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Lily Dale : the town that talks to the dead / Christine Wicker.
LIBRA - Rare BF1242.U6 W53 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wicker, Christine.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wicker, Christine--Travel--United States--New York (State)--Lily Dale.
- Wicker, Christine.
- Travel.
- United States.
- New York (State).
- Spiritualism--United States--New York (State)--Lily Dale.
- Spiritualism.
- Lily Dale (N.Y.)--Description and travel.
- Lily Dale (N.Y.).
- Penn Provenance:
- Auerbach, Nina, 1943- (former owner)
- Auerbach, Nina, Estate of (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 298 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- First paperback edition.
- Place of Publication:
- [San Francisco, Calif.] : HarperSanFrancisco, 2004.
- Summary:
- "In Lily Dale, New York, the dead don't die. Instead, they flit among the elms and stroll along the streets. According to spiritualists who have ruled this community for five generations, the spirits never go away-and they stay anything but quiet. Every summer twenty thousand guests come to consult the town's mediums in hopes of communicating with dead relatives or catching a glimpse of the future. Weaving past with present, the living with the dead ... Christine Wicker investigates the longings for love and connection that draw visitors to "the Dale," introducing us to a colorful cast of characters along the way - including such famous visitors as Susan B. Anthony, Harry Houdini, and Mae West. Laugh-out-loud funny at times, this honest portrayal shows us that ultimately it doesn't matter what we believe; it is belief itself that can transform us all"--Back cover.
- Notes:
- Also published as The Spirits of Lily Dale. London: Ebury, 2003.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [278]-280).
- Local Notes:
- Presented to the Penn Libraries by the estate of Nina Auerbach in 2017.
- Libra Rare copy has underlining and some ms. notes. Has bookmark laid in.
- ISBN:
- 9780061153747
- 0061153745
- OCLC:
- 973693403
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