Ghost Hunter's Guide to New Orleans - Softcover

Dwyer, Jeff

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1589804082 ISBN 13: 9781589804081

Publisher: Pelican Publishing, 2007

Synopsis

This guide is designed for locals, new residents, and travelers seeking the haunted history of the Crescent City and nearby locales. Detailed descriptions and historical background for more than 70 locations guide readers to sites of tragic events where they might encounter ghostly apparitions.

About this title

From the Publisher:

A ghostly guide to one of America's most haunted cities.

From the Back Cover:

The third installment in Jeff Dwyer's Ghost Hunter's Guide Series, this book is designed for locals, new residents, and travelers seeking the haunted history of the Crescent City and nearby locations. Detailed descriptions and historical background for more than two hundred locations guide readers to sites of tragic events where they might encounter ghostly apparitions.

Sites and spirits in the Garden District and French Quarter include the ghosts of voodoo priestesses, victims of the yellow-fever epidemics, several well-known French Quarter restaurants, and the famous Lalaurie Mansion, thought to be the most haunted house in New Orleans. A section on City Park, the Faubourg Marigny, and nearby Chalmette, the site of the Battle of New Orleans, is also provided. A chapter dedicated to day trips suggests the paranormal possibilities awaiting travelers destined for the famous River Road plantations and Baton Rouge.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pelican Publishing
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1589804082
• ISBN 13: 9781589804081
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240