Mortimer And The Witches

Author : Marie Carter
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2024-03-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781531506261

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The neglected histories of 19th-century NYC’s maligned working-class fortune tellers and the man who set out to discredit them Under the pseudonym Q. K. Philander Doesticks, P. B., humor writer Mortimer Thomson went undercover to investigate and report on the fortune tellers of New York City’s tenements and slums. When his articles were published in book form in 1858, they catalyzed a series of arrests that both scandalized and delighted the public. But Mortimer was guarding some secrets of his own, and in many ways, his own life paralleled the lives of the women he both visited and vilified. In Mortimer and the Witches, author Marie Carter examines the lives of these marginalized fortune tellers while also detailing Mortimer Thomson’s peculiar and complicated biography. Living primarily in the poor section of the Lower East Side, nineteenth-century fortune tellers offered their clients answers to all questions in astrology, love, and law matters. They promised to cure ailments. They spoke of loved ones from beyond the grave. Yet Doesticks saw them as the worst of the worst evil-doers. His investigative reporting aimed to stop unsuspecting young women from seeking the corrupt soothsaying advice of these so-called clairvoyants and to expose the absurd and woefully inaccurate predictions of these “witches.” Marie Carter views these stories of working-class, immigrant women with more depth than Doesticks’s mocking articles would allow. In her analysis and discussion, she presents them as three-dimensional figures rather than the caricatures Doesticks made them out to be. What other professions at that time allowed women the kind of autonomy afforded by fortune-telling? Their eager customers, many of whom were newly arrived immigrants trying to navigate life in a new country, weren’t as naive and gullible as Doesticks made them out to be. They were often in need of guidance, seeking out the advice of someone who had life experience to offer or simply enjoying the entertainment and attention. Mortimer and the Witches offers new insight into the neglected histories of working-class fortune tellers and the creative ways that they tried to make a living when options were limited for them.

Author : Marie Carter
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2024-03-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781531506254

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Mortimer and the Witches by Marie Carter Pdf

The neglected histories of 19th-century NYC’s maligned working-class fortune tellers and the man who set out to discredit them Under the pseudonym Q. K. Philander Doesticks, P. B., humor writer Mortimer Thomson went undercover to investigate and report on the fortune tellers of New York City’s tenements and slums. When his articles were published in book form in 1858, they catalyzed a series of arrests that both scandalized and delighted the public. But Mortimer was guarding some secrets of his own, and in many ways, his own life paralleled the lives of the women he both visited and vilified. In Mortimer and the Witches, author Marie Carter examines the lives of these marginalized fortune tellers while also detailing Mortimer Thomson’s peculiar and complicated biography. Living primarily in the poor section of the Lower East Side, nineteenth-century fortune tellers offered their clients answers to all questions in astrology, love, and law matters. They promised to cure ailments. They spoke of loved ones from beyond the grave. Yet Doesticks saw them as the worst of the worst evil-doers. His investigative reporting aimed to stop unsuspecting young women from seeking the corrupt soothsaying advice of these so-called clairvoyants and to expose the absurd and woefully inaccurate predictions of these “witches.” Marie Carter views these stories of working-class, immigrant women with more depth than Doesticks’s mocking articles would allow. In her analysis and discussion, she presents them as three-dimensional figures rather than the caricatures Doesticks made them out to be. What other professions at that time allowed women the kind of autonomy afforded by fortune-telling? Their eager customers, many of whom were newly arrived immigrants trying to navigate life in a new country, weren’t as naive and gullible as Doesticks made them out to be. They were often in need of guidance, seeking out the advice of someone who had life experience to offer or simply enjoying the entertainment and attention. Mortimer and the Witches offers new insight into the neglected histories of working-class fortune tellers and the creative ways that they tried to make a living when options were limited for them.

