Talking to the Dead: Kate and Maggie Fox and the Rise of Spiritualism, (Paperback)

from dsalerni

This was a very interesting topic, but rather dry reading in parts. I used it as research for the novel I was writing (about the Fox Sisters) although I rather preferred The Reluctant Spriritualist and Exploring Other Worlds. Still, this was the first book I read on the topic, and it inspired me ...

from nancyewhite

For some reason Talking to the Dead became a slog for me even though I also enjoyed learning more about the rise of Spiritualism generally and the Fox Sisters specifically. I wanted to know more about the history of the movement after my partner and I visited Lily Dale this summer. Although nothi...

from bcquinnsmom

It's certainly probably just me, because so many people gave this book top ratings, but while the subject matter was quite interesting, I thought the presentation of it to be just kind of dull. The book runs along the lines of an introduction to Spiritualism (a phrase coined by Horace Greeley (14...

from sgerbic

Reviewed August 2007 What a wonderful book, maybe I should have read this one before the Houdini one so they could be in sequence. Houdini and Doyle were mentioned in the last chapter but the main story of these interesting women is very well researched. The author did her best to balance her nar...

from sgerbic

Reviewed August 2007 What a wonderful book, maybe I should have read this one before the Houdini one so they could be in sequence. Houdini and Doyle were mentioned in the last chapter but the main story of these interesting women is very well researched. The author did her best to balance her nar...