Ghosts, Legends & Lore from Florida: Amelia Island - Couverture souple

Bell, Jonah

Couverture souple

ISBN 13 : 9798188558741

Editeur : Independently published, 2026

Synopsis

Step onto Amelia Island after dark, and the past feels close enough to touch.

This barrier island has been a Spanish mission coast, a rebel harbor, a railroad gateway, a shrimping town, a storm-battered shoreline, and one of Florida’s most storied ghost destinations. In this volume of Ghosts, Legends & Lore from Florida, Jonah Bell leads readers through the real history behind Amelia Island’s most memorable places and the legends that grew around them.

Visit Fort Clinch, the Palace Saloon, Bosque Bello Cemetery, American Beach, Old Town, the Amelia Island Lighthouse, and the streets of Fernandina Beach where stories still move from guidebooks to barrooms to late-night walks. Along the way, you’ll meet missionaries, soldiers, smugglers, railroad men, shrimpers, nurses, preservationists, beachgoers, and the occasional ghost whose reputation says as much about local memory as it does about the supernatural.

Written like a knowledgeable local tour with a historian’s caution and a storyteller’s ear, this book separates documented fact from folklore without spoiling the mystery.

For travelers, Florida history lovers, ghost-story fans, and anyone who has ever wondered what lingers behind Amelia Island’s beautiful streets and beaches, this is the island’s haunted past told with curiosity, care, and atmosphere.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Independently published
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798188558741
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 150
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