Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places By Colin Dickey

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Author: Colin Dickey

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One of NPR’s Great Reads of 2016“A lively assemblage and smart analysis of dozens of haunting stories…absorbing…[and] intellectually intriguing.” —The New York Times Book ReviewFrom the author of The Unidentified, an intellectual feast for fans of offbeat history that takes readers on a road trip through some of the country’s most infamously haunted places—and deep into the dark side of our history.Colin Dickey is on the trail of America’s ghosts. Crammed into old houses and hotels, abandoned prisons and empty hospitals, the spirits that linger continue to capture our collective imagination, but why? His own fascination piqued by a house hunt in Los Angeles that revealed derelict foreclosures and “zombie homes,” Dickey embarks on a journey across the continental United States to decode and unpack the American history repressed in our most famous haunted places. Some have established reputations as “the most haunted mansion in America,” or “the most haunted prison”; others, like the haunted Indian burial grounds in West Virginia, evoke memories from the past our collective nation tries to forget.With boundless curiosity, Dickey conjures the dead by focusing on questions of the living—how do we, the living, deal with stories about ghosts, and how do we inhabit and move through spaces that have been deemed, for whatever reason, haunted? Paying attention not only to the true facts behind a ghost story, but also to the ways in which changes to those facts are made—and why those changes are made—Dickey paints a version of American history left out of the textbooks, one of things left undone, crimes left unsolved.Spellbinding, scary, and wickedly insightful, Ghostland discovers the past we’re most afraid to speak of aloud in the bright light of day is the same past that tends to linger in the ghost stories we whisper in the dark.

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Oh boy, do I have mixed feelings on this book. As the title says, the book is about the history of haunted places in the US. The truth behind the legends. And... it's got its good and bad.The good:- Ghostland is well researched. It's clear the author put in some time on that front. It's full of fun facts and bits of information.- It's thought-provoking. It brings up interesting points you may not have considered before. It makes for great conversation starter (I chatted about this book with my doctor).- It gives a voice to those no longer alive to speak the truth.The bad:- At times it looks down on or mocks/pokes fun at ghost hunters or people who believe in ghosts. Personally, I neither believe nor disbelieve in ghosts. But I would never look down on someone who does. As long as they are being respectful and aren't trying to cash in on a tragedy or fool others (like lame ghost hunter shows), then I am ok with people believing in or trying to find ghosts.- Rudeness. I don't think I have ever read a book in which the author came off as rude. But this one did multiple times. He interviewed a handful of people for this book and I got the feeling that these were polite conversations. But the author's comments after the fact were full of slight digs at these people. It just comes off as so shady. To be polite to their face and then rude in the book. I keep imagining one of them reading this book, expecting just their nice conversation, only to see the insulting remarks added on and feeling hurt. Not cool.- The writing itself is a hot mess. Some chapters/paragraphs have a clear point, like "don't believe everything you hear" or "be respectful." But many were random stories that felt kind of pointless. They went on and on like they were leading to a point, but they never did. There were also random paragraphs that had nothing to do with anything. It's as if the author liked what he wrote so much that he mushed it in with no rhyme or reason. There were also sections that felt like stream of consciousness. Entire paragraphs full of flowery language that wasn't saying much of anything. The introduction was so wordy and just went on and on about nothing that I ended up skipping it. The book could do with a serious edit.In spite of all of the bad things, I do think this is an interesting book worthy of a read. But maybe borrow it from the library and not buy it.

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