Project Gutenberg 2011-07-17 Public domain in the USA. 82 Craddock, Charles Egbert 1850 1922 Dembry, R. Emmett Murfree, Mary Noailles The Phantoms of the Foot-Bridge, and Other Stories The phantoms of the foot-bridge -- His "day in court" -- 'Way down in Lonesome Cove -- The moonshiners at Hoho-Hebee Falls -- The riddle of the rocks. Produced by David Edwards, Matthew Wheaton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Phantoms of the Foot-Bridge and Other Stories" by Charles Egbert Craddock is a collection of short stories written in the late 19th century. The stories delve into themes of the supernatural and the human experience, often exploring life in rural America, particularly in the Appalachian region. The collection sets its tone with rich descriptive language that evokes a sense of mystery and the uncanny, featuring characters that navigate both the physical and metaphysical realities of their world. At the start of the opening story, "The Phantoms of the Foot-Bridge," we meet two characters, Simeon Roxby and his silent companion, who discuss the haunted nature of a dilapidated footbridge spanning a gorge. Roxby reveals chilling tales of ghosts associated with the bridge, including a young mother who lost her child there and now wanders in sorrowful remembrance. The atmosphere is steeped in a mix of local superstition and natural beauty, highlighting the contrast between the mundane and the supernatural as Roxby speaks of various specters encountered over the years. This setting establishes a compelling narrative of loss and the spectral remnants of the past, setting the stage for the eerie tales that follow in the collection. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/36771/36771-h/images/cover.jpg en Mountain life -- Fiction Cumberland Mountains -- Fiction Tennessee -- Social life and customs -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 598483 598392 2024-09-15T13:12:24.050841 2023-09-16T06:43:52.642555 text/html text/html 599184 2011-07-17T15:36:26 text/html; charset=us-ascii 1022616 2011-07-17T15:36:28 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 1056834 2024-09-15T13:12:31.685803 application/epub+zip 1062479 2024-09-15T13:12:25.129850 application/epub+zip 292164 2024-09-15T13:12:24.591850 application/epub+zip 1214673 2024-09-15T13:12:37.305789 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1179601 2024-09-15T13:12:31.053823 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 411415 2022-09-16T17:28:26.694366 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 563062 562835 2024-09-15T13:12:23.335834 2023-09-16T06:43:51.973532 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 562912 2011-07-17T15:36:26 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 224378 2011-07-17T15:36:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 562908 2011-07-17T15:36:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 224323 2011-07-17T15:36:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21268 2024-09-15T13:12:37.466754 application/rdf+xml 18233 2024-09-15T13:12:24.684839 image/jpeg 2563 2024-09-15T13:12:24.637821 image/jpeg 1025079 2024-09-15T13:12:24.143858 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia