| Description |
32 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 27 cm. |
| Series |
Scary places
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| Note |
Includes glossary. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 31) and index. |
| Contents |
Monstrous morgues of the past - A view of death - Death by ice pick - Forgotten at Potter's Field - Drowned by not dead? - The morgue in the basement - Hospital haunting - New Orleans ghosts - From morgue to museum - Doctor of death - A deadly crash - The haunting in Connecticut - Monstrous morgues around the world. |
| Summary |
This book describes eleven monstrous morgues, discussing the death and decay of Paris Morgue, Paris, France; the Morgue at St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Washington, D.C.; Bellevue Hospital's Morgue, New York City; Temporary Morgue from the "Eastland" disaster of 1915, Chicago, Illinois; and others. |
| Audience |
4-8 Medialog, Inc. |
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IG 970 Lexile. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR Middle Grades RL 6.4 1 quiz: 142560 |
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Reading Counts RC 3-5 RL 6.60 3 quiz: 53069 |
| Subject |
Ghosts.
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Haunted houses.
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| ISBN |
1617721492 (lib.) |
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