Ghostland : an American history in haunted places

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Ghostland : An American History in Haunted Places

by Dickey, Colin

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Section	Section Description	Page Number
	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