Death Makes a Holiday
Subtitle: A Cultural History of Halloween
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Published: October 1, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781582343051
Subjects: History; History: World; Sociology; Customs & Traditions; Holidays (non religious); History / General; General
First sentence: ALL IT SAMHAIN, Summer's End, All Hallows' Eve, November Eve, or Witches' Night - Halloween has its essential roots in the terrors of the primitive mind, which made no distinction between the waning of the sun and the potential extinction of the self.