Details

• Paperback: 120 pages
• Publisher: Down East Books (June 1984)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 089272191X
• ISBN-13: 978-0892721917
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #852,880 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best of its kind, September 13, 2004

By	Max Hurst (Richardson, Tx United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is the best true accounts ghost story book I have ever read and I have been reading them since I was ten( I'm now 50). I don't know what universe Blue Ballitt wandered into when she was writing this but it has a real ring of authenticity to it and the stories are sometimes so downright strange-- A Red Freind comes particularly to mind--that the very bizarreness argues for some sort of belief. My favorite story and the scariest true life story ever is A Little Girl. Yikes. It is creepy. Not M.R. James with his strange elementals. Just very straight-forward human apparitons with a great deal of will! This is a very fun sort of book and the reader will not be dissapointed.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great oral history., July 16, 1998

By A Customer

This is an extremely well written oral history--interviews with year-round and summer residents of Nantucket Island who have actually experienced ghosts. These are unembellished accounts from some rather unlikely and credible sources. A great read in summer, or any season, its sequel, "Nantucket Hauntings" is also available.