You need to sign in or sign up before continuing.

Food for the Dead: On the Trail of New England's Vampires by Michael E. Bell

Food for the Dead: On the Trail of New England's Vampires

Michael E. Bell

352 pages • paperback • 2001

3 editions

nonfiction history dark mysterious medium-paced
More Options

Read With Others

Book Information


Loading...

Description

For nineteenth-century New Englanders, "vampires" lurked behind tuberculosis. To try to rid their houses and communities from the scourge of the wasting disease, families sometimes relied on folk practices, including exhuming and consuming the bod...

Show More

Community Reviews

Loading...

Content Warnings

Loading...