Death Makes a Holiday
A Cultural History of Halloween
by David J. Skal
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"Using a mix of personal anecdotes and perceptive social analysis, Skal examines the amazing phenomenon of Halloween, exploring its dark Celtic history and illuminating why it has evolved - in the course of a few short generations - from a quaint small-scale celebration into the largest seasonal marketing event outside of Christmas."--BOOK JACKET.
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Cultuurverandering, Halloween, FeestdagenShowing 3 featured editions. View all 3 editions?
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Death Makes a Holiday: A Cultural History of Halloween
April 2005, Diane Pub Co
Hardcover
- Illustrate edition
0756789001 9780756789008
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Death Makes a Holiday: A Cultural History of Halloween
October 1, 2003, Bloomsbury USA
Paperback
in English
1582343055 9781582343051
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Death Makes a Holiday: A Cultural History of Halloween
September 21, 2002, Bloomsbury USA
Hardcover
in English
- 1st Us edition
158234230X 9781582342306
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"BECAUSE IT WAS raining on Halloween 1974, Ronald Clark O'Bryan, a thirty-year-old optician in suburban Houston, accompanied his eight-year-old son Timothy and five-year-old daughter Elizabeth on their eagerly awaited neighborhood rounds of trick or treat."
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