Food For The Dead: On The Trail Of New England'S Vampires,New Rubrich A Rebel Forged By Tragedy

A Rebel Forged By Tragedy

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The Late Claude Luttrell Was Formerly In The Department Of English At The Same University

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Food For The Dead: On The Trail Of New England'S Vampires,New Rubrich A Rebel Forged By TragedyForget Bela Lugosi'S Count Dracula. In Nineteenthcentury New England Another Sort Of Vampire Was Relentlessly Ravishing The Populace, Or So It Was Believed By Many Rural Communities Suffering The Plague Of Tuberculosis. Indeed, As This Fascinating Book Shows, The Vampire Of Folk Superstition Figures Significantly In The Attempt Of Early Americans To Reasonably Explain And Vanquish The Dreaded Affliction Then Known As Consumption. In Gripping Narrative