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Dickey, Colin,

Ghostland : an American history in haunted places / Colin Dickey - xiii, 320 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-308) and index

Introduction: Anatomy of a haunting (New York, NY) -- 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) -- A devilish place (Richmond, VA) -- Baby (Reno, NV) -- Passing through (Los Angeles, CA) -- 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) -- The wet grave (New Orleans, LA) -- Among the ruins (Detroit, MI) -- Hillsdale, USA -- Epilogue: Ghosts of a new machine (Allendale, CA)

ISBN: 9781101980194 (hardcover) 1101980192 (hardcover)

LCCN: 2016044006

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Ghost stories, American
Haunted places--United States

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--History

LC Class. No.: BF1472.U6 / D53 2016