Thursday, October 12, 2006
Readers seeking some haunting experiences for Halloween can crack open several new books filled with eerie tales about strange happenings in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. Daring readers can meet the authors at area book-signing programs. BOOK: "Haunted Pennsylvania: Ghosts and Strange Phenomena of the Keystone State" (Stackpole Books; $9.95; 135 pages) AUTHORS: Mark Nesbitt, author of the Ghosts of Gettysburg book series, and Patty A. Wilson, author of several books, including "The Pennsylvania Ghost Guide." SIGNINGS: 1 p.m. Saturday, Barnes & Noble, 1700 Fruitville Pike, Lancaster; 1-4 p.m. Oct. 22, Civil War and More, 10 S. Market St., Mechanicsburg; 7-10 p.m. Oct. 28, The Ghosts of Gettysburg, 271 Baltimore St., Gettysburg OF NOTE: From ghosts at Penn State University's Schwab Auditorium to a broken-hearted spinster haunting her Altoona mansion, Nesbitt and Wilson present tales from throughout the Keystone State. BOOK: "Spooky Pennsylvania: Tales of Hauntings, Strange Happenings and Other Local Lore" (Globe Pequot Press; $12.95; 201 pages) AUTHOR: S.E. Schlosser, writer and Web master for www.americanfolklore.net, a site that features a retelling of folk tales from all 50 states. Artist Paul G. Hoffman did the illustrations. SIGNING: 1 p.m. Saturday, Barnes & Noble, 1700 Fruitville Pike, Lancaster OF NOTE: The spirit of Edgar Allan Poe in Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, a phantom stagecoach in Strasburg and a statue of a young bride-to-be that strolls through a Lancaster graveyard are among the 30 folk tales retold by Schlosser. BOOK: "Magic Study" (Luna Books; $21.95; 384 pages) AUTHOR: Maria V. Snyder of Elizabethtown SIGNING: noon-2 p.m. Saturday VENUE: Readings and Greetings, Summerdale Plaza, Routes 11/15, Enola. OF NOTE: "Magic Study" is a sequel to Snyder's romantic fantasy novel "Poison Study." In "Magic Study," the heroine, Yelena, has survived her year as poison taster for the commander of Ixia and returns to her birth land where new dangers await her. BOOK: "Catch the Spirits" (Americana Souvenirs and Gifts; $5.95; 51 pages) AUTHOR: Joe Svehla, manager of Ghostly Images of Gettysburg since 2003 INFO: 334-6296, www.get tysburgbattlefieldtours.com or e-mail OF NOTE: Svehla's book presents 24 Adams County ghost stories. His business takes visitors on tours of haunted sites. BOOK: "Haunted Jersey Shore: Ghosts and Strange Phenomena of the Garden State Coast" (Stackpole Books; $9.95; 128 pages) AUTHOR: Charles A. Stansfield Jr., a professor at Rowan University in Glassboro, N.J. INFO: 800-732-3669 or www.stackpolebooks.com OF NOTE: An entertaining compilation of some of the state's legends about pirates, lost treasure and ghostly apparitions, including the unexplained cheers from a section of Giants Stadium at the Meadowlands where the body of International Brotherhood of Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa supposedly was buried in 1975. BOOK: "Haunted Delaware" (Stackpole Books; $9.95; 128 pages) AUTHOR: Patricia A. Martinelli of Vineland, N.J. INFO: 800-732-3669 or www.stackpolebooks.com OF NOTE: 100 tales of ghosts, goblins, seaside spirits, paranormal experiences, haunted woods, derelict mills and abandoned cemeteries in the First State. BOOKS: Several about Mennonite history AUTHOR: Piet Visser of the Netherlands EVENT: Illustrated lecture titled "Amsterdam Mennonites in the Light and Shadow of Rembrandt: New Findings on Their Mutual Relations"; 6 p.m. Oct. 24 VENUE: Weaver Markets Banquet Facility, Routes 897 and 272 in Adamstown, Lancaster County INFO: Ticket $15. Deadline for reservations is Tuesday. Call Lola M. Lehman at 393-9745. OF NOTE: The event is sponsored by the Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society and the Inter-Mennonite Amsterdam Archives Committee. BOOK: "A Blessing, Caring & Sharing" (Xlibris; $10; 59 pages) AUTHOR: Doris Washington of Harrisburg SIGNING: 1-4 p.m. Saturday VENUE: Waldenbooks, West Manchester Mall, York OF NOTE: Washington wrote a collection of spiritual and inspirational poems.
Information for Bookings may be sent in writing to Mary O. Bradley, The Patriot-News, Features Department, P.O. Box 2265, Harrisburg, PA 17105; or by e-mail to mbradley@patriot-news.com; or by fax to 255-8456. Deadline for submission of information is three weeks prior to the event. Information will not be taken over the telephone. Price of books may vary depending on point of sale.
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