HYDESVILLE IN HISTORY
Book Details + Condition: The Progressive Thinker Publishing House (Chicago). Very scarce First Edition, 1917. Hardcover measuring 7.75" x 5.25". 62 pages. The book is the author M.E. Cadwallader's compilation of first-hand accounts, and her own analysis of the occult manifestations of the famous Fox Sisters. Sisters Kate, Margaret and Leah lived in Hydesville, NY, with their family and had a special "visitor." Strange noises alarmed everyone in the house until Kate and Maggie exclaimed, "Mr. Splitfoot, do as I do," and clapped their hands. Raps replied, heralding the birth of Spiritualism in the United States. They were an overnight sensation. Chapters include:
- Hydesville in History. Testimony of Eye-Witnesses.
- The Chosen Ones
- The Origin of Modern Spiritualism
- Chronology of the Fox Family
- And more.
A clean and firm copy of a scarce first edition, with light wear to boards; rubbing to corners and edges; clean interior, free of markings.
