Here we have a collection of unnerving tales of events that happened--and still do happen--in the collective back yard of Tennessee. Accompanied by evocative illustrations, these compelling popular folktales feature supernatural occurrences and ghosts of all sorts, from cattle rustlers to runaway trains.

Pull up a chair or gather round the campfire and get ready for creepy tails of ghostly hauntings, eerie happenings, and other strange occurrences in the Volunteer State. Set in historic towns and sparsely populated expanses, the stories in this entertaining and compelling collection will have you looking over your shoulder again and again.

Author S.E. Schlosser has been telling stories since she was a child when games of "let's pretend" quickly built themselves into full-length stories. A graduate of Houghton College, the Institute of Children's Literature, and Rutgers University, she also created and maintains AmericanFolklore.net, where she shares a wealth of stories from all 50 states, some dating back to the origins of America