The Death-Blow to Spiritualism Being the True Story of the Fox Sisters

by Reuben Briggs Davenport

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.

Genres: History

64 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1888

Reviews

[Chloe :)]

After hearing about the Fox Sisters on a podcast, I wanted to learn more information -specifically, about the way they denounced the very moment they started. The information presented was interesting, but I felt that the author was mean. Preferably, he would have presented his findings and analysis without any side commentary on the girls' characters or lifestyle. Like, just give me the information and go, pookie. I don't need you to be hateful.
Also, the format of this specific edition was horrendous.

[Susan Molloy]

🖋️ Not a long biography, but still of all, this is an information-pack work about Catharine and Margaret Fox, “the first to produce ‘spiritualistic manifestations.’ They are now the most earnest in denunciation of those impostures; the most eager to dissipate the foolish belief of thousands in the flimsiest system of deception that was ever cloaked with the hypocrisy of so-called religion.” ⊱Quite dry reading, but interesting enough.
📙Published in 1888.

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[Wendy]

I read this at work on the Gutenberg website. It was a mildly interesting expose of Spiritualism by the author who spoke with the Fox sisters, who were basically the founders of Spiritualism in the first place. Two of them confessed but one still claims that it is real.