Cursed in New York : stories of the damned in the Empire State
Record details
- ISBN: 1493013777
- ISBN: 9781493013777
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Physical Description:
1 online resource
remote - Publisher: Guilford, Connecticut : Globe Pequot Press, an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield, 2015.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Ancient, unsportsmanlike souls -- The Indian princess of Lake Ronkonkoma -- The truth about Shakespeare's Scottish play -- The curse of Mamie O'Rourke -- The lost souls of Seneca County -- The black dog of the Great Lakes -- The Rangers, the Stanley Cup and the curse of 1940 -- The death of a president and the teams that fail to thrive -- Gustav Mahler and the curse of the Ninth Symphony -- Devil's Hole : the cave of the evil spirit -- The Hex murder at the Stone Arch Bridge -- Murder in the well : Hamilton, Burr, and the Quaker curse -- The power of a maleficent gem -- The curse of the Black Orlov -- The widow's curse on Hyde Hall -- The castle in the Catskills -- Bringing Malocchio to America -- The scandalous case of the Witch of Easthampton -- "Wicked and detestable arts" in Seatallcott -- The Knicks, the Red Bulls, and the worst luck in sports -- The farmer, the beggar and the peach orchard -- The legend of the thirteen curves -- Phantom ships on the Hudson -- The cursed ghost of Alice van der Veer -- Politics and painted poultry. |
Restrictions on Access Note: | NLC staff and students only. |
Language Note: | English. |
Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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