Título: Thirteen Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey: Commemorative Edition
Autor: Kathryn Tucker Windham, Margaret Gillis Figh
Sinopse: One of the best-known and widely shared books about the South, Thirteen Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey has haunted the imaginations of generations of delighted young readers since it was first published in 1969. Written by nationally acclaimed folklorists Kathryn Tucker Windham and Margaret Gillis Figh, the book recounts Alabama’s thirteen most ghoulish and eerie ghost legends.
Curated with loving expertise, these thirteen tales showcase both Windham and Figh’s masterful selection of stories and their artful and suspenseful writing style. In crafting stories treasured by children and adults alike, the authors tell much more than ghost tales. Embedded in each is a wealth of fact and folklore about Alabama history and the old South. “I don’t care whether you believe in ghosts,” Windham was fond of saying. “The good ghost stories do not require that you believe in ghosts.”
Millions of readers cherish memories of being chilled as teachers and parents read them unforgettable stories like “The Unquiet Ghost at Gaineswood,” about the ghost of Evelyn Carter, who fills this Demopolis antebellum mansion with midnight musical lamentations because her body wasn’t returned to her native Virginia, and “The Phantom Steamboat of the Tombigbee,” about the wreck of the steamboat Eliza Battle, which caught fire on the way to Mobile and sank one February night in 1858. People who live along the river say the flaming steamboat wreck still rises on cold nights, its cotton cargo blazing across the waves while its terrified survivors cry for help from the icy water.
The title’s “Jeffrey” refers to a friendly ghost who resides in the Windham home and who served as Windham’s unofficial collaborator in this work and the subsequent books in this popular series, all of which are now available in high-quality reproductions of their spooky originals.
Contexto da obra
Como livro em inglês, esta obra costuma ganhar também uma camada própria de interesse editorial e linguístico. “Thirteen Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey: Commemorative Edition”, de Kathryn Tucker Windham, Margaret Gillis Figh, publicado pela editora University Alabama Press, em 2016 e com 128 páginas, integra a categoria Livros em Inglês. Por isso, o interesse da obra tende a se ampliar quando o leitor considera também a relação com a língua em que ela circula.
Editora: University Alabama Press
Páginas: 128
Ano: 2016-09-13
Edição: facsimile of the first edition with new material
Linguagem: en
ISBN: 081735882X
ISBN13: 9780817358822
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora University Alabama Press costumam oferecer uma experiência de leitura que combina rigor histórico com narrativas que exploram profundamente a cultura e a identidade regional do Alabama e do Sul dos Estados Unidos. O catálogo revela uma forte atenção a temas como história social, cultural e política, frequentemente abordados por meio de relatos detalhados, biografias e estudos de caso, que trazem à tona vozes diversas, desde comunidades indígenas até movimentos sociais e figuras militares. A linguagem tende a ser densa e informativa, com ritmo que varia entre o ensaístico e o narrativo, permitindo tanto análises acadêmicas quanto relatos mais acessíveis, como em histórias de vida e memórias locais. Além disso, há obras que dialogam com artes visuais, poesia e literatura, ampliando o escopo para além da história tradicional.
