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The witch of Lime Street : séance, seduction, and Houdini in the spirit world

text The witch of Lime Street : séance, seduction, and Houdini in the spirit world

Summary
In 1924 the wife of a Boston surgeon came to embody the raging national debate over Spiritualism, a movement devoted to communication with the dead. Reporters dubbed her the blonde Witch of Lime Street, but she was known to her followers simply as... Read more
Contents

The Dead Boys -- The River of Doubt -- The New Wilderness -- The Saxophone and Spirit Trumpet -- The Great Spirit Hunt -- The Witch of Lime Street -- Spirits of the Dead -- How Death Deals Its Cards -- The Shadow of a Dream -- Sources -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

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436 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Publisher
Crown Publishers 2015

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 921 MAGERY JAH in Adult Non-fiction Available

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