Sara Baartman and the Hottentot Venus : a ghost story and a biography / by Crais, Clifton C., Scully, Pamela

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When we were ghouls : a memoir of ghost stories / by Wallen, Amy

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Listening for a life : a dialogic ethnography of Bessie Eldreth through her songs and stories / by Sawin, Patricia

Table of Contents: “…"He never did say anything about my dreams that would worry me after that" : negotiating gender and power in ghost stories --…”
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Scratch : writers, money, and the art of making a living /

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Frenchtown chronicles of Prairie du Chien : history and folklore from Wisconsin's frontier /

Table of Contents: “…Supernatural stories -- Coryer's ghost stories and a conversation about faith cures -- Appendix.…”
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A curious peril : H.D.'s late modernist prose / by Vetter, Lara Elizabeth, 1968-

Table of Contents: “…s post-World War II writings: a chronology -- Introduction -- De-formations: trauma, genre, and the sword went out to sea -- Autobiography and ghost story -- Mysticism and time travel -- Märchen and historical fiction -- Critique: gendered narratives of nation and imperialism -- By Avon River, arranged marriage, and Shakespeare's empire -- Disappearing bodies in white rose and the red -- Interlude -- The mystery -- Re-formations: postwar ethics and identity -- Facing the past, becoming l'Autre -- The invisible other: the psychoanalyst as spy.…”
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Yuan Mei : eighteenth century Chinese poet / by Waley, Arthur

Table of Contents: “…Front Cover; Yuan Mei; Copyright Page; Preface; Contents; One: At Hangchow, 1716 to 1736; Two: At Peking, 1736 to 1743; Three: Prefect, 1743 to 1749; Four: At the Sui-yuan, and journey to the north-west,1749-1752; Five: The Sui-piand the Ghost Stories, 1752-1782; Six: Journeys,1782-1786; Seven: Poetry Talks and the Cookery Book,1787-1797; Appendices; I: Anson's dealings with the Chinese at Canton; II: After Yuan Mei's Death; III: The Macartney Mission and Yuan Mei's Works; IV: Rules Observed; Books; References; Index and Glossary.…”
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Every day a holiday : a storyteller's memoir / by Ellis, Elizabeth, 1943-

Table of Contents: “…Old Christmas: Thirteen Days of Christmas; Valentine's Day: Meddling At Wal-Mart; Easter: I Can See All of Me; Mother's Day: Mama Wasn't A Traveler; Memorial Day: Friendship Cemetery-Columbus, Mississippi; Father's Day: Three Things I Know About My Father; Labor Day: Grandmother's Church Window; Rosh Hashana: Just Tell It!; Halloween: Ghost Story Aftermath; Thanksgiving: And So Jack Goes To Seek His Fortune; Christmas: Christmas In the Clouds; Every Day a Holiday: Some Thoughts; Reading Group Extras.…”
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M.R. James : an informal portrait / by Cox, Michael, 1948-2009

Table of Contents: “…First beginning: 1862-1873 -- Temple Grove: 1873-1876 -- James, KS: Eton 1876-1877 -- The learned boy: Eton 1877-1880 -- Sixth form: Eton 1880-1882 -- Kingsman: King's College, Cambridge 1882-1883 -- A Don in the making: King's 1883-1887 -- Fellowship: King's 1887-1889 -- The dean: King's 1889-1892 -- Dr James: King's 1892-1900 -- Changes: King's 1900-1904 -- A peep into the pandemonium: the ghost stories -- The lodge: King's 1905 -- A provost's life: King's 1905-1914 -- Vale: King's 1914-1918 -- Old friends and young creatures: Eton 1918-1920 -- Undiscovered ends: Eton 1920-1936.…”

Kentucky lawyer / by Swinford, Mac

Table of Contents: “…-- Two of a kind -- A Kentucky ghost story -- Aftermath -- Lawyers as jurors -- Great teacher -- Giant and dwarf -- Naturalization hearings -- Whose America is this? …”
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Poor Polidori : a Critical Biography of the Author of The Vampyre / by D. L., Macdonald

