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We love ghost stories here at Wildside Press—witness the fact that we have now now reached our eighth volume in this series. Very few other genres are so versatile and enduring as tales of the supernatural. Ghosts can (and have) appeared in literature for thousands of years, in all countries and continents (and times past, present, and future) throughout the world. But the Victorian era particularly seemed to embrace ghost stories, and that’s when Christmas ghost tales became not just a staple of literature, but a requirement. Seemingly all British fiction magazines (and many newspapers) had to publish at least one ghostly tale in the month of December. Proving that the ghost story tradi...
Explores the experience and impact of the 1848 French Revolution through the writings of nine European intellectuals, including Marx and Flaubert.
Peter Sickman, Sr. (ca. 1745-1837) lived in Franklin County, Virginia. His first wife was believed to be Mary Hale. His second wife was Catherine Nosseman Willis, a widow. At the time of Peter's death, his name was spelled "Sigmon". Descendants remain largely in the Virginias.