The Ghosts of Virginia, Vol. 2

by L.B. Taylor Jr.

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Genres: Ghosts, Ghost Stories

386 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1996

About the author

Williamsburg resident L.B. Taylor, Jr., is credited with 50 non-fiction books, including 25 enormously popular collections of Virginia ghost stories.

He earned his journalism degree from Florida State University, served in the U.S. Army, and later covered spaceflight missions for NASA. As a freelance writer, he wrote more than 300 articles throughout his career and his retirement.

While his popular non-fiction books cover diverse subjects, from pirate treasure to electronic surveillance, his ghost story collections set him firmly in Virginia libraries, schools, and homes.

Reviews

[jv poore · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mr. Taylor makes me want to walk by all of the places he writes about. Just in case...

[Andy · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book wasn't as interesting as volume 1 I thought, here there's less focus on ghosts, too much focus on history that just doesn't always feel relevant to the story. Still, this is a good book on the subject of ghosts, folklore, etc.

I've bought all 13 volumes in the series, and plan to get to them all eventually. I really like the way Taylor writes, it's quite entertaining and light reading, but full of fascinating bits of history and folk belief.

[Jennifer · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good survey of paranormal activity in Virginia, and, to a lesser extent, West Virginia (at the time some of the noted occurrences happened, WVA had yet to secede from VA). Smaller, local books are also available. Could do with more pictures/photographs.