| Physical Description |
xii, 383 pages; 24 cm |
| Summary |
Collects sixteen tales of suspense, horror, and the supernatural from the Colonial era. |
| Contents |
Introduction/ Graeme Davis-- Legend of Sleepy Hollow/ Washington Irving-- Essay for the recording of remarkable Providences/ Increase Mather-- Wonders of the invisible world/ Cotton Mather-- Lithobolia/ R.C.-- Wieland/ Charles Brockden Brown-- Money-diggers/ Washington Irving-- Rachel Dyer/ John Neal-- Moll Pitcher/ John Greenleaf Whittier-- Birth-mark/ Nathaniel Hawthorne-- Tale of the Ragged Mountains/ Edgar Allen Poe-- Lake Gun/ James Fenimore Cooper-- In the pines/ W.F. Mayer-- Romance of certain old clothes/ Henry James-- Authenticated history of the Bell Witch/ Martin van Buren Ingram-- Myths and legends of our own land/ Charles M. Skinner-- Salem wolf/ Howard Pyle-- Case of Charles Dexter Ward/ H.P. Lovecraft |
| Subject |
Short stories.
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Thrillers (Fiction).
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Horror tales, American.
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Short stories, American.
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| Alt Author |
Davis, Graeme, editor.
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