The Thing at the Foot of the Bed and Other Scary Tales
The Thing at the Foot of the Bed and Other Scary Tales
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There's the one about the fellow who saw two eyes staring at him from the foot of the bed, and the one about the family that ran away from their malevolent household spirit only to find that it had come with them. The tale of the golden arm, a favorite of Mark Twain's, is a standard of campfire gatherings. Other chilling stories recount scenes from haunted houses, ghostly visitations, and midnight trips to the graveyard. An amusing selection of "Do's and Don't's About Ghosts" offers advice to those who go looking for scares as well as those who find them accidentally, and the stories' sources and backgrounds are explained in helpful notes and a bibliography. "An enjoyably creepy collection of tales." — Through Raspberry Colored Glasses.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dialects, folk speech, and slang were the particular interests of Maria Leach (1892–1977), a noted American scholar of folklore who wrote and edited books for adults as well as children. She spent a dozen years compling her distinguished two-volume study, the Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology, and Legend.
PRODUCT DETAILS
ISBN: 9780486807867
Publisher: Dover Publications
Format: Paperback / softback Trade paperback (US)
Pub Date: 20160518
Height: 8.5 inches
Width: 5.5 inches
No. of Pages: 128
Category: JUVENILE FICTION/Horror
Category: JUVENILE FICTION/Holidays & Celebrations/Halloween
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