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Welcome to the spooky streets of New Orleans! Stay alert! Ghosts lurk around every corner. Even the most unexpected places might be haunted by wandering phantoms. Did you know that New Orleans cemeteries are built above ground? Or that thousands of visitors each year come to see what ghosts and spirits may appear in these beautiful Cities of the Dead? Can you believe that the ghost of Marie Laveau--the Voodoo Queen of New Orleans--was once seen dancing on a tomb, with a snake wrapped around her? Pulled right from history, these ghostly tales will change the way you see the Big Easy, and have you sleeping with the light on!
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Laura Roach Dragon grew up in the magical city of New Orleans amidst parades, food fests, and hurricanes. She is a social worker and has written two middle grade books, Hurricane Boy, which won the Crystal Kite award, and The Bayou Bogeyman Presents Voodoo and Hoodoo, an anthology of scary stories. About the author of the adult Haunted America book from which the children's Spooky America book was adapted: Troy Taylor is an occultist, supernatural historian and the author of seventy-five books on ghosts, hauntings, history, crime and the unexplained in America. He is also the founder of the American Ghost Society and the owner of the Illinois and American Hauntings Tour companies.
