Battlefield Ghosts

by B. Keith Toney

Each story in this collection of tales from blood-soaked battlegrounds offers a compact history of an important American battle-and the cries of the spirits that echo over the fields.

Genres: Paranormal

124 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

Reviews

[DeAnne · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love books that center around ghost stories in different regions, but this one unfortunately wasn't one of my favorites. It was more of a historical book than a ghost story book, which is fine if that's what you're looking for. With each story I do recognize that you have to set up the story, but most of them only had a couple paragraphs at most about the ghost stories while the rest told the tale of the battles and people that fought in them.

Another thing that kind of affected my reading experience was that there were stories from both the Revolutionary War and Civil War, which isn't a problem, but I had wished that they were in chronological order or separated into two sections. I was constantly having to double check which war things were happening in as some of them occurred in similar locations.

I am always down for a book of ghost stories and this one definitely had a number of very interesting experiences, it just wasn't quite what I was expecting. If you're looking for something much more historical detail heavy with a little bit of ghostly experiences, then you'd probably love this one as it does have a lot of great detail and is well written.

[Cheri Schaefer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Extremely educational and informative!

I love the mix of history and the ghostly! Now that I've been reading ghost stories of the Civil War the history part has made me want to delve deeper into all the battles and goings on connected to this war. I'm also going to read some more ghost stories. This book was fantastic and I totally enjoyed it!

[Dennis Phillips · Rating 5 out of 5]

Still by far the best book about Civil War ghosts that I have come across!

[Joanna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well written, but the numerous typos made me feel for the author.

[Matthew Perry · Rating 3 out of 5]

Numerous typos but interesting yarns

[Cathy Houston · Rating 4 out of 5]

interesting combination of history and story telling