title: Great Lakes Folklore: Legends of the Five Sisters
author: Jr.
description: Charles Cassady, Jr. was born in the Great Lakes port city of Cleveland, Ohio. He graduated from Syracuse University with a degree in Journalism. His writings, illustrations and photographs have appeared in the Heartlands Today book series, the Cleveland Free Times, West Life News, and the Morning Journal of Lorain. He has also contributed popular-culture essays, news and reviews to Cleveland SCENE, the Cleveland Movie Blog, Common Sense Media, TV Guide Online, the Cinebooks Motion Picture Guide, and the VideoHound book family. He is also the author-illustrator of Cleveland Ghosts, Paranormal Great Lakes, and Paranormal Mississippi River, from Schiffer.
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  Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  There is a legend…                     v
  
  
  One: 1915–1917 Meggie                  1
  
  
  1                            3
  
  
  2                            23
  
  
  Two: 1921–1928 Ralph                  63
  
  
  3                            65
  
  
  4                            93
  
  
  5                           115
  
  
  6                           136
  
  
  7                           168
  
  
  Three: 1929–1932 Paddy                213
  
  
  8                           215
  
  
  9                           245
  
  
  Four: 1933–1938 Luke                 281
  
  
  10                          283
  
  
  11                          315
  
  
  12                          353
  
  
  13                          387
  
  
  Five: 1938–1953 Fee                  425
  
  
  14                          427
  
  
  15                          441
  
  
  16                          478
  
  
  Six: 1954–196