Author : Q. K. Philander Doesticks
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1859
Category : Fortune-telling
ISBN : UCAL:$B285876

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The Witches of New York by Q. K. Philander Doesticks Pdf

Author : Keith B. Darrell
Publisher : Amber Book Company
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2022-05-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Witches' Cauldron by Keith B. Darrell Pdf

Picking up where To Hell in a Handbasket left off, the fourth and final installment in the Halos & Horns fantasy series finds the angel Gabriel and the demon Asmodeus fighting for their lives against Baphomet and his demonic horde; Lucifer brought for judgment before the Eternals for the murder of Cholestra; and Samantha joining forces with her sisters Drusilla and Calliope against the sorceress supreme Morgana le Fay and the Dark Fae. Will Emma regret her decision to stand by Damien? Will Damien find a way to halt his rapid aging? Will Detective Mordecai survive? And if not, will he take the unrevealed secret of his daughters to the grave? An Empusae attack on Nosferatu, Inc.'s Japanese headquarters not only threatens Chiyoko's territory, but will change Kaya's life forever. Meanwhile, one character must journey back in time to 17th century Salem in search of the secret to defeating Morgana. But what other secrets does the Salem coven hold? No one is safe. As the Halos & Horns saga draws to its conclusion, who will survive? The Witches' Cauldron is the fourth book in the Halos & Horns saga. Readers may wish to begin with the first book, Paved with Good Intentions.

Author : Ben Jonson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1756
Category : Electronic
ISBN : KBNL:KBNL03000213040

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The tale of a tub. The sad shepherd; Mortimer's fall. Entertai[n]ments. Speeches. Masques at court.[1 by Ben Jonson Pdf

Author : Susan Fair
Publisher : Skyhorse
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781510703810

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American Witches by Susan Fair Pdf

The history of American witches is way weirder than you ever imagined. From bewitched pigs hell-bent on revenge to gruesome twentieth-century murders, American Witches reveals strange incidents of witchcraft that have long been swept under the rug as bizarre sidenotes to history. On a tour through history that’s both whimsical and startling, we’ll encounter seventeenth-century children flying around inside their New England home “like geese.” We’ll meet a father-son team of pious Puritans who embarked on a mission that involved undressing ladies and overseeing hangings. And on the eve of the Civil War, we’ll accompany a reporter as he dons a dress and goes searching for witches in New York City’s most dangerous neighborhoods. Entertainingly readable and rich in amazing details often left out of today’s texts, American Witches casts a flickering torchlight into the dark corners of American history.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2024-07-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1091199538

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Witches of New York [program]. by Anonim Pdf

A humorous account of visits to various fortune tellers, card readers, seers, and other "witches" of New York. Written by Q.K. Philander Doesticks (a.k.a.Mortimer Thomson).

Author : William L. Pressly
Publisher : Associated University Presse
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Art
ISBN : 0874139856

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The Artist as Original Genius by William L. Pressly Pdf

Examines the first generation of artists in Britain to define themselves as history painters, attempting what then was considered to be art's most exalted category. This book features more than 120 black-and-white illustrations.

Author : Janice Oberding
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2022-08-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781493066674

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The Big Book of Oregon Ghost Stories by Janice Oberding Pdf

As the dense coastal fog rolls in to blanket the shoreline in gloomy silence, one thing becomes very clear. Oregon is a state in which ghosts roam. Not only here on the coast but in the lush green inland regions as well. Oregon is the ninth largest state in the US, and is one of contrasts. From the fertile Willamette Valley with its hundreds of wineries to its rugged coastline; from its twenty-two feet tall Pioneer statue, known affectionately as Gold Man, sitting atop the state capital in Salem to its ghost towns, Oregon is a state of stark beauty, hauntings, and history. Ghosts linger for any number of reasons. Those who’ve stayed in Oregon range from millionaires who refuse to move from their mansions, lonely cemetery inhabitants, those attached to local theaters, saloons and hotels to ladies of the evening who made the wrong life and death decisions. Their reasons for staying put are as varied as there are rose bushes in the state.

