The Gold Seekers: Gold, Ghosts and Legends from Carolina to California
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Ms. Roberts recreates with gusto and suspense the experiences of real people—the adventurers and entrepreneurs, family men and rascals, immigrants and bandits, entertainers and miners—and also includes several tales of the supernatural from that period.
Nancy Roberts
Nancy Roberts is a multi-award-winning freelance Arabic-to-English translator and editor. In addition to novels, she enjoys translating materials on political, economic and environmental issues, human rights, international development, Islamic thought and movements, and interreligious dialogue. Nancy lived across the Middle East for twenty-five years in Lebanon, Kuwait and Jordan, and is now based in the Chicago suburbs.
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Reviews for The Gold Seekers
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I enjoyed this book. Each chapter is just a few pages, perfect for dipping in for a moment or so. Some tales I had heard, but others were totally new to me. Contents:The Ghost Comes for Blackbeard, OcracokeThe General's Ghost, For FisherThe Whaler's Return, Shackleford BanksThe Unearthly Music of Roan MountainLifesaver of the Outer BanksThe Lovely Apparition, near High PointRun of the Ghost Train, WarsawThe Mysterious Hoofprints at BathThe Fairy Cross, western North Carolina mountainsMusic by the Ghost Organ, KadeshBummer's End, SmithfieldThe Little Red Man, Old SalemThe Thing at the Bridge, SmithfieldDevil's Tramping Ground, Siler CityThe Light at Maco Station, WilmingtonDromgoole, Chapel HillGhost of the Old Mine, Gold HillThe Battle of the Dead, BentonvilleThe Ghost on the Stairs, FayettevilleThis book is well worth reading if you like gentle horror or ghost stories. Nothing is too scary and all are well told. If you enjoy paranormal stories or North Carolina legends and history, then I think you would enjoy this book.