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 Sherman Library  GR830.V3 B45 2001    AVAILABLE  
Author Bell, Michael E., Ph. D.
Title Food for the dead : on the trail of New England's vampires / Michael E. Bell.
Edition First Carroll and Graf edition.
OCLC 48155081
ISBN 0786708999
9780786708994
Publisher New York : Carroll & Graf, [2001]
©2001
Description xiv, 337 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits ; 24 cm
Medical
Subject heading/s		 Folklore -- New England -- Personal Narratives.
Tuberculosis -- history -- New England -- Personal Narratives.
LC Subject heading/s Vampires -- New England -- Folklore.
Folklore -- New England.
Diseases and history.
Tuberculosis -- New England -- History.
New England -- History.
MeSH
Genre heading/s		 Biography.
Personal Narratives.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-331) and index.
Contents Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- ch. 1. This awful thing -- ch. 2. Testing a horrible superstition -- ch. 3. Remarkable happenings -- ch. 4. The cause of their trouble lay before them -- ch. 5. I am waiting and watching for you -- ch. 6. I thought for sure they were coming after me -- ch. 7. Don't be a rational adult -- ch. 8. Never strangers true vampires be -- ch. 9. Ghoulish, wolfish shapes -- ch. 10. The unending river of life -- ch. 11. Relicks of many old customs -- ch. 12. A ghoul in every deserted fireplace -- ch. 13. Is that true of all vampires? -- ch. 14. Food for the dead -- appendix A. Chronology of vampire incidents in New England -- appendix B. Children of Stukeley and Honor Tillinghast -- Notes -- Works sited -- Index -- About the author.
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