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Author Bell, Michael E., Ph. D.

Title Food for the dead : on the trail of New England's vampires / Michael E. Bell.

Imprint New York : Carroll & Graf, c2001.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  398.450974 B413f 2001    ---  Available
Edition 1st Carroll & Graf ed.
Description xiv, 337 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map, ports. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-331) and index.
Contents This awful thing -- Testing a horrible superstition -- Remarkable happenings -- The cause of their trouble lay before them -- I am waiting and watching for you -- I thought for sure they were coming after me -- Don't be a rational adult -- Never strangers true vampires be -- Ghoulish, wolfish shapes -- The unending river of life -- Relicks of many old customs -- A ghoul in every deserted fireplace -- Is that true of all vampires? -- Food for the dead -- Appendix A : Chronology of vampire incidents in New England -- Appendix B : Children of Stukeley and Honor Tillinghast.
Subject Vampires -- New England -- Folklore.
Folklore -- New England.
Diseases and history.
Tuberculosis -- New England -- History.
New England -- History.
ISBN 0786708999

 
    
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