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The Ghosts of Forefathers' Hill

Raymond MacDonald Alden

First published 1922
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Originally the 8th of 9 stories in A Tournament of Stories.

  • Probably this may as well be called "(excerpt)". "The Ghosts of Forefathers' Hill" as chapter 9 of the collection-in-frame-story comprises the 8th story plus a bit of frame story, which printed in italics. The entire Tournament frame story comprises all of chapter 1 and the last part of each subsequent chapter. --from both eds. viewed at HathiTrust
  • Published in Alden, The Boy Who Found the King: A Tournament of Stories, illustrated by W. R. Lohse (Bobbs-Merrill, 1922), as most of chapter 10, "Dragon's Treasure", pp. 127-40. And in Once There Was a King: A Tournament of Stories, re-illustrated (Bobbs-Merrill, 1946), as most of ch10, p147-61. --from both editions viewed at HathiTrust Digital Library

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1922 Cover The Boy Who Found the King: A Tournament of Stories Bobbs-Merrill Company Collection 127
August 1936 Cover Ghosts and Goblins: Stories for Hallowe'en and Other Times E. P. Dutton Anthology 118
September 1965 Cover Ghosts and Goblins: Stories for Halloween E. P. Dutton Anthology 110
December 1973 Cover Ghosts and Goblins: Stories for Halloween E. P. Dutton Anthology 110