Supernatural America: A Cultural History

by Lawrence R. Samuel and Sana Khatri

This book is much more than an authoritative and compelling look at the cultural history of the supernatural over the last century in America--it also explains why we want to believe.

The supernatural--psychic phenomena (telepathy, clairvoyance, or ESP), communicating with the dead, and the sighting and tracking of ghosts--has played an integral role in American culture across the last century. In fact, attention and interest in the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313398992
• ISBN13: 9780313398995
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.6"
• Age Range: 7 to 17 years