Classic Campfire Stories: Forty Spooky Tales

by William W. Forgey M.D.

Overview

Need a good scary story to tell to youngsters—or to anyone, young or old, who wants a little fright before going off to sleep in the great outdoors? Nothing goes better with gooey s’mores and a glowing campfire than a good ghost story, and this collection of Doc Forgey’s best scary classics and frightening folktales will send shivers up anyone’s spine.
Classic Campfire Stories includes forty classic stories of adventures and ghosts, all fun and easy to remember and retell.
Read about:
The Valley of the Blue Mist
The Human Hand
La Cucaracha Mine
The Partner
The Mackenzie River Ghost
The Death of the Old Lion
The Ice Walker only in 1985 version
The Message
The Haunting of the House on the Ridge

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493029105
Publisher:	Falcon Guides
Publication date:	08/01/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	392
File size:	29 MB
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About the Author

William Forgey, MD, is the author of fourteen wilderness medicine and camping books, including Basic Essentials Wilderness First Aid (FalconGuides). A full-time family medicine practitioner, he is also a fellow of the Explorers Club, a university lecturer on medical care in high-risk recreation, a leader of expeditions into northern Canada, and a former Boy Scout scoutmaster and Medical Explorer Post and High Adventure Post advisor.

Paul Hoffman’s work graces books of many genres—children’s titles, textbooks, short story collections, natural history volumes, and numerous cookbooks. His fabulous illustrations can also be found in Globe Pequot Press’s Spooky series.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments x

1 How to Tell a Ghost Story Mark Twain 1

2 The Valley of the Blue Mist Doc Forgey 4

3 The Human Hand Doc Forgey 18

4 La Cucaracha Mine Doc Forgey 24

5 The Ice Walker Grey Owl 31

6 The Message Doc Forgey 45

7 The Curse of the Australian Gold Doc Forgey 51

8 The Lost Hunter Doc Forgey 64

9 The Bog Doc Forgey 71

10 The Walking Stick Doc Forgey 90

11 Dave's Paugan Scott E. Power 97

12 The Lost Piece at Bad Cache Rapids David R. Scott 104

13 The Nightmare Trail Scott E. Power 113

14 A Trapper's Greed Scott E. Power 122

15 A Knock at the Door David R. Scott 128

16 Scared to Death Scott E. Power 140

17 Tatanka Sapa and His Medicine Bow David R. Scott 144

18 Piqua Scott E. Power 149

19 The Legend of Stiffy Green Rev. Mark M. Wilkins 153

20 One Cruel Joke Scott E. Power 159

21 Beneath the Lone Post David R. Scott 165

22 The Night Visitor at Lockwood Inn David R. Scott 169

23 The Tell-Tale Heart Edgar Allan Poe 178

24 The Curse of the Silver Seal David R. Scott 187

25 The Monkey's Paw W. W. Jacobs 196

26 The Vampire of Croglin Grange Augustus Hare 212

27 A Musical Enigma Rev. C. P. Cranch 220

28 The Haunting at Vine Street Ambrose Bierce 236

29 Deluse's Golden Curse Ambrose Bierce 242

30 Gold Tooth Scott E. Power/Doc Forgey 250

31 Willie Brown and the Graveyard Corpse Doc Forgey 259

32 Lost Face Jack London 269

33 The Bloody Hand Doc Forgey 289

34 One Summer Night Ambrose Bierce 295

35 The Stranger Ambrose Bierce 300

36 The Manor Sir Walter Scott 310

37 The Minnesota Maggot of Death Doc Forgey 324

38 Running Wolf Algernon Blackwood 330

39 The Predator of Souls Scoff E. Power/Doc Forgey 356

40 The Windigo and the Fork Doc Forgey 362

Epilogue - And What Is Death? Eii Shepard 375

About the Author 376

About the Illustrator 377

About the Contributors 378