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(More customer reviews)Of all the books in the `Scary Places' series that I've read so far, "Haunted Hotels" seems the least gruesome, and the most age-appropriate: a 9 - 12 year-old audience is suggested for this book. The scariest photograph might be the one of silent movie cowboy star, William S. Hart in full make-up, scowling and gettin' the drop on a bad guy. Photographs of the haunted hotels abound. Troy Taylor, President of the American Ghost Society is listed as the consultant for these eleven stories of ghostly gamblers and burning brides.
The book's language is simple and dramatic, and some of the more difficult words such as `bellhop,' `speakeasy,' and `phantom' are defined in a glossary. An adult could probably read through "Haunted Hotels" in less than half-an-hour. The stories within are: "A Gambler with a Grudge" (St. James Hotel, Cimarron, New Mexico); "Who was Kate Morgan?" (Hotel Del Coronado, Coronado, California); "The Gray Ghost" (Queen Mary Floating Hotel, Port of Long Beach, California); "Party on the 13th Floor" (Biltmore Hotel, Coral Gables, Florida); "A Hotel or a Hospital?" (Hotel Provincial, New Orleans, Louisiana); "A Fiery Spirit" (Old Bermuda Inn, Staten Island, New York); "A Stranger at the Inn" (Jamaica Inn, Cornwall, England); "The Worst Wedding Day" (The Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, Alberta, Canada); "The Captain Says Hello" (The Olde Angel Inn, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada); "A Jealous Spirit" (The Feathers Hotel, Ludlow, Shropshire, England); "The Ghost of Room 218" (The Crescent Hotel, Eureka Springs, Arkansas).
A map, bibliography, glossary, index, and an internet site where a reader can learn more about ghostly hotels are provided at the back of this 32-page book.
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