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Bezig met laden... Haunted Presidents: Ghosts in the Lives of the Chief Executives (2010)door Charles A. Stansfield Jr.
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. 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. ( ) So in between Halloween and the 2012 Presidential Election, I was lucky enough to get this book for my Kindle while it was free. I have to say it was far and away one of the better free books I have had the pleasure to read. I hadn't heard hardly any of these stories before and while the author never goes into great detail I did enjoy the president by president history of their ghostly encounters while alive and also the rumors of some of them as spirits themselves. I couldn't believe that legions of soldiers all claimed to have seen President Washington during the battle of Gettysburg! Also I found the story of Teddy Roosevelt positively fascinating. I had never heard that he had been a firm believer that he and his sons had to be 'manly' men. This encouraged his son Quinton to become quite reckless and it led to a horrifying accident that Teddy never could escape from. If anything, this book made me want to know more than it provided me with. I have been researching the stories in this book to a greater degree online. The information is quite fascinating and I am very glad to have stumbled upon it. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Have the men who held the high-pressure job of running the nation become restless spirits, reluctant or unable to leave the world of the living? This book follows the nation's presidents chronologically, from George Washington to Ronald Reagan, with stories about their ghostly manifestations, their experiences with unexplained phenomena, and odd encounters involving members of their families. Readers will learn about Washington's phantom appearance at the Battle of Gettysburg, Dolley Madison's spirit in the White House rose garden, Andrew Jackson's encounter with the Bell Witch, Abraham Lincoln's prophetic dreams, the mischievous ghost of Franklin D. Roosevelt's dog Fala, Richard Nixon's spiritual conferences with dead presidents, and the odd demon cat that materializes prior to national disasters. AUTHOR: Charles A. Stansfield Jr. lives in Pitman, New Jersey, and taught geography at Rowan University for forty-one years. He is the author of eight books on the paranomal, including the bestsellers Haunted New Jersey (9780-811731560) and Haunted Jersey Shore (9780811732763). Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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