|
Gift
|
Purchase; 2009.
|
|
Holdings
|
All items
|
|
Copies
|
Special Collections - BF1472.U6 W557 2009
|
|
Author
|
 Winfield, Mason.
|
|
Title
|
Ghosts of 1812 : folklore, history and supernatural tradition from the Niagara war / by Mason Winfield with contributions from John Koerner and Rob Lockhart.
|
|
Imprint
|
[Buffalo, N.Y. : Western New York Wares, c2009].
|
|
Descr.
|
186 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
|
|
|
|
|
Library Info
|
Special Collections BF1472.U6 W557 2009 Lib Use Only
|
|
|
|
|
Variant title
|
Ghosts of 1812, history, folklore, tradition and the Niagara war
|
|
Gen. note
|
Includes index.
|
|
Contents
|
The Silliest Damn War... -- The Niagara Frontier in 1812 -- Warfare in 1812 -- The Longhouse Folk -- The African-Americans -- Battlefield Ghosts -- The Niagara Top Ten -- A Costly Farce -- Coffee for Two & Pistols for Four -- Push on, Brave York Volunteers! -- Disembark, and Dine! -- Go Tell the Spartans -- We Shall at Least Die with Some Grace -- He is Lost! He is Killed! -- Bloody Boys and Green Tigers -- Fort George Forays -- Willcocks’ Folly -- Bayonets are Trump! -- Kill ’em Quick -- Why, We Are All Alone! -- The Empire Strikes Back -- City Spooks -- A Terrible Beauty -- One Nasty Customer -- Regulars, by God! -- A Desperation that Bordered on Madness -- Black Rock, Round 3 -- Give the Damn Yankees No Quarter! -- Sortie in September -- Headless Soldiers & Snake Hill Spooks -- Some X-Sites -- Aftermath -- Quem Das Finem...
|
|
Abstract
|
Presents a light history of the War of 1812 on the Niagara Frontier, as it relates to psychic events, hauntings, etc. in various local areas.
|
|
Gift
|
Purchase; 2009.
|
|
|
|
|
Subject
|
Haunted places -- New York (State), Western.
|
|
|
Haunted places -- Niagara Peninsula (Ont.)
|
|
|
Ghosts -- New York (State), Western.
|
|
|
Ghosts -- Niagara Peninsula (Ont.)
|
|
|
Folklore -- New York (State).
|
|
|
Folklore -- Niagara Peninsula (Ont.)
|
|
|
New York (State) -- History -- War of 1812.
|
|
|
Ontario -- History -- War of 1812.
|
|
Copies
|
Special Collections - BF1472.U6 W557 2009
|
|
Sys. no.
|
000585432
|
|
|
|
|
Holdings
|
All items
|
