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. 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.
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. "Biography of Margaret Fox, the world-famous medium and cofounder of the Spiritualism movement that swept America in the mid-1800s. Nice Collectible Stated 1st Edition 1st Printing Hardcover copy in Dust Jacket. HARDCOVER 2005 Harcourt, & Company Stated 1st Edition 1st Printing with "First Edition" & letters A-K on copyright page. "The Reluctant Spiritualist: The Life of Maggie Fox" by Nancy Stuart. VINTAGE 2005 Hardcover Biography Of Famous 19th Century Medium 1st Edition 1st Printing In Dust Jacket.
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