Hays Public Library

The Ghost of Anna Morgan Faber will be summoned to perform her 13-­song cycle “The Legend of White Woman Creek” on Nov. 2, in Hays at the Hays Public Library. Hays will be only the second time the ghost of Anna Morgan Faber has performed in Kansas, the state from which her legend was born. This performance follows a North American tour.

The 13-song cycle of love, betrayal and revenge on the Kansas prairie, sung by the ghost of Anna Morgan Faber, tells the story of a young woman, who flees her Civil War-­ravaged home of West Virginia to start a new life on the American frontier.

“The Legend of White Woman Creek” is a one­-woman, music-­theater piece inspired by a ghost story from western Kansas, created by The Coldharts (Katie Hartman and Nick Ryan). It weaves a narrative through 13 original folk songs based on the traditional music that first inspired Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan and Joan Baez.

With only her guitar and powerful voice, Katie evokes the desolation of the Kansas plains, the oppressive times, the brutal conflict between two warring people, and the small joys one manages to find amidst such turmoil. A tale told from the perspective of a spirit who cannot rest until she sings the record straight, “The Legend of White Woman Creek” is a presentation for lovers of music, ghost stories, and the American West.

The free event is scheduled for 2 p.m. Nov. 2 at the library’s Kansas Room.