Ghosts, Legends & Lore from Florida: Daytona Beach and Volusia County

In Daytona Beach and Volusia County, speed, shorelines, ruins, and spirits share the same road. Ancient shell mounds, the New Smyrna colony, sugar-mill ruins, wrecks, vanished resorts, racing landmarks, civil-rights history, and Spiritualist traditions all occupy this stretch of Florida's Atlantic coast. Their stories are often vivid, but the surviving record does not always support the version repeated on tours or in local legend. Across twenty-eight carefully researched chapters, Ghosts, Legends & Lore from Florida: Daytona Beach and Volusia County visits Turtle Mound, the Hontoon Owl, Ponce Inlet, the wreck of the Commodore, Hotel Ormond, Daytona's beach racing era, Mary McLeod Bethune, Jackie Robinson Ballpark, Cassadaga, Stetson University, the Athens Theatre, DeBary Hall, and De Leon Springs. Jonah Bell separates documented history from attributed folklore and unresolved claims. Every chapter includes location and access guidance plus source notes.