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Barcode30293102352262
StatusIn Processing
LocationClark County
Call No133.12 Blac
TitleHow to build a haunted house : the history of a cultural obsession / Caitlin Blackwell Baines.
AuthorBlackwell, Caitlin, author.
CollectionNF
Total Circ0
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Clark County30293102352262133.12 Blac4/20/2026 In Processing 

Catalog Details

International Standard Book Number 9798897100781 (hardcover)
Personal Name Blackwell, Caitlin, author.
Title Statement How to build a haunted house : the history of a cultural obsession / Caitlin Blackwell Baines.
Edition Statement First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice New York : Pegasus Books, 2026.
Physical Description 302 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography, Etc. Note Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note Strawberry Hill House : the birth of 'gloomth' -- Chillingham Castle : besieged from within -- Borley Rectory : new haunts for old ghosts -- Hampton Court : the ghosts of fame -- The Myrtles Plantation : enslaved by a haunted history -- Raynham Hall : the death of the English country house -- The Amityville Horror : ghosts on film -- The Winchester Mystery House : the architecture of a haunting -- Global ghosts : the haunted house at home and abroad
Summary, Etc. "A cultural history of the phenomenon of the 'haunted house' as seen through art, architecture, and ghost stories. What makes a house haunted? Why do some buildings conjure up a reputation for being particularly creepy, while others leave us unmoved? Barring the possibility of a looming afterlife, what are the particular features, contexts, and histories that lend a building the dreaded identity of haunted house? How to Build a Haunted House tours some of the world's most famously spine-chilling structures in search of answers. From Medieval Scotland to Enlightenment-era London; Victorian suburbs to pre-Civil War Louisiana, Blackwell Baines, an expert in Gothic art and architecture, will explore that specific set of ingredients that captures our imaginations and contributes to our collective understanding of the eternally eerie. After all, whether a staunch skeptic or paranormal enthusiast, we all know a haunted house when we see one."-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Haunted houses.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Haunted houses History.

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