Ghostland : an American history in haunted places
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Published
New York, New York : Viking, [2016].
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xiii, 320 pages ; 24 cm
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San Luis Obispo Library - Adult Nonfiction
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Published
New York, New York : Viking, [2016].
Format
Book
Language
English
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-308) and index.
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Dickey, piqued by a house hunt in LA that revealed derelict foreclosures and "zombie houses", embarks on a journey across the continental United States to decode and unpack the American history repressed in our most famous haunted places. With boundless curiosity, Dickey conjures the dead by focusing on questions of the living--how do we deal with stories about ghosts, and how do we inhabit and move through spaces that have been deemed haunted? Paying attention not only to the true facts behind a ghost story, but also to the ways in which changes are made to those facts and why, Dickey paints a version of American history left out of the textbooks, one of things left undone and crimes left unsolved. --,from dust jacket.
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