Table of Contents: “…1816 -- 1 Beginnings -- 2 The University of Edinburgh -- 3 Ximenes: The Modern Abraham -- 4 Oneirodynia -- 5 'On the Punishment of Death' -- II: BYRON: 1816 -- 6 Negotiations -- 7 Travels with Byron -- 8 A Star in the Halo of the Moon -- 9 Ghost Stories -- 10 A Series of Slight Quarrels -- III: AFTER BYRON: 1816â€?…”
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Poor Polidori : a critical biography of the author of The vampire / by Macdonald, David Lorne, 1955-2010

Table of Contents: “…1816 -- 1 Beginnings -- 2 The University of Edinburgh -- 3 Ximenes: The Modern Abraham -- 4 Oneirodynia -- 5 'On the Punishment of Death' -- II: BYRON: 1816 -- 6 Negotiations -- 7 Travels with Byron -- 8 A Star in the Halo of the Moon -- 9 Ghost Stories -- 10 A Series of Slight Quarrels -- III: AFTER BYRON: 1816â€?…”
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All Is Leaf : Essays and Transformations. by Price, John T.

Table of Contents: “…My grant application letter (and introduction) : concerning this exceptional research project -- My childhood ghost story : the burnt plane -- My rock 'n' roll road song : confessions of a prairie lounge singer -- My wild animal attack story : peacock, beware! …”
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Bridges over the Brazos / by McConal, Jon, 1937-

Table of Contents: “…Foreword -- Preface -- Knox County Bridge -- Rhineland Bridge -- Baylor County Bridge -- Young County Bridge -- Newcastle Bridge -- More Young County bridges -- South Bend Bridge -- : Bunger Bridge -- Possum Kingdom Stone Arch Bridge -- Dark Valley Bridge -- Palo Pinto County Bridge -- Bridge near Mineral Wells -- Parker County Bridge -- Bridge at Dennis -- Shackelford County Bridge -- Tin Top Bridge -- Hood County bridges -- Breckenridge homemade bridge -- A Brazos River ford -- Somervell County Bridge -- Glen Rose Bridge -- Brazos Point Bridge -- Bosque County Bridge -- Ferries for the Brazos -- Smith Bend Bridge -- McClennan County Bridges -- Falls County bridges -- The Brazos River Falls at Marlin -- Marlin and the Highbank Bridge -- Robertson County Bridge -- Port Sullivan and Robertson County bridges -- Brazos County bridges -- Washington County Bridge -- Jerry's Quarters -- Washington County area bridges -- Bellville Bridge -- Bridge at San Felipe -- The Ermis Grocery and the Brookshire Bridge -- Fort Bend County bridges -- Fort Bend County justice -- Rosenberg-Richmond bridges -- Brazoria County bridges -- East Columbia bridges -- Bridge ghost stories -- Brazoria's bridge to nowhere -- Lake Jackson Bridge -- The Last Bridge -- Mouth of the Brazos -- List of Brazos bridges -- A word of thanks -- Interviews -- Works consulted.…”
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Makers of the telegraph : Samuel Morse, Ezra Cornell and Joseph Henry / by Lifshitz, Kenneth B., 1951-

Table of Contents: “…Romeyn Beck; 4; The Albany Academy; 5; The Big Ditch; 6; A Tale of Two Cities; 7; Portrait Painter; Morse in Albany; 8; The Man Who Sneezed So Singularly; Section II; Henry's Influence on Morse; 9; The New, Old School; 10; The Vision at Palmyra; 11; Ghost Story; 12; Wrap Artist; 13; The American Achievement; 14; Que Viva Mexico; 15; Endless Debate; 16; Quantity vs. …”
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Cowboys, cops, killers, and ghosts : legends and lore in Texas /

Table of Contents: “…/ Lucy Fischer-West -- Urban legends, ghost stories and towns, and searching for lost treasure. …”
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First timers and old timers : the Texas Folklore Society fire burns on /

Table of Contents: “…Medrano ; Sages, pundits, and spinners / James Ward Lee ; James and John: wild and crazy apostles of the TFS West / Jim Harris -- Everything but the kitchen sink : ghosts, legends, language, and other lore. Ghost stories and legends of Old San Patricio / J. Michael Sullivan ; The widow's revenge: the genesis and development of a tale in Bell County / Kenneth W. …”
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In the houses of their dead : the Lincolns, the Booths, and the spirits / by Alford, Terry

Suture : Trauma and Trans Becoming / by Cerankowski, KJ

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Fergus : a Scottish town by birthright / by Mestern, Pat Mattaini

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