Supernaturalism of New England, The (Rare Vintage Hardcover) by John Greenleaf Whittier

Accounts of the appearance of ghosts or specters as omens of death, fulfillments of the wishes of deceased persons, and clues to the identities of wrong-doers, alongside poems and tales like "The New Wife and the Old," "The Black Fox" which reputedly haunted the Salmon River in Connecticut, and the tale of William Morse's haunted house in Newburyport, Massachusetts.

Because John Greenleaf Whittier looked upon them as source material for creative writing, he was among the first American folklore collectors to gather oral traditions intentionally. Whittier's status as one of the earliest collectors of American folk traditions is evidenced in two works, the Supernaturalism of New England (1847), the work at hand, and Legends of New England (1831), which is also available from Clearfield Company.