Author : Heinrich Kramer
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-05
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781528799874

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Malleus Maleficarum: Hammer of the Witches by Heinrich Kramer Pdf

A manual of demonology and witchcraft from medieval Europe, the Malleus Maleficarum is an infamous treatise defining methods for identifying, interrogating, and executing supposed witches. 'Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.' (Exodus 22:18 KJV) First written and published in 1486 by German Catholic clergyman Heinrich Kramer, this treatise was republished with additions from a second author, Jacob Sprenger, in 1519. Used to persecute supposed practisers of witchcraft during the witch hunts of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the Malleus Maleficarum is a haunting reminder of the deep-seated paranoia and religious fervour that led to the torture and deaths of many innocent people. One of history's most infamous texts, this handbook struck fear into the hearts of many and fuelled the flames of hysteria surrounding ideas of heresy, witchcraft, and the occult during the Middle Ages. This is the 1928 edition translated by the English occultist Montague Summers and featuring his original introduction.

Author : Fannie Bean
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1878
Category : Electronic
ISBN : COLUMBIA:0040713156

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Dr. Mortimer's Patient by Fannie Bean Pdf

Author : Samuel Felton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1787
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590356965

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Imperfect Hints Towards a New Edition of Shakespeare by Samuel Felton Pdf

Author : Everest Media,
Publisher : Everest Media LLC
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2022-04-04T22:59:00Z
Category : History
ISBN : 9781669379133

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Summary of Ian Mortimer's The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England by Everest Media, Pdf

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 Different societies see landscapes differently. For example, an Elizabethan traveler would describe his homeland in terms of cities, towns, ports, great houses, bridges and roads. A contemporary description will mention overcrowding and the problems of population expansion. #2 The Elizabethan landscape is different from the landscape that you see today. It is vast and open, with small houses and fields, and it was not until the late 1590s that people started to use the term landscape to describe a view. #3 Stratford-upon-Avon is located in the heart of England, about ninety-four miles north-west of London. The town was planned in the twelfth century, and most of the buildings are medieval. The most prestigious house in the town is New Place, built by Sir Hugh Clopton. #4 The town of Stratford was planned in the Middle Ages, and has wide streets that allow plenty of light to enter the front parlours and workshops of the market traders.

Author : Jakob Sprenger,Heinrich Kramer
Publisher : Jazzybee Verlag
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-10
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9783849644642

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Malleus Maleficarum – The Witch Hammer by Jakob Sprenger,Heinrich Kramer Pdf

This is the best known (i.e., the most infamous) of the witch-hunt manuals. Written in Latin, the Malleus was first submitted to the University of Cologne on May 9th, 1487. The title is translated as "The Hammer of Witches". Written by James Sprenger and Henry Kramer (of which little is known), the Malleus remained in use for three hundred years. It had tremendous influence in the witch trials in England and on the continent.

Author : Pamela Cleaver
Publisher : How To Books
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2010-01-29
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781848036833

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Writing For Children, 4th Edition by Pamela Cleaver Pdf

This new edition combines Pamela Cleaver's bestselling Writing a Children's Book with her Ideas for Children's Writers. In it you will learn about plotting and planning, beginnings, middles and endings, how to research and how to revise and how to find a publisher. There are: * Lists of attributes to help you create interesting and believable characters * Lists of plots and themes * Genres - what's hot and what's not * Locations and how much description to use * List of do's and don'ts regarding submitting manuscripts * Symbols for correcting your proofs * Tips on how to publicise your book. There is no one right way to write a children's book but if you are armed with a knowledge of certain techniques that have worked for other writers you will be more likely to succeed. Contents: Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Limbering Up; 2. Plotting; 3. Story People: the Characters in Your Book; 4. Genres; 5. Where and When?; 6. Starting the Story; 7. Telling the Tale; 8. Writing for the Younger Set; 9. Happy Ever After?; 10. Research and Revision; 11. Writing a Non-Fiction Book; 12. Getting Published; 13. If Your Book is Accepted; 14. If Your Book is Rejected; Useful Information for Writing Children's Book; Index.