The Pontiac Tree
by amy • May 10, 2011 • Books, History • 0 Comments
A stately, romantic old oak, the "monarch of the forest," once marked the site of the Battle of Bloody Run.
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Posts Tagged ‘legends of le detroit’
With our regrets
by amy • March 17, 2011 • Books, History, Tales • 1 Comment
We’re on our way out of town to celebrate the wedding of two of our closest friends. That means we’ll miss this: And this, for those of you of a more relativist perspective on the bogeyman. But you! You. Should definitely go. You can learn more about the Nain Rouge in Legends of Le...
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by amy • February 4, 2010 • Best of THE NIGHT TRAIN, Books, History • 2 Comments
If you like flowery Victorian prose, phantasms, grieving widows, pining French girls, French in general, haunted inanimate objects, werewolves, lyrical two-page long set-ups about a grandfather telling his kid a scary story, or — especially — Indian curses, you are going to love the shit out of this book. I loved this indulgent account of Rene...
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