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Ghostland : an American history in haunted places, Colin Dickey

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"A lively assemblage and smart analysis of dozens of haunting stories absorbing[and] intellectually intriguing."-The New York Times Book Review An intellectual feast for fans of offbeat history, Ghostland takes readers on a road trip through some of the country's most infamously haunted places-and deep into the dark side of our history. Colin Dickey is on the trail of America's ghosts. Crammed into old houses and hotels, abandoned prisons and empty hospitals, the spirits that linger continue to capture our collective imagination, but why' His own fascination piqued by a house hunt in Los Angeles that revealed derelict foreclosures and "zombie homes," Dickey embarks on a journey across the continental United States to decode and unpack the American history repressed in our most famous haunted places. Some have established reputations as "the most haunted mansion in America," or "the most haunted prison"; others, like the haunted Indian burial grounds in West Virginia, evoke memories from the past our collective nation tries to forget. With boundless curiosity, Dickey conjures the dead by focusing on questions of the living-how do we, the living, deal with stories about ghosts, and how do we inhabit and move through spaces that have been deemed, for whatever reason, haunted' Paying attention not only to the true facts behind a ghost story, but also to the ways in which changes to those facts are made-and why those changes are made-Dickey paints a version of American history left out of the textbooks, one of things left undone, crimes left unsolved. Spellbinding, scary, and wickedly insightful, Ghostland discovers the past we're most afraid to speak of aloud in the bright light of day is the same past that tends to linger in the ghost stories we whisper in the dark. From the Hardcover edition
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eng
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Publication
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1 online resource.
Contents
  • The Unhomely: houses, mansions
  • The Secret Staircase (Salem, MA)
  • Shifting Ground (St. Francisville, LA)
  • The Endless House (San Jose, CA)
  • The Rathole Revelation (Georgetown, NY, and Bull Valley, IL)
  • The Family That Would Not Live (St. Louis, MO)
  • After Hours : bars, restaurants, hotels, brothels
  • A Devilish Place (Richmond, VA)
  • Baby (Reno, NV)
  • Passing Through (Los Angeles, CA) Civic-Minded Spirits: prisons and asylums, graveyards and cemeteries, a park
  • Melancholy Contemplation (Moundsville, WV)
  • The Stain (Danvers, MA, and Athens, OH)
  • Awaiting the Devil's Coming (Charleston, SC, and Douglas County, KS)
  • Our Illustrious Dead (Shiloh, TN)
  • The Wind Through Cathedral Park (Portland, OR)
  • Useless Memory: cities and towns
  • The Wet Grave (New Orleans, LA)
  • Among the Ruins (Detroit, MI)
  • Hillsdale, USA
  • Epilogue
  • Ghosts of a New Machine (Allendale, CA)
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9781101980217
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Ghostland : an American history in haunted places
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Ghostland
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an American history in haunted places
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Colin Dickey
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Language
eng
Summary
"A lively assemblage and smart analysis of dozens of haunting stories absorbing[and] intellectually intriguing."-The New York Times Book Review An intellectual feast for fans of offbeat history, Ghostland takes readers on a road trip through some of the country's most infamously haunted places-and deep into the dark side of our history. Colin Dickey is on the trail of America's ghosts. Crammed into old houses and hotels, abandoned prisons and empty hospitals, the spirits that linger continue to capture our collective imagination, but why' His own fascination piqued by a house hunt in Los Angeles that revealed derelict foreclosures and "zombie homes," Dickey embarks on a journey across the continental United States to decode and unpack the American history repressed in our most famous haunted places. Some have established reputations as "the most haunted mansion in America," or "the most haunted prison"; others, like the haunted Indian burial grounds in West Virginia, evoke memories from the past our collective nation tries to forget. With boundless curiosity, Dickey conjures the dead by focusing on questions of the living-how do we, the living, deal with stories about ghosts, and how do we inhabit and move through spaces that have been deemed, for whatever reason, haunted' Paying attention not only to the true facts behind a ghost story, but also to the ways in which changes to those facts are made-and why those changes are made-Dickey paints a version of American history left out of the textbooks, one of things left undone, crimes left unsolved. Spellbinding, scary, and wickedly insightful, Ghostland discovers the past we're most afraid to speak of aloud in the bright light of day is the same past that tends to linger in the ghost stories we whisper in the dark. From the Hardcover edition
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contains biographical information
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Dickey, Colin
Dewey number
133.10973
Index
index present
LC call number
BF1472.U6
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
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  • Haunted places
  • BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Parapsychology / General
  • Haunted places
  • United States
  • BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Supernatural
  • TRAVEL / Special Interest / General
  • HISTORY / United States / Gen
  • Nonfiction
  • History
  • New Age
  • Sociology
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Ghostland : an American history in haunted places, Colin Dickey
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
online resource
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  • nc
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rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
The Unhomely: houses, mansions -- The Secret Staircase (Salem, MA) -- Shifting Ground (St. Francisville, LA) -- The Endless House (San Jose, CA) -- The Rathole Revelation (Georgetown, NY, and Bull Valley, IL) -- The Family That Would Not Live (St. Louis, MO) -- After Hours : bars, restaurants, hotels, brothels -- A Devilish Place (Richmond, VA) -- Baby (Reno, NV) -- Passing Through (Los Angeles, CA) Civic-Minded Spirits: prisons and asylums, graveyards and cemeteries, a park -- Melancholy Contemplation (Moundsville, WV) -- The Stain (Danvers, MA, and Athens, OH) -- Awaiting the Devil's Coming (Charleston, SC, and Douglas County, KS) -- Our Illustrious Dead (Shiloh, TN) -- The Wind Through Cathedral Park (Portland, OR) -- Useless Memory: cities and towns -- The Wet Grave (New Orleans, LA) -- Among the Ruins (Detroit, MI) -- Hillsdale, USA -- Epilogue -- Ghosts of a New Machine (Allendale, CA)
Control code
ocn959611000
Extent
1 online resource.
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781101980217
Lccn
2016044819
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Specific material designation
remote
Stock number
70EBFB03-2465-4C41-91F9-81088ED41950
System control number
(OCoLC)959611000
Label
Ghostland : an American history in haunted places, Colin Dickey
Link
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
The Unhomely: houses, mansions -- The Secret Staircase (Salem, MA) -- Shifting Ground (St. Francisville, LA) -- The Endless House (San Jose, CA) -- The Rathole Revelation (Georgetown, NY, and Bull Valley, IL) -- The Family That Would Not Live (St. Louis, MO) -- After Hours : bars, restaurants, hotels, brothels -- A Devilish Place (Richmond, VA) -- Baby (Reno, NV) -- Passing Through (Los Angeles, CA) Civic-Minded Spirits: prisons and asylums, graveyards and cemeteries, a park -- Melancholy Contemplation (Moundsville, WV) -- The Stain (Danvers, MA, and Athens, OH) -- Awaiting the Devil's Coming (Charleston, SC, and Douglas County, KS) -- Our Illustrious Dead (Shiloh, TN) -- The Wind Through Cathedral Park (Portland, OR) -- Useless Memory: cities and towns -- The Wet Grave (New Orleans, LA) -- Among the Ruins (Detroit, MI) -- Hillsdale, USA -- Epilogue -- Ghosts of a New Machine (Allendale, CA)
Control code
ocn959611000
Extent
1 online resource.
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781101980217
Lccn
2016044819
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Specific material designation
remote
Stock number
70EBFB03-2465-4C41-91F9-81088ED41950
System control number
(OCoLC)959611000

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