{"product_id":"thirteen-alabama-ghosts-and-jeffrey-commemorative-edition-paperback-softback-9780817358822","title":"Thirteen Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey; Commemorative Edition (Paperback \/ softback) 9780817358822","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThirteen Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCommemorative Edition\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKathryn Tucker Windham (Author), Margaret Gillis Figh (Author), Dilcy Windham Hilley (Foreword by), Ben Windham (Foreword by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780817358822\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 13 September 2016\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e128 pages, 43 B\u0026amp;W figures\u003cbr\u003e25.1 x 17.5 x 1 cm, 0.288 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“Spine-tingling with a twang...” - National Public Radio’s \u003cem\u003eAll Things Considered\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"Kathryn's stories are told with an engaging clarity of style that makes it easy to tumble into the tale.” - \u003cem\u003eHuntsville Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In Windham’s tales... myth and fact intertwine to present a picture of the South that is as true as any textbook.” - \u003cem\u003eParis Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eOne of the best-known and widely shared books about the South, \u003cem\u003eThirteen Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey\u003c\/em\u003e has haunted the imaginations of generations of delighted young readers since it was first published in 1969. Written by nationally acclaimed folklorists Kathryn Tucker Windham and Margaret Gillis Figh, the book recounts Alabama’s thirteen most ghoulish and eerie ghost legends.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCurated with loving expertise, these thirteen tales showcase both Windham and Figh’s masterful selection of stories and their artful and suspenseful writing style. In crafting stories treasured by children and adults alike, the authors tell much more than ghost tales. Embedded in each is a wealth of fact and folklore about Alabama history and the old South. “I don’t care whether you believe in ghosts,” Windham was fond of saying. “The good ghost stories do not require that you believe in ghosts.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMillions of readers cherish memories of being chilled as teachers and parents read them unforgettable stories like \u003cem\u003eThe Unquiet Ghost at Gaineswood\u003c\/em\u003e about the ghost of Evelyn Carter, who fills this Demopolis antebellum mansion with midnight musical lamentations because her body wasn’t returned to her native Virginia, and \u003cem\u003eThe Phantom Steamboat of the Tombigbee\u003c\/em\u003e about the wreck of the steamboat Eliza Battle, which caught fire on the way to Mobile and sank one February night in 1858. People who live along the river say the flaming steamboat wreck still rises on cold nights, its cotton cargo blazing across the waves while its terrified survivors cry for help from the icy water.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe title’s “Jeffrey” refers to a friendly ghost who resides in the Windham home and who served as Windham’s unofficial collaborator in this work and the subsequent books in this popular series, all of which are now available in high-quality reproductions of their spooky originals.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"The University of Alabama Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52574394908952,"sku":"9780817358822","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/thirteen-alabama-ghosts-and-jeffrey-commemorative-edition-paperback-softback-9780817358822","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}