Halloween Nation: Behind the Scenes of America's Fright Night

by Lesley Bannatyne

Overview

America's leading authority on Halloween presents interviews with spooky rock groups, amateur vampires, haunted house creators, champion pumpkin carvers, and more, all in the quest of explaining the nation's unique love affair with this holiday. The collection of essays and interviews explores the pop culture phenomenon that is Halloween, and why we celebrate it the way we do today.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781455615674
Publisher:	Pelican Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date:	04/05/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	248
File size:	32 MB
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About the Author

One of the nation's foremost authorities on Halloween, Lesley Pratt Bannatyne has shared her vast knowledge of the holiday in television specials for Nickelodeon and the History Channel. For more than twenty years, she also has been active in the theater. She currently is co-director of Invisible Cities Group and co-artistic director of the Studebaker Theater. Ms. Bannatyne resides in Medford, Massachusetts, and has been named one of Boston's 100 Interesting Women by Boston Woman magazine.