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UNINA9910821493803321 |
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Autore |
Minetor Randi |
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Titolo |
Cursed in New York : stories of the damned in the Empire State / / Randi Minetor |
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Guilford, Connecticut : , : Globe Pequot Press, , [2015] |
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©2015 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (225 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Evil eye - New York (State) |
Blessing and cursing - New York (State) |
Revenge - New York (State) |
New York (State) Social life and customs Anecdotes |
New York (State) Biography Anecdotes |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1: Ancient, Unsportsmanlike Souls; 2: The Indian Princess of Lake Ronkonkoma; 3: The Truth About Shakespeare's Scottish Play; 4: The Curse of Mamie O'Rourke; 5: The Lost Souls of Seneca County; 6: The Black Dog of the Great Lakes; 7: The Rangers, the Stanley Cup, and the Curse of 1940; 8: The Death of a President and the Teams that Fail to Thrive; 9: Gustav Mahler and the Curse of the Ninth Symphony; 10: Devil's Hole: The Cave of the Evil Spirit; 11: The Hex Murder at the Stone Arch Bridge; 12: Murder in the Well: Hamilton, Burr, and the Quaker Curse |
13: The Power of a Maleficent Gem14: The Curse of the Black Orlov; 15: The Widow's Curse on Hyde Hall; 16: The Castle in the Catskills; 17: Bringing Malocchio to America; 18: The Scandalous Case of the Witch of Easthampton; 19: "Wicked and Detestable Arts" in Seatallcott; 20: The Knicks, the Red Bulls, and the Worst Luck in Sports; 21: The Farmer, the Beggar, and the Peach Orchard; 22: The Legend of Thirteen Curves; 23: Phantom Ships on the Hudson; 24: The Cursed Ghost of Alice Van der Veer; 25: Politics and Painted Poultry; Sources; Acknowledgments; Index; About the Author |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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A collection of riveting stories about preternatural revenge. Some stories will be regionally well known. Others are nearly forgotten. All are cursed. |
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