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Haunted states : an American Gothic guidebook / Miranda Corcoran.
Van Pelt Library NX650.H67 C67 2024
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Corcoran, Miranda, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Supernatural.
- Horror tales, American.
- Literature and society--United States--History.
- Literature and society.
- Crime--United States--Guidebooks.
- Crime.
- Collective memory--United States.
- Collective memory.
- United States--Guidebooks.
- United States.
- supernatural.
- Genre:
- travel guidebooks.
- Guidebooks.
- Physical Description:
- 339 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Repeater Books, 2024.
- Summary:
- A fusion of travel literature and cultural criticism investigating the dark history of the US and exploring how past horrors -- from witch trials to slavery and genocide -- continue to haunt the national consciousness.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Ghosts of New York & New England
- Buried deep in the Deep South
- Monsters and mushroom clouds: desert Gothic
- Cult of celebrity: California Gothic
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9781914420320
- 1914420322
- OCLC:
- 1517670704
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000128045
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