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<p>* Nominated for a New York Historical Society Book Prize in American History</p> <p>* Honorable Mention in General Nonfiction from the American Society of Journalists and Authors</p> <p>Here is the first authoritative biography of Margaret Fox, the world-famous medium and cofounder of the Spiritualism movement that swept America in the mid-1800s. In 1848, fifteen-year-old Maggie and her sister Katy created rapping sounds by manipulating their toe joints, practicing until they convinced their parents that their farmhouse was haunted. What started as a prank soon transformed into a movement: By 1853 more than thirty thousand mediums were at work, with Maggie among the most famous. But when she denounced the faith in 1888-appearing before a packed auditorium in her stocking feet to demonstrate-Spiritualism withered almost as quickly as it had bloomed.</p> <p>Through the memoirs of the Fox sisters, the letters of Maggie's Arctic explorer husband, contemporary newspaper accounts, and other primary sources, Nancy Rubin Stuart creates a vibrant portrait of a Victorian-era woman at the heart of the tumults of her time.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

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Author

Nancy Rubin Stuart

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published

2005

Language

EN

ISBN

9780151010134

Category

history

Subjects

Psychology, Memoir, Fiction

Rating

3.61 / 5 (32 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14