03134nam 2200625 450 991082149380332120230126213514.01-4930-1377-7(CKB)3710000000484096(EBL)4086323(SSID)ssj0001554982(PQKBManifestationID)16180043(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001554982(PQKBWorkID)13925102(PQKB)11566253(MiAaPQ)EBC4086323(Au-PeEL)EBL4086323(CaPaEBR)ebr11168371(CaONFJC)MIL837992(OCoLC)922889129(EXLCZ)99371000000048409620220518d2015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCursed in New York stories of the damned in the Empire State /Randi MinetorGuilford, Connecticut :Globe Pequot Press,[2015]©20151 online resource (225 p.)CursedDescription based upon print version of record.1-4930-1376-9 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 Curse13: 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 AuthorA collection of riveting stories about preternatural revenge. Some stories will be regionally well known. Others are nearly forgotten. All are cursed.CursedEvil eyeNew York (State)AnecdotesBlessing and cursingNew York (State)AnecdotesRevengeNew York (State)AnecdotesNew York (State)Social life and customsAnecdotesNew York (State)BiographyAnecdotesEvil eyeBlessing and cursingRevenge398.209747Minetor Randi1602141MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821493803321Cursed in New York3953653UNINA