Food for the dead : on the trail of New England's vampires / Michael E. Bell.

"Close your eyes and imagine a vampire: Your mind's eye may conjure up Count Dracula with bared teeth and a shiny tuxedo. But, another kind of vampire was believed to live in rural New England long ago. Author and folklorist Michael E. Bell has spent twenty years pursuing this forgotten va...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Bell, Michael Edward, 1943-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Middletown, Conn. : Wesleyan Univ Pr, ©2011.
Edition:	Wesleyan pbk. ed.
Subjects:	Vampires > New England > Folklore. Folklore > New England. Diseases and history. Tuberculosis. folklore (culture-related concept) SOCIAL SCIENCE > Folklore & Mythology. Tuberculosis Diseases and history Folklore Vampires New England > History. New England. New England autobiographies (literary works) Autobiographies History Autobiographies.
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Table of 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.

Food for the dead : on the trail of New England's vampires / Michael E. Bell.

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