Project Gutenberg 2009-11-04 Public domain in the USA. 78 Todd, Thomas Olman Hydesville The Story of the Rochester Knockings, Which Proclaimed the Advent of Modern Spiritualism Reading ease score: 65.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. E-text prepared by Suzanne Shell and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/americana) "Hydesville" by Thomas Olman Todd is a historical account written in the early 20th century, specifically in the early 1900s. The book centers around the events that occurred in Hydesville, New York, which are pivotal in the history of Modern Spiritualism. It explores the phenomena known as the Rochester Knockings, initiated by the Fox family, which famously drew attention to communication with spirits and laid the groundwork for the movement of Spiritualism. The narrative recounts the experiences of the Fox family, particularly the two young daughters, Margaretta and Kate, after they began hearing mysterious rapping noises in their home in 1847. As the disturbances escalated, the family sought to understand their origins, leading to groundbreaking revelations about communication with spirits. The story details how they, with the help of neighbors and spiritual investigators, began to interpret these knockings as responses to their questions, revealing identities and past events, including the tale of a murdered pedlar. The book captures the spiritual revelations and societal upheaval that followed, highlighting the Fox sisters' role in ushering in a new era of spiritual inquiry and the vast repercussions of their experiences on both personal and cultural levels. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/30403/30403-h/images/cover.jpg en Spiritualism BF Text Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Psychiatry/Psychology Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 98700 98442 2024-10-13T05:29:40.731798 2023-09-13T10:11:47.855349 text/html text/html 98220 2009-11-04T16:08:56 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 295183 2009-11-04T16:11:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 314183 2024-10-13T05:29:43.537779 application/epub+zip 313619 2024-10-13T05:29:41.372774 application/epub+zip 85278 2024-10-13T05:29:41.046767 application/epub+zip 361619 2024-10-13T05:29:45.449765 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 342101 2024-10-13T05:29:43.188814 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 111296 2022-09-14T06:10:09.948142 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 82842 82610 2024-10-13T05:29:40.389910 2023-09-13T10:11:47.546329 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 82591 2009-11-04T16:06:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 31569 2009-11-04T16:06:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19469 2024-10-13T05:29:45.580772 application/rdf+xml 11281 2024-10-13T05:29:41.113817 image/jpeg 1727 2024-10-13T05:29:41.079788 image/jpeg 295427 2024-10-13T05:29:40.759831 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog