Contains thirty-five stories of ghosts, witches, and other unsettling occurrences said to have happened in the Uwharrie Mountains of North Carolina.

Best Ghost Tales of North Carolina offers twenty-five tales about strange happenings, creepy places, and engaging specters across the Old North State. Six are new for this edition. The ghosts of North Carolina's past linger among the living in this thrilling collection of ghost tales. Pink Lady at Grove Park Inn The legend starts in the 1920s when a pretty young girl in a pink ball gown plummeted to her death from Room 545. The Unknown Soldier and the Confederate Spy On certain nights when the fog rolls in and the moonlight is faint, two spirits have been seen walking down by the river. Ghost Ship of Diamond Shoals What happened to the Carroll A. Deering is considered by many to be the greatest mystery of the seas during the first half of the 20th century.

A witch's curse follows a man beyond the grave. A ghost appears only at the scene of violent deaths. A severed hand searches for its lost body. A ghostly white deer stalks hunters and a spirit encourages people to kill themselves. These new tales by Fred T. Morgan, master of Uwharrie folklore, will convince you there's more in these mountains than just peaceful wilderness. Book jacket.

Rich in Native American, Colonial, and Civil War history, North Carolina harbors ghosts from tidewater to mountains.

Industrial advancement has not changed the basic fragility of human life, and the commercialization and consumer orientation of the mass media has actually helped legends travel faster and farther. Legends are communicated not only orally, face to face, but also in the press, on radio and television, on countless Web sites, and by e-mail, perpetuating new waves of the "culture of fear.""--BOOK JACKET.

Read your way across North Carolina's Piedmont in the second of a series of regional guides that bring the state's rich literary history to life for travelers and residents. Eighteen tours direct readers to sites that more than two hundred Tar Heel authors have explored in their fiction, poetry, plays, and creative nonfiction. Along the way, excerpts chosen by author Georgann Eubanks illustrate a writer's connection to a specific place or reveal intriguing local culture--insights rarely found in travel guidebooks. Featured authors include O. Henry, Doris Betts, Alex Haley, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, John Hart, Betty Smith, Edward R. Murrow, Patricia Cornwell, Carson McCullers, Maya Angelou, Lee Smith, Reynolds Price, and David Sedaris. Literary Trails is an exciting way to see anew the places that you already love and to discover new people and places you hadn't known about. The region's rich literary heritage will surprise and delight all readers.

Albemarle is the county seat of Stanly County, located amidst the rolling hills of the North Carolina piedmont. The influential Hearne family donated 51 acres to the first Commissioners of Stanly County and Albemarle was incorporated in 1857. With the onslaught of the Civil War, approximately 500 local men left to fight for the Confederate cause. After the austere post-war years, the economy grew with the coming of the railroad to Albemarle in the 1890s. This influx of industry fostered many socially prominent families who had house parties, social clubs, and philanthropic organizations. There is a wealth of local history to explore in Albemarle.