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What Do We Know About the Winchester House?
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The What Do We Know About? series explores the mysterious, the unknown, and the unexplained. Why was Sarah Winchester's puzzling mansion built with so many mysterious features? And is it truly haunted?
In 1884, Sarah Winchester began building a large mansion in Santa Clara County, California. Under Sarah's direction, the house rose to be seven stories high and filled with mysterious features, including stairs that lead to nowhere and windows that look into other interior rooms. The house is more than just oddly designed, however: Many people believe that it is haunted. What made the heiress to the Winchester rifle fortune, an independent woman in many ways ahead of her time, create such an unusual house? Is it really filled with ghosts and spirit energy? Find out more in this nonfiction title about one of America's most famously unexplainable and possibly haunted houses.
In 1884, Sarah Winchester began building a large mansion in Santa Clara County, California. Under Sarah's direction, the house rose to be seven stories high and filled with mysterious features, including stairs that lead to nowhere and windows that look into other interior rooms. The house is more than just oddly designed, however: Many people believe that it is haunted. What made the heiress to the Winchester rifle fortune, an independent woman in many ways ahead of her time, create such an unusual house? Is it really filled with ghosts and spirit energy? Find out more in this nonfiction title about one of America's most famously unexplainable and possibly haunted houses.
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“I'm going to say 3.5 stars.
I know it's meant for children, but it bugged the ever-loving hell out of me how often sentences started with "and" or "but." I kNoW iT's gRaMmAtICalLy cORrect! I don't care it! I hate it! It gave me the willies every single time I saw it.
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Essentially, this whole book says that nothing spooky is happening in the Winchester House. It did give me some new insight into how immediately after the earthquake she just built the roof on top of it, so it may explain the rooms and stairwells that end out of nowhere. However... let me have nice things!
I also never knew that the man who purchased the house after her death also purchased carnivals and amusement parks. I really love keeping things in the family of weirdness. It definitely supports the idea that there was nothing weird about the house until someone P.T. Barnum-ed it.”
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About Emma Carlson Berne
Emma Carlson Berne has written over 120 books for young readers.
Ted Hammond is an illustrator and graphic novel cover artist. His art has been seen in Heavy Metal magazine and Zenescope Comics.
Ted Hammond is an illustrator and graphic novel cover artist. His art has been seen in Heavy Metal magazine and Zenescope Comics.
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