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100 1 _aHolland, W. Bob
_q(West Bob),
_d1868-1932
245 1 0 _aTwenty-Five Ghost Stories
246 1 _a25 Ghost Stories
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2016
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2016-10-31
505 0 _aPreface -- The black cat -- The flayed hand -- The vengeance of a tree -- The parlor-car ghost -- Ghost of Buckstown Inn -- The burglar's ghost -- A phantom toe -- Mrs. Davenport's ghost -- The phantom woman -- The phantom hag -- From the tomb -- Sandy's ghost -- The ghosts of Red Creek -- The spectre bride -- How he caught the ghost -- Grand-dame's ghost story -- A fight with a ghost -- Colonel Halifax's ghost story -- The ghost of the count -- The old mansion -- A misfit ghost -- An unbidden guest -- The dead woman's photograph -- The ghost of a live man -- The ghost of Washington.
508 _aProduced by David Edwards, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Books project.)
520 _a"Twenty-Five Ghost Stories" by W. Bob Holland is a collection of supernatural tales compiled and edited in the early 20th century. This anthology captures the essence of ghostly encounters, eerie experiences, and the enigmatic presence of spirits. It showcases renowned stories such as Edgar Allan Poe's "The Black Cat," exploring themes of guilt, madness, and the consequences of one's actions involving supernatural influences. At the start of the collection, the preface reveals the editor's longstanding fascination with supernatural tales, noting that both young and old are captivated by eerie stories. The opening story, "The Black Cat," introduces a character struggling with alcoholism who descends into madness after cruelly mistreating his beloved cat. Following a chilling series of events, including an act of violence leading to his wife's tragic end, the protagonist experiences haunting retribution from the feline spirit. The collection promises various ghostly narratives that blur the lines of reality and the supernatural, enticing readers with suspense and intrigue. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aFiction
653 _aGhost stories
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/53419
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