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FloydPinkerton
Since: Nov, 2010
FloydPinkerton
Since: Nov, 2010
Madrugada
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Since: Jan, 2001
2011-11-25 07:19:34
Floyd, for books that you're looking for, but no one seems to know anything about it, I'd suggest "Stump The Bookseller
", a service provided by an independent used bookstore called "Loganberry books". There's a nominal fee to list your question, but the found results are sometimes nothing short of amazing.
FloydPinkerton
Since: Nov, 2010
FloydPinkerton
Since: Nov, 2010
WittyBubble
Since: Oct, 2010
FloydPinkerton
Since: Nov, 2010
FuzzyBoots
Since: Jan, 2001

I'm looking for a nonfiction book about ghosts that I read during the late '90s. Unfortunately I don't remember much about it, except that it was very well-written. In addition to allegedly true phenomena, it discusses ghosts' role in fiction.
It had one striking picture of a buck-toothed ghost standing on its hands. It was an illustration from an old story or novel about a ghost who seemed more frightening than he really was, because the witness' imagination filled in the details.
Here are some other things I remember from (probably) the same book. It discussed the question of why ghosts are usually clothed (complete with a whimsical illustration of ghost clothing hanging on a line). It had a photo of a levitating brick. It covered the Drummer of Tedworth (but that doesn't really narrow it down).
Edited by FloydPinkerton