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Brian on a radio show and knew I had to read the book, Great book and I recommend it for the history alone however it's nice to finally read new ghost stories for once!!!!! We recently took a trip to the Grand Canyon, amp when I was looking around the El Tovar lobby I thought “this place has to have some ghost stories.
” So when I saw this book in a gift shop, it immediately intrigued me, So heres my take: this is a great souvenir and a fun read, with the caveat that you have actually been there and know the buildings, That is truly what made thiscreepier!! It would have lost a lot of the creepies had I not,
There were a number of typos, but it didnt distract from the story, I feel like the Martinezs worked very hard to share these stories and create something very cool for fans of the supernatural, I love ghost stories of all kinds, This one just didn't hit the spot with me, This book does have stories of personal encounters and describes in detail places that "hauntings" take place, but is very thin on factual historic evidence,

I was given an eARC by the publisher through NetGalley, I really enjoyed this book, I honestly have read a lot of ghost stories and never found any related to the Grand Canyon, I have never been here and didn't know anything about this location, After finishing the book I looked up a travel guide and was able to picture all these places described, I thought this was an Awesome guide to the Grand Canyon, even if you don't like the ghosts, I thought the author did a wonderful job of describing the scenery and the buildings, This also had a really good mix of different types of scary activities that have gone on, I hope this author will write more about other locations,

Thank you to Netgalley, The Martinez family, and Llewellyn publishing for allowing me to read an advanced copy of this book, Lots of really fun stories, I'm so glad I read this after I left the Grand Canyon, I might have been too freaked out to visit some of the places had I read it before my visit! Needs lots of editing though.
The copy I received from Netgalley was an astonishingly bad draft, There were major formatting issues the letter combinations "ff" and "fi" were not included in ANY of the words that seriously detracted from the reading experience, For example, the word "difficult" became "dicult, " Even if I could have ignored that, the abundance of misspelled words gave the text a truly unpolished look, How could a book be published even in rough form without correcting the words "to" and "too" In general, the writing needed a heavy editing hand, I couldn't make myself finish, and stopped reading at,

Typos aside, I'm rounding up tobecause the history of the Grand Canyon was interesting, I haven't seen a ghost book about this area before, The authors, who live and work in the Grand Canyon setting, openly share their personal experiences, The stories don't include much specific detail for example, the dates of actual sightings or occurrences are rarely mentioned, Still, the historical information bolstered the overall appeal, Book received from NetGalley

to Come I saw this book in one of the gift shops while visiting the Grand Canyon and was interested because I really do enjoy supernatural stories.
I found the book used through a discount reseller and started reading it right away, I really enjoyed the history aspects, I learned a lot. The ghost stories were ok but didnt go into much detail, The most disappointing part of the book were the many grammatical errors, A proof reader would have done the authors some good, Overall a quick and interesting read, I picked up a copy of this book on a recent visit to the Grand Canyon, I wish I had read this before I went, because the history of the park detailed within this book is pretty interesting,

The ghost stories presented are pretty good camp fire fodder, but it ultimately did read like a plug for the Grand Canyon,

Overall an entertaining read as I made my way through Arizona, I picked this ARC up for the ghost stories but actually found myself more interested in the history of the Grand Canyon and its surrounding environs, I never had any interest in visiting before, but now that I know the fascinating story of the Grand Canyon's early pioneers and how tourism got started and grew there I definitely want to check out some of those historic sites for myself! Kudos to the authors for making the Grand Canyon and all who have worked or lived there come alive so to speak in this book.


I received a digital ARC from the publisher via Netgalley, Although Ive never been to Arizona, when I hear “Grand Canyon”, an image of sheer, sunbaked cliffs, surrounding an almostangry, definitelydefiant crater, instantly pops into my mind, That, and the time during a family dinner when I may have missed my mouth and my father said, “Damn, Thats like throwing a rock at the Grand Canyon and missing,” which is not covered in Judy and BrianJames Martinezs Ghosts of the Grand Canyon: Personal Encounters that Will Have You on the Edge.


