Ghosts of the Deep - Hardcover

Cohen, Daniel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0399224351 ISBN 13: 9780399224355

Publisher: Putnam Juvenile, 1993

Synopsis

Spooky true-life accounts of nautical ghosts range from the days of sailing ships to the twentieth century, with tales including that about an admiral who greeted guests in his London home after his death in the Mediterranean.

About this title

About the Author:

Daniel Cohen is the author of numerous nonfiction books on ghosts and other paranormal phenomena. He lives in Mt. Kisco, New York.

From Kirkus Reviews:

Cohen adds to his corpus of corpses (Ghostly Tales of Love and Revenge, 1992, etc.) with an assortment of European and American nautical apparitions--some widely known (the Flying Dutchman; hammering aboard the Great Eastern, frequently presaging misfortune), others of local interest, including several tales of Cornish ghosts from 19th-century collector William Bottrell. Most of the incidents follow typical patterns: an admiral who goes down with his ship in the Mediterranean appears that evening at a London reception; a drowned woman haunts a Bahamian beach calling for her child; the faces of two sailors buried at sea ``follow'' their ship. The ghosts are mostly friendly or passive, but readers will still find cause for an occasional shudder (in one tale, a hotel guest wakes to find himself sharing a bed with a dead sailor), while Cohen's unsensational reportage adds, as usual, an air of credibility. The author closes with a chapter on the Constellation and the Queen Mary, both haunted ships that can be visited. No source notes. (Nonfiction. 11-13) -- Copyright ©1993, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

About this edition

• Publisher: Putnam Juvenile
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0399224351
• ISBN 13: 9780399224355
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 103