Harlan County Haunts

Harlan County Haunts

Harlan County Haunts explores the unknown with over 60 tales of spooky encounters and weird occurrences. Although the focus is on Harlan County, there are stories from around the southeastern Kentucky region as well as other states. Featured in Harlan County Haunts is the novella, “Caroline," which highlights one of Harlan County’s most compelling unsolved crimes.

Jackson, a lifelong Native of Harlan County, takes you on a ghostly journey through the mountains of Appalachia and beyond. Harlan County Haunts contains ghosts, monsters, angels, and many personal accounts of encounters with the unexplained.

Harlan County Haunts was over two years in the making, with Jackson compiling well over 100 true accounts of experiences with the paranormal. After many interviews and research, the stories in the book are what she considered the best and most credible.

Yona Uwuyati, The Cherokee Bear

Yona Uwuyati discovers that he must hibernate during the winter, while his friends do not. Will Ulisda and Tsulolvdi forget about him during his long winter sleep?

Yona learns a lesson about friendship, while readers learn words in the Cherokee language. Many English words are replaced with Cherokee words. The meaning and pronunciation are located at the bottom of the page.

Yona Uwuyati, The Cherokee Bear was photographed on location in the Appalachian Mountains of Harlan County, Kentucky and The Great Smoky Mountains of Cherokee, North Carolina.

Soon to be REleased!

• Mountain Murders Tentative release date of Fall 2010. Will feature Harlan County murder cold cases. Will have a reprint of "Caroline" from "Harlan County Haunts," with an update.
• The Sacred Cherokee Bundle with illustrations by Alfredo Escobar

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The Sacred Cherokee Bundle is a story of the Trail of Tears and one family's experiences and hardships. The family had a sacred bundle, as did many Cherokee families, and the story is about how many of those items were possibly acquired. Darla Saylor Jackson owns the Sacred Cherokee Bundle and with the help of anthropologist, Ken Tankersley, gives a geographical and scientic account of how the bundle possibly came to be.