Vampires : legends of the undead
(2011)
By:
Shone, Rob
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
ESL/TALES/SHONE,R
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Rosen Central, 2011
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
48 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781448819034 (library binding), 1448819032 (library binding), 9781448819089 (pbk.), 1448819083 (pbk.), 9781448819157 (6-pack), 1448819156 (6-pack)
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Vampires : a supernatural history -- Dracula : the ultimate vampire -- The beast of Croglin Grange : a vampire tale from 17th century England -- A plague of vampires : the strange case of Arnont Paule, Serbia, 1727 -- The Mercy Brown incident : the Rhode Island vampire, 1891 -- More vampire stories
Collects three lesser known vampire stories from seventeenth century England, eighteenth century Serbia, and nineteenth century Rhode Island to introduce readers to the folkloric origins of these macabre tales and the semi-historical sources for vampire mythology