Sonoma Ghosts - In Black And White: True Stories Of Sonoma's Ghosts And Legends - Paperback

by Carla Heine (Author)

Every town has its history, and every town has its secrets. Carla Heine learned Sonoma's secrets, and it's haunted history before that information passed from living memory, and died away with the last of Sonoma's Victorian generation. The Sonoma Ghosts series contains first-hand accounts of Sonoma's secret past, and information gathered from the Victorians who ran the isolated town of Sonoma with fists of iron in kid-skin gloves from the 1870's until the 1970's. For over a decade, from behind heavy silver tea sets, in the salons of Sonoma's most powerful citizens, Carla Heine listened to their stories every Sunday afternoon at four o'clock high tea. It is said that houses are not haunted, but that people are haunted. As you read this collection of Sonoma's haunted past, it will be up to you to decide if that is true, or not. You will discover, as Carla Heine discovered, that not only a house, or a person can be haunted, but an entire town can be haunted.

Author Biography

Carla Heine was a founding Member of the Sonoma League for Historic Preservation, and because of her many years as a docent and a historic house-tour hostess she is uniquely knowledgeable about Sonoma, and about California's hidden history. Featured in the local Sonoma Business magazine, on NBC's national show, In Wine Country, and on the international video travel site TurnHere.com, Carla Heine has lectured at the Sonoma Historical Society, the Fairmont Hotel, many of the local schools, as well as private parties, and corporate events. Carla Heine also teaches about Sonoma's haunted past at the Sonoma High School's Adult Education classes. Carla Heine attended Prestwood School in Sonoma and graduated from Sonoma Valley Union High with the class of 1970. A contributing member of the Sonoma community for over 40 years, Carla Heine was with the Sonoma Ballet Conservatory for 35 years, and taught for over a decade at Saint Francis Solano School. She was instrumental in reopening The Sebastiani Theatre for live productions in 1970, after a 20-year moratorium. For over five years, Carla Heine has hosted "Strange Wine - History and the Paranormal In The Valley of the Moon, which airs live every Saturday night from 11pm to midnight on KSVY91.3FM and worldwide on the Internet.