- Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press (July 2004)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 155849457X
- ISBN-13: 978-1558494572
- Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 15 x 2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 431 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,567,988 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Amazing,
This review is from: Exploring Other Worlds: Margaret Fox, Elisha Kent Kane, and the Antebellum Culture of Curiosity (Paperback)
I don't want to sound like a planted review, but this is among the best books of its type. Detailed works on specific facets of history tend to be dry, yet Dave Chapin manages to bring out the interesting parts of it extremely well. I wasn't bored at all while reading this.
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A Fascinating Account of 2 Famous People You Never Heard Of,
By D. Salerni - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Exploring Other Worlds: Margaret Fox, Elisha Kent Kane, and the Antebellum Culture of Curiosity (Paperback)
I thoroughly enjoyed Chapin's well-written account of Elisha Kent Kane, Maggie Fox, and the nineteenth century American society in which they lived. These two historical persons were an unlikely pair. She was a marginally-educated, blacksmith's daughter who unexpectedly precipitated a national craze for the supernatural when she claimed the ability to speak to the dead. He was the eldest son of an aristocratic Philadelphian family, highly educated, and apparently addicted to the thrilling life of adventure and exploration. But chance threw these people together in a doomed romance, their common ground the society in which they lived: a world where the impossible might just be possible after all. Messages could fly through telegraph lines -- perhaps they could also travel from heaven to earth? The top of the globe remained an unknown place -- was it not possible that there could be an Open Polar Sea filled with marine life?Chapin terms this era of American history a "Culture of Curiosity." This is a good term for the pre-Civil War society which found entertainment in the lecture halls, learning about such diverse topics as phrenology, philosophy, and hypnotism. It was a world in which young Maggie Fox could become a celebrity for nothing more than a well-implemented hoax. It was a world in which Elisha Kent Kane could become the world's foremost explorer and scientist -- or a laughing-stock if he were to marry a famous spirit-rapper. 2 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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Great Book,
By Bob Jonothans - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Exploring Other Worlds: Margaret Fox, Elisha Kent Kane, and the Antebellum Culture of Curiosity (Paperback)
I thought that this book was seriously one of the best I have read in a while. Chapin does and excellent job in both telling the story and exploring the characters. I fervently look forward to the next thing Chapin writes because I know that not only will it be well researched, but it will be presented in a captivating fashion.
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