The Witch of Mansfield : The Tetched Life of Phebe Wise.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jordan, Mark S.

Series:

The History Press

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wise, Phebe, approximately 1851-1933.

Wise, Phebe.

Eccentrics and eccentricities--Ohio--Mansfield--Biography.

Eccentrics and eccentricities.

Recluses--Ohio--Mansfield--Biography.

Recluses.

Mansfield (Ohio)--History--19th century.

Mansfield (Ohio).

Mansfield (Ohio)--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (104 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Arcadia Publishing Inc., 2023.

Summary:

Meet one of Richland County's most colorful citizens. There are those who thought Phebe Wise was a witch. More thought that the cranky old lady was "tetched, " meaning crazy. And she was crazy--like a fox. An eccentric who outwitted violent robbers, a mad stalker, and a society that expected her to marry and raise children, Phebe alternated between dressing up in men's clothes and strutting to town in an antique ball gown, the trail dragging behind her in the dirt. If anyone had the gall to stare, she'd cuss them out. She was in touch with a different world, and she used it to help launch the career of a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, Louis Bromfield. Local author and historian Mark Sebastian Jordan unravels the myth and history of Phebe Wise.

Contents:

Intro

Half Title Page

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

A Note from the Author

Preface

Acknowledgements

1. An Intolerable Situation

2. A Tradition of Strangeness

3. Pioneers of Mansfield

4. From Student to Teacher to Caretaker

5. Jake Kastanowitz

6. The Robbers

7. This Is Going to End One of Two Ways

8. That Boy's a Little Tetched

9. The Witch of Mansfield

Bibliography

About the Author.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781439679265

1439679266

OCLC:

1417197118