Karen Stollznow

Haunting America

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Ghosts, legends, and the lure of the unknown-Haunting America ventures deep into the stories that haunt the nation's history. Karen Stollznow traces the myths surrounding Alcatraz, the Myrtles Plantation, the Lemp Mansion, Waverly Hills Sanatorium, the Winchester Mystery House, and more, revealing the extraordinary truths hidden within their haunted reputations.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Karen Stollznow
• Seitenzahl: 158
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Oktober 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 240g
• ISBN-13: 9798232199234
• Artikelnr.: 75730640

Autorenporträt

Bestselling author Karen Stollznow's non-fiction works include Missed Conceptions: How We Make Sense of Infertility; On the Offensive: Prejudice in Language Past and Present; Language Myths, Mysteries and Magic; God Bless America; Haunting America, and Would You Believe It? Her fiction includes the anthology Fisher's Ghost and Other Stories; the novel Hits & Mrs.; and the short stories Unforeseen Circumstances; Don't Leave Me; Welcome Home; The Dark Road; I Am Me; Room for One More: Lord Dufferin's Tale; The Screaming Skull; The Way We Weren't; Leap of Faith (The Guardian Angel); and Oliver & Olivia. A host of the popular science podcast Monster Talk, she has spent many years investigating urban legends and folklore. A Doctor of Linguistics, she has taught at several universities in the United States and Australia. She was formerly a researcher at the University of California, Berkeley, and is currently a researcher at Griffith University. Karen was born in Sydney, Australia, and she currently lives in Denver, Colorado.