{"product_id":"ghosts-legends-lore-from-jonah-bell-9798187799084","title":"Ghosts, Legends \u0026 Lore from Florida: Key West","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKey West keeps its history close, even when the facts and the legends do not agree.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeyond the bright water, crowded streets, and sunset celebrations lies an island shaped by shipwrecks, epidemics, revolutionaries, railroad builders, famous writers, restless objects, and stories that refuse to disappear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn twenty-six carefully researched chapters, \u003ci\u003eGhosts, Legends \u0026amp; Lore from Florida: Key West\u003c\/i\u003e explores the people and places behind some of the island's best-known tales. Visit the lighthouse lost in the hurricane of 1846, the African Cemetery at Higgs Beach, the cigar factories where readers carried news across the workroom, Robert the Doll, the Conch Republic, Captain Tony's hanging-tree tradition, Fort Jefferson, the \u003ci\u003eHenrietta Marie\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eAtocha\u003c\/i\u003e, and many more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJonah Bell writes with the easy voice of a knowledgeable local guide while keeping an honest line between documented history, attributed folklore, and details no surviving record has confirmed. The mystery remains, but the people at the center of these stories are never treated as props.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInside you will find: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGhost stories and local legends tied to real Key West locations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHistory drawn from archives, newspapers, government records, and scholarship\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePractical location guides and respectful access advice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHistoric images selected from public-domain and reusable collections\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClear explanations of what is documented, what is tradition, and what remains unresolved\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor travelers, Florida history readers, folklore collectors, and anyone curious about what survives after the tour groups go home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonah Bell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798187799084\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/18\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 182\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.46d","brand":"Jonah Bell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49002256531711,"sku":"9798187799084","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ghosts-legends-lore-from-jonah-bell-9798187799084","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}