Chasing ghosts : a tour of our fascination with spirits and the supernatural
(2021)
By:
Hartzman, Marc
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
133.1/HARTZMAN,M
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Philadelphia : Quirk Books, [2021]
DESCRIPTION
255 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781683692775, 1683692772 :, 1683692772, 9781683692775
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Introduction: a message from this side of the veil -- The ghosts of human pasts : the ancient and medieval beliefs that shape our modern conceptions of ghosts -- Conversations with the dead : modern spiritualism through the roaring twenties -- Ghost sightings and paranormal phenonmena : from famous hauntings to lesser-known unknowns -- Ghosts in the machines : can technology build a bridge to the beyond?
"A popular history of ghosts and haunted sites around the world, featuring photographs and black-and-white illustrations"--