Haunted Hotels: A Guide to American and Canadian Inns and Their Ghosts - Softcover

Mead, Robin

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9781558539075: Haunted Hotels: A Guide to American and Canadian Inns and Their Ghosts

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1558539077 ISBN 13: 9781558539075

Publisher: Rutledge Hill Pr, 2001

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The more than one hundred inns listed here have that little something extra:a ghost! The listings include contact information about the hotels, as well asdescriptions of their resident ghosts. Illustrated.

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For the jaded traveler who wants a room with atmosphere, for whom vibrant sunsets are old hat, for whom the sound of the surf is pass�, Robin Mead has a splendid idea: spend the night with a ghost. His guide to haunted hotels in Canada and the U.S. covers 27 states, 3 territories, and 83 possessed lodgings. Mead presents the usual hotel descriptions in a more entertaining than usual style, complete with address, contact numbers, and hotel facilities. But Mead also launches into a history of each hotel and a profile of its supernatural guest(s). From Old Seth Bullock in South Dakota's Bullock Hotel to the Radisson Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, whose specter is none other than Marilyn Monroe, Mead's ghosts add a certain something not found in most hotel brochures. No real horror stories, however, are involved. The worst accusation comes from Maine's Kennebunk Inn where some honeymooners claimed the ghost of Silas Perkins made their bed collapse. Were it not for Kennebunk's numerous other sightings, it would have been written off as just a likely story. --Stephanie Gold

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The best hotels and inns in the U. S. and Canada which hosts a resident ghost besides good value is covered in an intriguing guide which opens the world of poltergeist investigations to the ordinary touring individual. These hotels are fun places to stay and "never scary" according to the author - which may disappoint those seeking shivery thrills. Stories of each ghost's past and appearance accompany hotel descriptions. -- Midwest Book Review

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