Haunted Cape Girardeau - Where the River Turns a Thousand Chilling Tales

For nearly 250 years, the mighty Mississippi has granted Cape Girardeau a legacy of prosperity and dealt it some fearsome scars. Walk through buildings cut by the shrapnel of exploding steamboats, swamped in the debris of sudden floods and haunted by the restless spirits of those who washed ashore. And beyond the riverfront, tragedy's indelible mark can be found in places like the back row of the Rose Theater or the ashen mists of Spook Hollow. Joel Rhodes keeps company with the most forlorn figures and entrenched phantoms in this history of Cape Girardeau, where the river turns a thousand chilling tales.

About the author

Joel P. Rhodes is a history professor at Southeast Missouri State University. He co-authored Historic Cape Girardeau: An Illustrated History and co-produces the Cape Girardeau Storytelling Festival. He lives in Cape Girardeau with his wife Jeanie and their three children, Alex, Olivia, and Ella.

Product details

• Authors: Joel Rhodes, Joel P Rhodes, Joel P. Rhodes
• Publisher: The History Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.04.2013
• EAN: 9781609497590
• ISBN: 978-1-60949-759-0
• No. of pages: 128
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 226 mm x 8 mm
• Weight: 227 g
• Series: Haunted America; Haunted America
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous