Haunting Capital

Author : Hershini Bhana Young
Publisher : UPNE
ISBN 13 : 9781584655190
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Haunting Capital written by Hershini Bhana Young and published by UPNE. This book was released on 2006 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Haunting Capital, Hershini Young sets out to re-theorize the African diaspora "so that the concept becomes unintelligible without an understanding of gender as a constitutive element." Young uses the historically injured bodies of black women, as represented in novels by black women, to talk about colonialism, gender, race, memory and haunting. Haunting Capital departs from traditional trauma studies, which stress individual wounding and psychotherapeutic models. Instead, Young explores the notion of injury as a collective wounding, resulting from the trauma of capitalistic regimes such as slavery and colonialism. She also introduces the idea of the ghost to her discussion of collective injury, where it functions not only on theoretical and metaphorical levels, but also by invoking African cosmologies in which ghosts are ancestral beings with a real spiritual presence. More specifically, Young insists on the contemporary reality of African nations and eschews the presentation of Africa as a vague, undifferentiated point of origin that characterizes many other studies of the African diaspora. Her reading of African contemporary novels by women, alongside African American and Caribbean novels, works to show the African diaspora as haunted by similar, though different, issues of gendered and racialized violence.

Author : Mike Carter
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1614236704
Total Pages : 151 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Haunted Annapolis written by Mike Carter and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2012-09-04 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors of Haunted Fells Point tour Maryland’s capital and “detail ghostly sightings at some of the city’s best known landmarks” (Capital Gazette). Beneath the statehouse dome and from the banks of the Severn River, the ghosts of Annapolis rise to roam the red-bricked streets of the old city. The capital of Maryland since 1694, the city hosts the restless dead who never left the narrow alleys, taverns and homes where they met their ends. Come dine with Mary Reynolds at the tavern she’s been keeping since the 1760s, stand vigil at the sarcophagus of Admiral John Paul Jones and search for the figure of Thomas Dance, who plummeted from the heights of the statehouse dome in 1793. From headless men and ghostly soldiers to unlucky bootleggers and ominous gravediggers, Annapolis Ghost Tour founder Mike Carter and tour guide Julia Dray narrate the eerie tales of these and other supernatural residents of Annapolis. Includes photos! “Based on years of research by the duo into the history behind some of Annapolis’ most notorious ghost stories.” —Broadneck Patch

Author : Steven Brezenoff
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 1434221407
Total Pages : 89 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ghost Who Haunted the Capitol written by Steven Brezenoff and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2010-09 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Washington, D.C., on a field trip, "Egg" Garrison and his friends solve a haunting mystery.

Author : Paul Hope
Publisher : Schiffer Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780764343209
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Policing the Paranormal written by Paul Hope and published by Schiffer Publishing. This book was released on 2014-01-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes chapters on the Virginia State Capitol, the Governor's Mansion, the Virginia Supreme Court building, Old City Hall, and Morrison Row.

Author : Natalie Lunis
Publisher : Bearport Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1627244530
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Haunted Capital written by Natalie Lunis and published by Bearport Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Places that are filled with history are also thought to be filled with ghosts. If that is true, then Washington, D.C.—a city that dates back to the earliest days of the United States of America—is surely one of the most haunted cities in the country. In A Haunted Capital, children visit eleven of the most haunted spots in Washington, D.C. and come across some of its most famous ghosts. Among them are a former president who never left the White House, a vice-president who still hurries to his office in the Capitol building, and a First Lady who has found a quiet and peaceful home—years after her death. The haunting photographs and chilling nonfiction text will keep children turning the pages to discover more spooky stories.

Author : Janice Tremeear
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1614236771
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Haunted Jefferson City written by Janice Tremeear and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2012-09-11 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Missouri's state capital groans beneath the burden of its haunted heritage, from the shadow people of Native American folklore to Boogie Man Bill, Missouri's wild child. The muddy river waters hide the shifting graves of steamboat crews, like the one that went down with the Montana, and the savage scars of the Civil War still linger on the land. Join Janice Tremeear for the fascinating history behind Jefferson City's most chilling tales, including a visit to the notorious Missouri State Penitentiary, where the vicious festered for 170 years.

Author : Joel Martin
Publisher : Konecky Konecky
ISBN 13 : 9781568527581
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Haunting of the Presidents written by Joel Martin and published by Konecky Konecky. This book was released on 2010-02-10 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of paranormal phenomena in the presidential residence is revealed for the first time in a fascinating exploration of the country's most famous portal to the unknown.

Author : Ian Gibbs
Publisher : TouchWood Editions
ISBN 13 : 1771512148
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Victoria's Most Haunted written by Ian Gibbs and published by TouchWood Editions. This book was released on 2017-04-25 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ghost stories from Canada’s most haunted city, including tales from iconic sites such as the Empress hotel, Hatley Castle, and Ross Bay Cemetery. Beautiful, charming Victoria is world renowned for its seaside attractions, flourishing gardens, and breathtaking ocean views. But looming behind its picture-perfect façade is a city shrouded in mystery, with restless, disembodied beings that whisper ghastly tales of mystery, violence, and horror. Known as British Columbia’s most haunted city, Victoria is teeming with a plethora of spirits. Through this brand-new collection of disturbing tales, you’ll come face to face with: The Grey Lady who chills hotel guests to the bone A decorated World War I soldier who protects tenants from something sinister An inconsolable child who haunts the pool area of a defunct hotel The blood-soaked spectre who runs through the infamous Fan Tan Alley to escape capture The ghost of Robert Johnson, who perpetually re-enacts his own suicide The phantom of a cranky hermit who plagues a beautiful lake house A spinster who gives tours of her childhood home And many more Get to know Victoria’s best-known hauntings along with some you may have not have heard before.

Author : Jeanine Plumer
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 161423373X
Total Pages : 105 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Haunted Austin written by Jeanine Plumer and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2010-09-01 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the spirits and ghosts that have been keeping Austin weird for centuries in this guidebook to the city’s supernatural residents. A killer lurks in the dark streets, victimizing servant girls throughout 1885, and Austin becomes the first American city to claim a serial killer. The spirits of convicts wander amidst the manicured grounds of the Texas State Capitol, while inside a public servant assassinated in 1903 still haunts its corridors. These are just a few of the strange and frightening tales of Haunted Austin. Within these pages lies evidence that the frontier bravado legendary in so many Texas men and women lives on long after death. Author Jeanine Plumer explores the sinister history of the city and attempts to answer the question: Why do so many ghosts linger in Austin?

Author : William J. Birnes
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0765323540
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Haunting of Twentieth-Century America written by William J. Birnes and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2011-09-13 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "From the Nazis to the new millennium"--Jacket.