About the Book
'Tales from Ogden Canyon and beyond' is the fourth book in the TALES series. The stories in this book are written by local authors (Ogden) and it is inspired by legends, and historical events, in the Ogden Canyon and Ogden Valley, in Utah. A thrilling and informative trip through the Ogden Canyon, and Ogden Valley (Utah) via some of the sweetest, funniest, and scariest stories ever... A great read for history buffs as well as lovers of suspense and tales of terror. 13 Stories. The Hermitage is hands down the story with the best research. Learn all about the Dream Hotel! Three's a Charm...Two accidents is no big deal. Just dust yourself off and keep going, unless they come in threes... The Unveiled Bride... After a long and trying journey, a beautiful bride finally makes it to her bridegroom. Into the Light is a sad story. But someone has to die in ghost stories, right? The author pulls you right into the near past, and how the events almost certainly happened." Reverberations... A grandmother's love knows no bounds, or does it? (According to another reviewer, Reverberations is, "Evil, evil, evil good.") Lily... Will our wonderful Mr. Martin Johnson finally have the date he's waited so long for? A touching story of true love spanning half a century. A Star-Crossed Love... A young girl is sidetracked from her well planned life, into a love she resents and ultimately cannot live, or die, without. The Ice... An interesting and chilling look at what's below Pineview Reservoir, as seen by a man on a winter night's mission to walk the ice. The Star... Buck, the resident ghost (and wall fixture) at The Shooting Star Saloon, in Huntsville, knows all that goes on... Dog lovers everywhere will love this story. Lily is the sweetest story-a timeless tale of love and loss. Scent from Heaven, is another beautiful and touching love story, straddling two centuries. Lovers are torn apart during the depression, only to find one another eighty years later. The journey is not without its bumps and hurdles, but love transcends all-time, life, death. The Ne'er Do Well...You should be on your best behavior all the time. Ladies, act like ladies. Gentlemen, act like gentlemen... always, but especially on Halloween, because, if you're not, Grandma Fuller will take care of you. This story is slightly reminiscent of Tales of the Fae, forcing unwary visitors to dance until they drop, but with a nice western flair. The Ring in the Snow...A selfish and self-centered young woman learns a bit about what's really important in life when she gives a hitchhiking snowboarder a lift up to Powder Mountain. Mountain Maggie... One of the most beloved (or behated but certainly the most famous) characters of the Ogden Valley, alive or dead, is Mountain Maggie. But one thing is sure - you don't want to be in her yard at ten o'clock on Halloween!
About the Author: Drienie Hattingh is a native of South Africa. She and her husband, Johan, and children, Eugene, Brenda and Yolandi, immigrated to America 30 years ago. Drienie has been a columnist for 20 years and have true stories published in Christmas Anthologies, such as Christmas Miracles and The Spirit of Christmas, and also stories in Chicken Soup for the Soul. Her historical novel, FOREVER FRIENDS was published in 2015. She also published a novella, A Glass Slipper for Christmas. Drienie loves history in all its forms. She has had a fascination with Utah's history and legends, ever since she moved from Minnesota to Eden, fourteen years ago. No wonder she now lives right in the thick of it, on Historic 25th Street, where she is surrounded by historical buildings, such as Union Station, and Ben Lomand Hotel, and all the beautiful buildings that had survived demolition in the last hundred years or so. After Drienie compiled and published the first three books in the TALES Series, she just 'had to' focus on the Ogden Canyon, and the Ogden Valley. The Ogden Canyon, she says, has been 'haunting' her... begging to be the subject of her next book. While living in Eden, and driving up and down the winding road, she could feel the history radiating from the gray cliffs, hugging the canyon. Often her eyes focused, in awe, on the sediment left by an ancient river that had carved the canyon. And sometimes she left the road, and crossed one of the many bridges in the canyon, following it up into side canyons, marveling at the remnants of long-gone buildings and historical structures that are still there today. "Just think what all those early settlers had to overcome?! They found a way through the inhabitable Ogden Canyon, and eventually settled the Ogden Valley. There they cleared rough land, built cabins and started farming. And then the waters came, and the beautiful Pineview Reservoir!" All of this inspired Drienie to accumulate stories, through local authors, about the Ogden Canyon and its Valley above. The result is, Tales from Ogden Canyon and beyond". Drienie says, "This is going to be the best book in the Series!" But, she's been known to say this with every new book in the Tales Series. She is thankful for the talented authors who contributed their stories and marvels at the fact that they have such a varied backgrounds-teachers, authors, homemakers, artists, an accountant, editor, journalist, handyman, musician, therapist, columnist and a realtor.
