Gertrude Chandler Warner

The Mystery of the Runaway Ghost - The Boxcar Children Mysteries Gertrude Chandler Warner

Brief Description: Henry and the other children visit an old farmhouse which appears to be troubled by the ghost of the family's long-disappeared cow. Marc Notes: ; Henry and the other children visit an old farmhouse which appears to be troubled by the ghost of the family's long-disappeared cow.. Publisher Marketing: When the Aldens visit their friend Fran in Wisconsin, they can't wait to hear her tell the story of the runaway ghost. The ghost hasn't been spotted in years, but the Aldens still shiver at the spooky tale of the ghost's bell clanging after dark.

Contributor Bio:  Warner, Gertrude Chandler Gertrude Chandler Warner was born in 1890 in Putnam, Connecticut, where she taught school and wrote The Boxcar Children because she had often imagined how delightful it would be to live in a caboose or freight car. Encouraged by its success, she went on to write eighteen more stories about the Alden Children.