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Haunted halls : ghostlore of American college campuses /
Why do so many American college students tell stories about encounters with ghosts? In Haunted Halls, the first book-length interpretive study of college ghostlore, Elizabeth Tucker takes the reader back to school to get acquainted with a wide range of college spirits. Some of the best-known ghosts...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Jackson :
University Press of Mississippi,
©2007.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Why do so many American college students tell stories about encounters with ghosts? In Haunted Halls, the first book-length interpretive study of college ghostlore, Elizabeth Tucker takes the reader back to school to get acquainted with a wide range of college spirits. Some of the best-known ghosts that she discusses are Emory University\'s Dooley, who can disband classes by shooting professors with his water pistol; Mansfield Uni-versity\'s Sara, who threw herself down a flight of stairs after being rejected by her boyfriend; and Huntingdon College\'s Red Lady, who slit her wrists while dress. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 241 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-232) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9781604733174 1604733179 1282485679 9781282485679 9786612485671 6612485671 |