Jerusha's Ghost

by Madye Lee Chastain

Long Island in the 1850s was for Jerusha a place of sudden storms, of queer old houses, and lurking ghosts. Her fear of her surroundings is emphasized by her ship captain father's extended departures and by the talk of spirits with which her Great Uncle's Haitian servants constantly confront her. When Jerusha sees a ghostly form hovering over the moon, she is thrilled with fear and it takes an adventurous summer, a storm, a trip in a balloon, and a warm friendship with three girls her age, to clear the air of ghosts and start Jerusha in the direction of a secure maturity.

188 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1958

About the author

Madye Lee Chastain was a children's book author and illustrator who wrote 17 children's books from 1945-1964, most of them for Harcourt, and she illustrated children's books written by other authors as well as her own. She studied at Oglethorpe University, but dropped out of the University to attend the Art School of High Museum in Atlanta. She later studied at Grand Central Art School in New York, and at Columbia University. She died in December 1989, in Boulder, Colorado.

Reviews

[CLM · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very elusive title by the author of my beloved Emmy Keeps a Promise.