Author: John Robert Colombo. Published by 1) Doubleday, Toronto, ON. 1989, 1st Edition, 436 pages. 2) Dundurn, Toronto, ON. 2009, 1st Edition, 526 pages. Printed in Canada. Very Good Condition SOFTCOVER Books, with a wonderful spooky age-yellowed overall appearance, and minor cover wear.
THIS IS A WONDERFUL TWO-PACK SPECIAL OF THE FAMOUS CANADIAN WRITER JOHN ROBERT COLOMBO'S BIG BOOKS OF GHOST STORIES, AND IT'S ALMOST 1000 PAGES OF PERFECTLY GOOD NAIL-BITING FEAR AND ANXIETY WAITING FOR YOU, GIDDY UP!
1) THE BIG BOOK OF CANADIAN HAUNTINGS, offers readers true, first-person accounts of the appearances (and the disappearances!) of ghosts and spirits as well as considerations and discussions of their effects on observers. Some told-as-true tales are reprinted from newspapers and periodicals of the past, but the majority of the stories, which come from every region in Canada, are based on eyewitness reports of the present that are appearing here for the first time and are based on the compiler’s ongoing research. ISBN: 9781554884490
2) MYSTERIOUS CANADA, Strange Sights, Extraordinary Events, and Peculiar Places, offers the reader a panoramic view of the paranormal across the country. There are over 500 mysteries associated with 365 cities, towns, villages, settlements, forts and dwellings. You can read about the most famous mystery ship of all time, the Mary Celested, abandoned on the open sea; about Albert Ostman's abduction by Sasquatches; about the Curse of the Devel's Hole' about the fabled Valley of Mystery in the far north, and many many more. His work is fully indexed, and illustrated with more than 100 photographs and illustrations, and this book collection of mysteries provide the reader with not only a unique travel book, but also a highly usable reference book. ISBN: 9780385252799
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: John Robert Colombo has collected the many mysteries of Canada, and assembled them from a wide range of printed sources, oral traditions and private archives. He is the author of the best-selling Colombo's Canadian Quotations and Fascinating Canada, has written, translated, or edited over two hundred books. He is the recipient of the Harbourfront Literary Prize and the Order of Canada, and is a Fellow of the Frye Centre.
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