![]() ![]() ![]() “If you want to understand a place, ignore the boasting monuments and landmarks, and go straight to the haunted houses,“ Dickey writes. Uneasy realities underpin these stories, he finds. What does that mean for shared spaces, those shaped by historical forces and indelible public events? What types of architecture are said to have actual ghosts? In his new book, Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places(Viking, $27), Colin Dickey constructs a theory of haunting across these 50 states, excavating the tall tales of houses, hotels, and public spaces said to have ghosts in their midsts. Hauntings bring home some things we’d like to remember, and perhaps more often, the truths we wish to forget. Afloat on the walls are visitations of comfort and anxiety wisps of regret and phantoms of trauma. Any house is haunted, frequented by its inhabitants present and past and the memories cultivated inside it. ![]()
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