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The witch of Lime Street : séance, seduction, and Houdini in the spirit world / David Jaher.

By: Language: English Publisher: New York : B\D\W\Y, Broadway Books, [2016]Edition: First paperback editionDescription: 436 pages illustrations 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Audience:
  • General
  • Any audience
ISBN:
  • 9780307451071 (pbk.) :
  • 0307451070 (pbk.) :
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Contents:
The dead boysThe river of doubtThe new wildernessThe saxophone and spirit trumpetThe great spirit huntThe Witch of Lime StreetSpirits of the deadHow Death deals its cardsThe shadow of a dream.
Summary: In 1924 the wife of a Boston surgeon came to embody the raging national debate over Spiritualism, a movement devoted to communication with the dead. Reporters dubbed her the blonde Witch of Lime Street, but she was known to her followers simply as Margery. Her most vocal advocate was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who believed so thoroughly in Margery's powers that he urged her to enter a controversial contest, sponsored by Scientific American. Her supernatural gifts beguiled four of the judges. There was only one left to convince ... the acclaimed escape artist, Harry Houdini. Jaher captures their electric public rivalry and the competition that brought them into each other's orbit.Other editions: Reproduction of (manifestation): Jaher, David. Witch of Lime Street
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-420) and index.

The dead boysThe river of doubtThe new wildernessThe saxophone and spirit trumpetThe great spirit huntThe Witch of Lime StreetSpirits of the deadHow Death deals its cardsThe shadow of a dream.

In 1924 the wife of a Boston surgeon came to embody the raging national debate over Spiritualism, a movement devoted to communication with the dead. Reporters dubbed her the blonde Witch of Lime Street, but she was known to her followers simply as Margery. Her most vocal advocate was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who believed so thoroughly in Margery's powers that he urged her to enter a controversial contest, sponsored by Scientific American. Her supernatural gifts beguiled four of the judges. There was only one left to convince ... the acclaimed escape artist, Harry Houdini. Jaher captures their electric public rivalry and the competition that brought them into each other's orbit.