Ghosts of Old Louisville (eBook)

True Stories of Hauntings in America's Largest Victorian Neighborhood

David Domine (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
192 Seiten
The University Press of Kentucky (Verlag)
978-0-8131-7454-9 (ISBN)

Infos

Old Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky, is the third-largest National Preservation District in the United States and the largest Victorian-era neighborhood in the country. Beneath the balconies and terraces of the district's Gothic, Queen Anne, and Beaux Arts mansions, current residents trade riveting stories about their historic homes. Many of these tales defy rational explanation. When David Domine moved into one of these houses, he dismissed local rumors of a resident poltergeist named Lucy. However, before long, unnerving, disembodied footsteps and mysterious odors caused him to flee his home in the middle of the night. Since that night, David Domine not only embraced the possibility of supernatural phenomenon but also turned it into a popular tour series and best-selling collection of books, which have brought new attention to this iconic neighborhood. The book that launched the guided tours, Ghosts of Old Louisville, introduced readers to the hauntingly beautiful Lady of the Stairs and the Widow Hoag, who waits eternally near Fountain Court for a lost child who will never return. These tales of things that go bump in the night not only reveal why Old Louisville is considered the "e;most haunted neighborhood in America,"e; but also help to preserve this historically and architecturally significant community.

Autor

lt;P>David Dominé is the author of numerous articles and books including Adventures in New Kentucky Cooking with the Bluegrass Peasant and Splash of Bourbon: Kentucky's Spirit: A Cookbook. He earned his MFA in Writing from Spalding University and teaches foreign languages and translation at Bellarmine University

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 11.8.2017
• Zusatzinfo: 30 b&w halftones, 1 map
• Verlagsort: Lexington
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Esoterik / Spiritualität
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Lebenshilfe / Lebensführung
• Schlagworte: Folklore • Ghost Stories • ghost tours • grave robbers • haunted houses • historic houses • kentucky history • late Victorian era homes • Legends • local legends • local lore • Louisville history • neighborhood history • neighborhood tours • Orbs • Paranormal • phantoms • Phenomena • Queen Anne houses • specters • spooky tales • stories about ghosts • stories about poltergeists • Storytelling
• ISBN-10: 0-8131-7454-6 / 0813174546
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8131-7454-9 / 9780813174549