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Nantucket Ghosts

44 True Hauntings

Nantucket Ghosts( )
Author: Balliett, Blue
Photographer: Bixby, Lucy
ISBN:978-0-89272-717-9
Publication Date:Jan 2006
Publisher:Down East Books
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $16.95
Book Description:

Nantucket Island has just more than 10,000 year-round residents -- and a sizeable population of very real ghosts. The 44 tales in this book were collected as oral history. Some of these spirits are benign, even protective; others terrorize the humans who encounter them. All are memorable.

Book Details
Pages:232
Detailed Subjects: History / United States / State & Local / New England (Ct, Ma, Me, Nh, Ri, Vt)
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.09 x 8.16 x 0.56 Inches
Book Weight:0.76 Pounds
Author Biography
Balliett, Blue (Author)
Blue Balliett was born in New York City in 1955. She received a degree in art history from Brown University. After graduating, she moved to Nantucket Island, Massachusetts and wrote two books of ghost stories. She eventually moved to Chicago and taught third grade at the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools. Her first children's book, Chasing Vermeer, won the 2005 Edgar Award in the Best Juvenile category. Her other works include The Wright 3 (2006), The Calder Game (2008), and The Danger Box (2010).

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