Ghostland : an American history in haunted places
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- ISBN: 1101980192
- ISBN: 9781101980194
- Physical Description xiii, 320 pages
- Publisher New York, New York : Viking, [2016]
- Copyright ©2016
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index. |
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 36.00 |
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Ghostland : An American History in Haunted Places
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Table of Contents
Ghostland : An American History in Haunted Places
Section | Section Description | Page Number |
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Author's Note | p. xiii | |
Introduction: Anatomy of a Haunting (New York, NY) | p. 1 | |
I | The Unhomely houses and mansions | p. 13 |
1 | The Secret Staircase (Salem, MA) | p. 21 |
2 | Shifting Ground (St. Francisville, LA) | p. 37 |
3 | The Endless House (San Jose, CA) | p. 49 |
4 | The Rathole Revelation (Georgetown, NY, and Bull Volley, IL) | p. 69 |
5 | The Family That Would Not Live (St. Louis, MO) | p. 81 |
II | After Hours bars, restaurants, hotels, and brothels | p. 93 |
6 | A Devilish Place (Richmond, VA) | p. 103 |
7 | Baby (Reno, NV) | p. 119 |
8 | Passing Through (Los Angeles, CA) | p. 131 |
III | Civic-Minded Spirits prisons and asylums, graveyards and cemeteries, a park | p. 151 |
9 | Melancholy Contemplation (Moundsville, WV) | p. 159 |
10 | The Stain (Danvers, MA, and Athens, OH) | p. 173 |
11 | Awaiting the Devil's Coming (Charleston, SC, and Douglas County, KS) | p. 187 |
12 | Our Illustrious Dead (Shiloh, TN) | p. 203 |
13 | The Wind Through Cathedral Park (Portland, OR) | p. 213 |
IV | Useless Memory cities and towns | p. 225 |
14 | The Wet Grave (New Orleans, LA) | p. 233 |
15 | Among the Ruins (Detroit, MI) | p. 253 |
16 | Hillsdale, USA | p. 267 |
Epilogue: Ghosts of a New Machine (Allendale, CA) | p. 277 | |
Acknowledgments | p. 287 | |
Notes | p. 289 | |
Index | p. 309 |