![]() ![]() In each location, the author reveals not only the ghost stories of the site, but also, most importantly, the site’s true history. While not a new concept, Dickey’s theme has been more extensively explored where fairy tales and general folklore are concerned. On his quest, the author examines every manner of haunted place, from houses like the Seven Gables in Salem, Massachusetts, which inspired Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Gothic romance of the same name, to haunted cities like New Orleans as well as asylums, cemeteries, battlefields, and haunted hotels. Afterlives of the Saints: Stories from the Ends of Faith, 2012 etc.) exploration into the ghost stories of America and what they reveal about society. So begins Dickey’s (Creative Writing/National Univ. “If you want to understand a place, ignore the boasting monuments and landmarks, and go straight to the haunted houses.” ![]()
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