Lily Dale: The True Story of the Town that Talks to the Dead
By Christine Wicker.
Description
In Lily Dale, New York, the dead don't die.Instead, spirits flit among the elms and stroll along the streets, sometimes dressed in garb more common 120 years ago, when Lily Dale was founded and suffragette Susan B. Anthony was a frequent guest.According to Spiritualists who have ruled this Victorian hamlet for five generations, the dead don't go away and they stay anything but quiet. Every summer twenty thousand guests come to consult the town's mediums, who can hang out a shingle only after passing a test that confirms their connection to the spirit world.On the hot June da...
ISBN(s)
006008667X, 9780060086671
