Charles A. Stansfield
Auteur de Haunted Presidents: Ghosts in the Lives of the Chief Executives
A propos de l'auteur
Charles A. Stansfield Jr. taught geography at Rowan University for forty-one years and published fifteen geography textbooks. His research revealed that stories of strange phenomena reflect each region's history, culture, and even physical geography. He is the author of several other Haunted series afficher plus books and lives in Pitman, New Jersey. afficher moins
Œuvres de Charles A. Stansfield
Haunted Arizona: Ghosts and Strange Phenomena of the Grand Canyon State (Haunted Series) (2010) 19 exemplaires
Haunted Ohio: Ghosts and Strange Phenomena of the Buckeye State (Haunted Series) (2008) 15 exemplaires
Haunted Jersey Shore: Ghosts And Strange Phenomena of the Garden State Coast (Haunted) (2006) 14 exemplaires
Haunted Minnesota: Ghosts and Strange Phenomena of the North Star State (Haunted Series) (2012) 7 exemplaires
Haunted Northern California: Ghosts and Strange Phenomena of the Golden State (Haunted Series) (2009) 4 exemplaires
Vacationing On the Jersey Shore 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Autres noms
- Stansfield, Charles Arthur
Stansfield, Charles Arthur, Jr. - Date de naissance
- 1937-04-16
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Professions
- geographer
university professor - Organisations
- Rowan University
Membres
Critiques
Haunted Presidents: Ghosts in the Lives of the Chief… par Charles A. Stansfield Jr.
I had great hopes for this book but was very disappointed. I was thinking that I would read new stories that I hadn't heard of before. While that did happen the ones that were new to me weren't that good if having to do with a president at all. It had the usual that you would expect, Lincoln in the Queen's bedroom, Washington at Gettysburg. Ones I hadn't heard which were first ladies were such as Dolley Madison who shows up to keep workers from moving the Rose Garden, Mamie Eisenhower putting her knick knacks back in place after they were moved by a docent cleaning the curio cabinet. There were also tales of a Jefferson and one of his slaves seen relaxing on the porch of his country estate and another who's son is seen in tennis whites who passed in the white house after getting sepsis from a blister on one of his toes.… (plus d'informations)
Not a bad book but certainly not the best I have read on the subject. The writing itself isn't the problem. I feel that the author could have gone into more detail on many of the stories. I like my ghost stories to have some local history behind them and I feel the author could have written this book more from a historic standpoint
Don't let the cheesy cover scare you away. This little book of spirited folklore is one of the better volumes I've read in this genre. The accounts are short, but engagingly told with a good-sized helping of local history and a dash of humor -- and none of the editorial failings of many such books. It's not so much a spooky read as it is a sojourn through Coastal New Jersey history and its alleged paranormal remainders. I really enjoyed this one.
An interesting book about presidential ghostly appearances. It also contained some information about their First Ladies and administrations.
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 17
- Membres
- 172
- Popularité
- #124,308
- Évaluation
- 3.4
- Critiques
- 5
- ISBN
- 37