1973 · Urbana:
by KERR, Howard.
Urbana:: University of Illinois Press, 1973., 1973. Second printing. 8vo. x, 261, [1] pp. Index. Cloth, dust jacket; jacket extremities worn. Very good. ISBN: 0252002180 David J. Pivar, Calif. State Univ. Fullerton, reviewing this work, and noting the ridicule spiritualism receives, remarks that Kerr wrote a well-researched social commentary of this period (1850-1900), and in the end supports the work as a "seminal contribution to the subject. . . " [American Historical Review, volume 79, issue 3, June 1974]. CONTENTS: The Epoch of the Rapping Spirits, Knocks for the Knockings, Ghosts and Ghost-Seeing, Follies and Delusions of the Nineteenth Century, Phenomenal Proof of a Life to Come, No Traveler Returns, Spirits Couldn't a Done Better, The Young Prophetess.
(Inventory #: PW1413)