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Barcode30053003804294
Home LocationParis-Bourbon
Call No130 HENN
Title A history of ghosts, spirits, and the supernatural / senior editor, Kathryn Hennessey.
CollectionAdult 100-199
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 Paris-Bourbon30053003804294130 HENN10/3/2025 Available

Catalog Details

Title Statement A history of ghosts, spirits, and the supernatural / senior editor, Kathryn Hennessey.
Varying Form of Title Ghosts, spirits, and the supernatural
Edition Statement First American edition.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice New York, NY : DK, 2024.
Physical Description 319 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm
Content Type text txt rdacontent
Media Type unmediated n rdamedia
Carrier Type volume rdacarrier
General Note Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note Asking the ancestors: ancient world -- Underworlds and afterlife: antiquity to medieval -- Meeting the spirits: 1400-1700 -- Occultism and the undead: 1700-1900 -- Revisionism and revivals: 1900 onward.
Summary, Etc. "Charts the ... narrative of one of the most fascinating and controversial subjects in the world, covering everything from Neolithic ancestor-worship and ancient necromancy to modern-day ghost-hunting and 'creepypasta' tales, and from the Japanese onryo ('vengeful spirit') to the La Llorona ('weeping woman') of Latin America"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Parapsychology.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Occultism.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Supernatural.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Ghosts History.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Spirits History.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Haunted places History.
Added Entry, Personal Name Hennessey, Kathryn, editor.

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