Campfire Stories - Paperback

by William W. Forgey (Author), Paul G. Hoffman (Illustrator)

Original and classic stories of adventure, ghosts, and all the things that you must worry about the next time you hear something go bump in the night.

Back Jacket

Need a good scary story to tell to youngsters--or to anyone, young or old, who wants a little fright before going off to sleep in the great outdoors? Nothing goes better with gooey s'mores and a glowing campfire than a good ghost story, and this collection of scary classics and frightening folktales will send shivers up anyone's spine. Campfire Stories includes twenty original and classic stories of adventures and ghosts, all fun and easy to remember and retell. Read about: The Human HandThe Mackenzie River Ghost The Lost Piece at Bad Cache RapidsThe Haunting of the House on the RidgeThe Death of the Old Lion The Curse of the Australian Gold The Lost Hunter The Vampire of Groglin Grange

Author Biography

William Forgey, MD, is the author of fourteen wilderness medicine and camping books, including Basic Essentials Wilderness First Aid (FalconGuides). A full-time family medicine practitioner, he is also a fellow of the Explorers Club, a university lecturer on medical care in high-risk recreation, a leader of expeditions into northern Canada, and a former Boy Scout scoutmaster and Medical Explorer Post and High Adventure Post advisor.

Paul Hoffman'swork graces books of many genres--children's titles, textbooks, short story collections, natural history volumes, and numerous cookbooks. His fabulous illustrations can also be found in Globe Pequot Press's Spookyseries.