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The Big Golden Book of Knights and Castlesby Barbara Weisberg , Gino D'AchilleISBN 0307178749 (0-307-17874-9)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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Coronado's Golden Questby Alex Haley, Barbara Weisberg , Michael EagleISBN 0811480720 (0-8114-8072-0)
Softcover, Steck-Vaughn Co
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Susan B. Anthonyby Barbara WeisbergISBN 1555466397 (1-55546-639-7)
Hardcover, Facts on File
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Talking to the Dead: Kate and Maggie Fox and the Rise of Spiritualismby Barbara WeisbergISBN 006075060X (0-06-075060-X)
Softcover, Harper San Francisco
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Talking to the Dead: Kate and Maggie Fox and the Rise of Spiritualism'Book summary:Is it really possible to talk with the dead? As much as modern America is familiar with mediums--think bestselling authors John Edwards and Sylvia Browne--this question still generates passionate opinions from believers and skeptics alike. So one can only imagine the stir that the Fox sisters created in 1848 when they claimed to hear a ghost rapping on the wall of their Hydesville, New York rental house bedroom. The sisters soon discovered that the ghost would tap answers to specific questions. Within days neighbors and travelers were showing up at the house, wanting to converse with the dead rapper. The Fox sisters--Maggie and Kate--went onto become a national phenomenon, holding séances and making their livings as celebrity mediums. They were also the leaders of a new movement called the spiritualists. New York-based filmmaker Barbara Weisberg assembled this fascinating and expertly recounted biography. Beyond trying to prove whether the Fox girls were legitimate, Weisberg wrote a study of how two young girls could shape a new spiritual movement in mid-1800s America. "The more I thought about the Fox sisters, the more it seemed to me not only that Kate and Maggie sparked a movement, but that their lives epitomized the conflicts and urges that helped fuel its blaze. The question of the other world aside, the girls' appeal surely stemmed in part from the ways they embodiedand intuitedtheir culture's anxieties and ambitions." Ironically, in not trying to prove whether these two were frauds, Weisberg has created a more satisfying human story within a rich historical context, not unlike the tactics used for the bestseller Seabiscuit. And likewise, this could and should easily translate into a dynamite major motion picture. --Gail Hudson [via]
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