Classic American Ghost Stories: 200 Years of Ghost Lore from the Great Plains, New England, the South and the Pacific Northwest

Rating:
Summary: Wonderfully comprehensive book
Review: Generally this book was a good read. It had stories (as the title shows) from around the country. My only gripe with this book is that it tends to ramble quite a bit and you lose the sense of the "true" story. They even included some of the old favorites that you told around the campfire when you were young!

Rating:
Summary: OK, but not great
Review: This book is interesting, but not engrossing. The idea of using contemporary news stories as the way of telling about the various hauntings would be better if the stories were better written. Also, many of the stories describe an apparition, but make no attempt to tell who it is or why it is there. Ghost stories without background all sound the same, and are very dull.