Bibliograph

In the houses of their dead, the Lincolns, the Booths, and the spirits, Terry Alford

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In the houses of their dead, the Lincolns, the Booths, and the spirits, Terry Alford

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-285) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

In the houses of their dead

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1272857520

Responsibility statement

Terry Alford

Sub title

the Lincolns, the Booths, and the spirits

Summary

Examines the invisible links between the families of Abraham Lincoln and John Wilkes Booth and their common fascination with Spiritualism, a movement that held that the dead were also nearby and could be contacted by the living

Table Of Contents

If the Fates Allow -- His Imperfect Self -- So Old When He Was Young -- God's Most Precious Truth -- Love's Sacred Circle -- Ghost Kisses -- Why Wake Me? -- Fatal Vision -- Are We So Soon Forgot? -- Death Came as a Friend

Target audience

adult

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Lincolns, the Booths, and the spirits

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