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Rochester knockings

a novel of the Fox sisters
Living in a reputedly haunted house outside of Rochester, NY, the Fox sisters one day communicated with the spirit of a murder victim. This event led to the rise of the Spiritualism Movement which found the Fox sisters performing seances in front of hundreds. A historical fiction novel based on the rise and fall of the most famous mediums of the nineteenth century.

Talking to the dead

Kate and Maggie Fox and the rise of spiritualism
2005
Examines the lives and works of Kate and Maggie Fox, two women who became famous for their ability to communicate with spirits and who are generally credited with giving rise to the popularity of modern spirituality.

The gold ring

Jim Fisk, Jay Gould, and Black Friday, 1869
1988

We hear the dead

2010
A historical romance that tells the true story of the infamous Fox sisters, who invented the seance in 1948.

Talking to the dead

Kate and Maggie Fox and the rise of spiritualism
2004

The last Dickens

a novel
2009
After the untimely death of Charles Dickens, his American publisher, Fields & Osgood, sends a trusted clerk to recover the manuscript of Dicken's last unfinished novel, but when the clerk is found dead on the docks without the manuscript, James Osgood decides to make the voyage to England, with the clerk's older sister Rebecca in tow, only to pick up the trail of a murderer.

The life and legend of Jay Gould

1986
A biography of the dynamic entrepreneur of the 19th century who has been singled out as the most unscrupulous of the Robber Barons.

The Tycoons

how Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and J.P. Morgan invented the American supereconomy
2006

The girls who talked to ghosts

the story of Katie and Margaretta Fox
1979
A biography, with emphasis on the early years, of the Fox sisters who claimed to communicate with ghosts. Their experiences led to the founding of the Spiritualist movement.

The tycoons

how Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and J.P. Morgan invented the American supereconomy
2005
Presents an analysis of how Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and J.P. Morgan revolutionized the American economy during the Industrial Age, and discusses how each built their empires, the competition among them, and their influence on society.
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