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Haunted Fort Worth
Author: Rita Cook
Publisher: Haunted America - The History Press
Date: 2011
Pgs: 112
ISBN: 972-1-61423-408.1
Disposition: Irving Public Library - South Campus - Irving, TX - Hoopla e-Book
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REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS

Summary:
The lingering ghosts haunt Fort Worth. Spirits slipping through Cowtown. Miss Molly’s Hotel, Cattlemen’s Steakhouse, the haunts of Bonnie and Clyde, and Hell’s Half-Acre. Historic spots that play host to the darkness that does not fade.
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Genre:
Religion
Spirtuality
Occult
Paranormal
Ghosts
Hauntings
Supernatural
Social Sciences
Folklore
Mythology
Texas
Fort Worth

Why this book:
Ghosts in Fort Worth. I’m in.
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Pacing:
The prose style is challenging and not conducive to flow and pacing.

WTF Moments:
The run before the sun goes down at Oakwood Cemetery doesn’t fit with the ghost hunter motif of the book. Has anyone seen the guy that died in the gunfight or is that history for flavor and Fox Newsing the idea that his ghost may be there.

In some of these the only ghostly mention is a “sit for awhile and see what you feel.” That’s not much of an endorsement for the haunting of Fort Worth.

Meh / PFFT Moments:
Seems to be in a hurry in most chapters. But, this may be because there wasn’t anything to tell.

Missed Opportunity:
Author seems to have not encountered a single anything in Fort Worth.

More a travelogue of where ghosts MAY be than a haunted guidebook.

Too much “I had heard a ghost story…”.
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Author Assessment:
Too much passive voice.

Editorial Assessment:
This could have stood a lot closer to the editor’s pen.

Knee Jerk Reaction:
not as good as I was lead to believe
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½
 
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texascheeseman | Jan 2, 2018 |

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