Not particularly well written but feels homey. Its like someone wrote down the stories as a good storyteller was spinning his yarns. However, the really nice thing about this book is that it gives the history of the places that are supposedly haunted. That always seems smart to me. The history often leads to the possibility of why a place is haunted.

Plus I love Savannah. So it's a lot of fun reading about my favorite city and all its haunts. ( )

I travel often, and one of the best ways I've found to get a quick survey of a city new to me is to read up on its local ghost stories. It doesn't matter whether you're a "believer" or not in ghostly things -- a town's popular ghost stories reveal much about the place and its people, and how they came to be the way they are when you finally get to meet them. In "Haunted Savannah," author (and Savannah tour guide) John Caskey has assembled an enlightening and very entertaining collection of Savannah lore. The dozens of stories in this book provide a brief but fascinating overview of Savannah's nearly 300 years of singular history. In keeping with its title, the vast majority of the stories are of the ghost variety, but the book also features several tales of local strangeness arising from plain eccentric behavior rather than other-worldliness. The book's final few pages give thumbnail descriptions of each of Savannah's famous 24 city Squares. The book would benefit greatly from some copyediting, but it serves well as a useful and fun introduction to a captivating American city.

(Note: the book reviewed above is the 2012 edition.) ( )

I picked this up at a shop on River Street and love all the stories and content within. The writing is a bit stilted and, at times, awkward but overall, it was a great read. It puts a different perspective on one of my favorite cities and I can't wait to revisit and look at the various locations mentioned in the book. All in all, a pretty decent read! ( )