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The Haunting of the Presidents: A Paranormal History of the U.S. Presidency | 
 enlarge | Authors: Joel Martin, William J. Birnes
Publisher: Signet
Category: Book
Buy Used: $37.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 722861
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 448
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 4.4 x 1.2
ISBN: 0451208048
Dewey Decimal Number: 973.099
EAN: 9780451208040
ASIN: 0451208048
Publication Date: February 4, 2003
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Condition: This used book is smoke free. Spine has been reinforced with tape.
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Product Description
What were the chilling revelations of the seances conducted by Mary Todd Lincoln, Martha Washington, and Eleanor Roosevelt?
What secrets did John F. Kennedy reveal after his death?
Why was Hillary Clinton compelled to channel the spirits of past First Ladies?
Which presidents admitted in private to having UFO encounters?
What's the source of the strange light emanating from the Rose Room?
Who-or-what is playing the haunted strains of phantom music in the private halls of the White House?
The answers to these and even more tantalizing questions can be found in this unique history of the never-before-revealed phenomenon of the White House. And this isn't hearsay.
It's based on declassified, substantiated records dating back to George Washington through the Clinton Administration.
FEATURING:
Actual transcripts of channeling sessions and seances
A tour guide to the Presidential Haunted Places
Eyewitness accounts from Jacqueline Kennedy, Nancy Reagan, Eleanor Roosevelt, and others
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 fact without substantiation is just fiction June 19, 2007
This book seems to be divided into two parts that are intermixed.
If you are into the paranormal and occult and desire to be told what the occult is all about and its various manifestations (as if you were a complete novice) before the text starts relating those topics into how they relate to our Presidents, then this is the book for you.
If you like history, and are not bothered by the fact that though there are many many claims of paranormal "facts" mentioned in this book, the authors do not bother to substantiate their claims or "facts" by either bibliographical references, footnotes, indexes, or specific notes and sources, then this is the book for you.
If you bought this book just to read it, and after doing so, plan on giving it to another used book store when done, then this is definately the book for you.
 This book the basis of a great History Channel special January 22, 2006
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I'm watching a very interesting show (on Jan 21, 2006) obviously based on this book. This is information we didn't have before - George Washington's vision of a presaging angel, Lincoln seeing his doppelganger, the 20-year Presidential curse made by a native American chief, Edgar Cayce predicting exactly what would happen to Wilson, the League of Nations and the world after the League failed to come into being, and more. Very engaging stuff! Thanks to the authors and much success with this book.
Just Thinking October 20, 2005
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I find remarkable the efforts that were developed by the authors in order to investigate this complex topic. I could understand the great field resource limitations involved in order to just start the recollection of such data. My opinion is that the authors' narrative style is fluidly correct, although scientifically questionable, and is consistent with historical and phenomenological factors regarding spirit communication. I just regret that references were not sited in order to confirm the supposed experiences reported. Nonetheless, I also understand that the authors' intentions were not that of an academic or scientific purpose. All that is left for me to say is: Thanks any way for the valuable information, it's up to me to continue the search for more reliable detailed referenced based information.
Jesus Soto Espinosa
 Informative September 21, 2005
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
This book was written very well and I beg to differ with the people who didn't like it. It was very informative when tying in the ghost stories which I like. Although the first part was a little boring and didn't hold my interest real well. It is a book that I think people should read if they like history and ghost stories combined.
 If Abe Lincoln hasn't haunted these guys, he should! June 5, 2004
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
If there were psychiatrists who treated books then this book would provide a valuable case study for some practitioner. This book has more personalities than the White House has ghosts. Overall the writing is fairly good which is a plus. On the negative side however, there are numerous historical errors that tend to make the reader leery of the book as a whole.The first quarter of this book is made up of stories that include premonitions in dreams, curses, prophecies and a UFO or two. There is hardly a ghost to be found and after about fifty pages I almost gave up and put the book down. If you are looking for the ghosts that are hinted at in the title you could just skip the first ninety-seven pages. Then, after trudging through the first unimpressive part of the book, the reader will come to the best part. The second quarter of the book finally deals with ghosts in the White House as well as the ghosts of former Presidents and First Ladies who reside elsewhere. The documentation is a little lacking but there are a few eyewitness accounts and these stories are at the very least interesting. I particularly liked the story of the former Garfield home in Hiram, Ohio as well as the story of Teddy Roosevelt caught on video by tourists at Sagamore Hill. The next section deals with the spiritual beliefs of the Presidents and details various seances held at the White House. This section of course includes the Lincoln White House, and Lincoln becomes the focus for the next quarter of the book. This is an interesting section but is again not very well documented. The final quarter of the book leaps off into silliness. It is almost entirely taken up by Nancy Reagan and her psychic and Hillary Clinton's supposed chats with Eleanor Roosevelt. There is one nice little section near the end of the book that deals with hauntings in the DC area but the stories are brief and again lack any documentation. Finally, in an apparent attempt to kill what little credibility this book has, the authors bring in mediums and converse with the dead Presidents. They even manage to ask JFK about Marilyn Monroe's suicide, which fits in perfectly because these authors buy into every conspiracy theory ever conceived. Basically, I was disappointed with this book. It is a fun read at times but most of the time it is just off the wall and silly. There simply has to be a better book on this subject out there somewhere and I would like to find it. Maybe I should find a medium and ask JFK what he thinks.
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