Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places

... Dickey attempts to negotiate the differences between ???official??? history and ???hidden??? history: the difference between history has it is taught in schools and other orthodox learning institutions, versus the history that one hears via word-of-mouth in the form of folktales, urban legends, and especially ghost stories. After all, there are plenty of details that official historical accounts like to hide, things that make people uncomfortable to even think about. And yet, that frisson of discomfort is one of the things that makes ghost stories so popular ??? and, therefore, extremely useful in keeping those otherwise uncomfortable, difficult-to-confront historical stories alive...

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