Death Makes a Holiday
A Cultural History of Halloween
1st Us edition
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Word Count
56,000 words, Guess
Page Count
224 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL8786309M
- ISBN-139781582342306
- ISBN-10158234230X
- OCLC Control Number50564803
- OCLC Control Numberdeathmakesholida00skal
and 2 more
- LibraryThing54003
- Goodreads762594
Classifications
- LCCGT4965 .S58 2002
Description
"Using a mix of personal anecdotes and perceptive social analysis, Skal examines the amazing phenomenon of Halloween, exploring its dark Celtic history and illuminating why it has evolved - in the course of a few short generations - from a quaint small-scale celebration into the largest seasonal marketing event outside of Christmas."--BOOK JACKET.
First Sentence
BECAUSE IT WAS raining on Halloween 1974, Ronald Clark O'Bryan, a thirty-year-old optician in suburban Houston, accompanied his eight-year-old son Timothy and five-year-old daughter Elizabeth on their eagerly awaited neighborhood rounds of trick or treat.
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