Pirate Ghosts of the American Coast: Stories of Hauntings at S...

A lawyer who puts on an odd pair of blue spectacles finds himself transported back to a New Orleans of another age -- the age of Jean Lafitte... An arrogant British colonial, probing Trinidad's voodoo and treasure legends, uncovers his own murderous guilt... A bit of local history -- the history of the most notorious pirate crew of the West Indies -- comes all too much alive for a Santa Cruz homeowner... These are a sampling of the eerie situations that run through this collection of ten short stories by such authors as Carl Jacobi, John Masefield, Henry S. Whitehead, and Washington Irving. Some of this fiction is languid and enchanting, saturated with the magic of talismans, potions, and crazed old peg-legs. But just as you start to relax, lulled by the spell of the tropics, turn the page -- and when the Jolly Roger goes up this time your nerves may be drawn as tight as a hangman's rope: for the brutality of some of these seagoing outlaws more than explains their dread reputation. Meet these ghostly pirates, and rest easy...You'll only think you're walking the plank.

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