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Cursed in New York : Stories of the Damned in the Empire State.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Cursed SeriesPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Globe Pequot Press, The, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (225 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781493013777
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Cursed in New YorkDDC classification:
  • 398.209747
LOC classification:
  • GR110.N7 M564 2015
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1: Ancient, Unsportsmanlike Souls -- 2: The Indian Princess of Lake Ronkonkoma -- 3: The Truth About Shakespeare's Scottish Play -- 4: The Curse of Mamie O'Rourke -- 5: The Lost Souls of Seneca County -- 6: The Black Dog of the Great Lakes -- 7: The Rangers, the Stanley Cup, and the Curse of 1940 -- 8: The Death of a President and the Teams that Fail to Thrive -- 9: Gustav Mahler and the Curse of the Ninth Symphony -- 10: Devil's Hole: The Cave of the Evil Spirit -- 11: The Hex Murder at the Stone Arch Bridge -- 12: Murder in the Well: Hamilton, Burr, and the Quaker Curse -- 13: The Power of a Maleficent Gem -- 14: The Curse of the Black Orlov -- 15: The Widow's Curse on Hyde Hall -- 16: The Castle in the Catskills -- 17: Bringing Malocchio to America -- 18: The Scandalous Case of the Witch of Easthampton -- 19: "Wicked and Detestable Arts" in Seatallcott -- 20: The Knicks, the Red Bulls, and the Worst Luck in Sports -- 21: The Farmer, the Beggar, and the Peach Orchard -- 22: The Legend of Thirteen Curves -- 23: Phantom Ships on the Hudson -- 24: The Cursed Ghost of Alice Van der Veer -- 25: Politics and Painted Poultry -- Sources -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- About the Author.
Summary: A collection of riveting stories about preternatural revenge. Some stories will be regionally well known. Others are nearly forgotten. All are cursed.
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1: Ancient, Unsportsmanlike Souls -- 2: The Indian Princess of Lake Ronkonkoma -- 3: The Truth About Shakespeare's Scottish Play -- 4: The Curse of Mamie O'Rourke -- 5: The Lost Souls of Seneca County -- 6: The Black Dog of the Great Lakes -- 7: The Rangers, the Stanley Cup, and the Curse of 1940 -- 8: The Death of a President and the Teams that Fail to Thrive -- 9: Gustav Mahler and the Curse of the Ninth Symphony -- 10: Devil's Hole: The Cave of the Evil Spirit -- 11: The Hex Murder at the Stone Arch Bridge -- 12: Murder in the Well: Hamilton, Burr, and the Quaker Curse -- 13: The Power of a Maleficent Gem -- 14: The Curse of the Black Orlov -- 15: The Widow's Curse on Hyde Hall -- 16: The Castle in the Catskills -- 17: Bringing Malocchio to America -- 18: The Scandalous Case of the Witch of Easthampton -- 19: "Wicked and Detestable Arts" in Seatallcott -- 20: The Knicks, the Red Bulls, and the Worst Luck in Sports -- 21: The Farmer, the Beggar, and the Peach Orchard -- 22: The Legend of Thirteen Curves -- 23: Phantom Ships on the Hudson -- 24: The Cursed Ghost of Alice Van der Veer -- 25: Politics and Painted Poultry -- Sources -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- About the Author.

A collection of riveting stories about preternatural revenge. Some stories will be regionally well known. Others are nearly forgotten. All are cursed.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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