These spooky stories, rich with history and humanity, are exponentially more entertaining and even educational, I enjoyed learning how the El Tovar Hotel came to be, how it has changed since opening in, and who may still call it home,

I did not know that, only a quarter of a mile from the canyons rim, is the largest ponderosa pine forest in the world, Within said set of trees is a lodge named for the Hopi Nation kachina god who guards the gulf, “Maswik”,

Pioneer Cemetery, inside of the National Park, continues to be a place to visit, with walking trails and benches along the route, Theres an RV park, Trailer Village, purported to be a paranormal portal,

The Navajo needed their very own word for ghost, “Chindi”, And they believe in “skinwalkers”an interesting tale, in and of itself,

In, two brothers boarded a boat to travel the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon, One sibling carried a movie camera to capture the entire adventure, To tourists delight, the resulting silent film was played, daily, for a fullyearrun,

When just these few facts

are so intriguing, the mandatory myths and folklore mixed in are bound to be good, The authors convey the peoples stories, using the peoples words, for an authentic, funfactfilled read,

This review was written by jv poore for Buried Under Books, with huge thanks for the Advance Copy to add to my favorite classroom library, I was excited about this book first because I have been to the Grand Canyon many times since I was a teen and even hike from Rim to Rim to Rim.
I will say that as much as I have heard just a few of the stories or tails hear in this book, I have had no experiences of any of the ones talked about in this book.
Mine were just of the beauty of the Canyon from the North Rim to the bottom seeing and hearing the powerful Colorado river then seeing the difference of the South Rim.
Though to me it is still a magical place and I do feel a connection to it whenever I am there, so maybe that is my strange draw,
This book has many type os but I was reading an uncorrected proof, other than that I thought it was a good book, but as my wife says I like the Canyon so I am biased.
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I am usually very much into the ghost stories of a location, and I was excited to read this one, having no idea it was even haunted to begin with, and knowing little of the Canyons history.


I found it very slow, and very dry, Often it read a lot like a travel brochure for the Canyon itself, being completely overwhelmed with mundane, completely not spooky information about where and what to eat, for example.
The writing was bland, and the book could have used the attention of a good editor, because the grammatical errors alone was enough to make my hair stand on end.


The ghost stories actually feel like a bit of an afterthought,

One very generous star, I received an uncorrected proof of this book and had to overlook a lot of typos as one does with some advanced copies, However, it only took until the first ghost encounter before I completely forgot about them because I was enthralled with the supernatural stories,
This book is both a guide to the sites and history of the Grand Canyon and a collection of ghostly encounters, It made me at times jealous that I didnt have the chance to work there when I was younger what an experience! and at other times want to immediately begin planning my family vacation.

Ive already recommended this one to a few people for when it comes out, Ive got several friends who share my interest in travel and the paranormal and cant wait to read it as well, NetGalley provided me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review!

This was a very much uncorrected draft, and honestly that made it a little bit harder to read than it otherwise might have been.
Anytime there should have been an ff or an fi in a word it was left out, which made for some very rough reading at a times, It was hard to believe that that was a problem and I'm not sure how that even happened! Also why hadn't it been corrected before the book was presented for anyone to read

I ended up giving the book a three, because it was pretty interesting content.
I love the National Parks, and I hadn't thought much about Grand Canyon ghost stories before, I have read other books about the tragedies and deaths that have happened there, but the idea of haunting's taking place was unusual and I liked that, Mostly though I loved reading the history of the Canyon itself and how that related to the possibility of supernatural occurrences,

Overall I really hope the book gets a VERY heavy handed overhaul and gets all those issues corrected before final publication, I know it isn't just me either, because I read some other reviews that references the same problem with this ARC, Maybe it was a computer glitch

The content is decent though, and I had a good time reading it!,