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An old man's winter night : ghostly tales

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    Publisher:
    Running the Goat, 2019
  • Publisher:
    Running the Goat, 2020
    Note: This book was purchased with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.
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    Running Time: 01:31 hrs
    Narrator: Veselina Tomova
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    BC Libraries Cooperative, 2024
    Note: This book was produced with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.

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  • Author: Dawe, Tom
    Contributor: Tomova, Veselina
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    2019
    Summary:

    An Old Man's Winter Night: Ghostly Tales is the newest collection of ghost stories by Tom Dawe, one of Newfoundland and Labrador's most distinguished writers. The stories, all based on ones Dawe himself has collected across the province over the years, include tales of visitations both malevolent and benign. There are stories of ghostly galleons, of unsettling graves, of strange omens and fetches; an eerie tale of a notoriously haunted house haunted, or built on a fairy path; and another of a ghostly sled dog that returns to save its master lost in a blizzard. Targeted to middle readers, the book includes original, deeply atmospheric illustrations by acclaimed artist Veselina Tomova. The images, as powerful as the stories themselves, fuse word and image, hauntingly. These are chilling tales perfect for reading or telling by the fireside on a cold winter's night.

    Contents:
    • Landwash spirits
    • Annie
    • The fetch of Sarah Pynn
    • The woman in the white dress
    • Sheba
    • The cellar
    • The house in the drook
    • The midwife's tale
    • An old man's winter night.
    Original Publisher: Tors Cove, N.L., Running the Goat
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 1927917239, 9781927917237