Georgess McHargue
Georgess McHargue (June 7, 1941 – July 18, 2011) was an American author and poet.
She was born in New York City. After working at Golden Press, she became an editor at Doubleday. She had a long career working as an author, she published 35 books including many childrens fiction books and nonfiction works on archaeology, history, mythology and paranormal. She was nominated a National Book Award for her book The Beasts of Never (1988) and she wrote many reviews for The New York Times Book Review.[1]
Mchargue moved to Groton, Massachusetts. She edited reports in archaeology and history for Michael's Institute for Conservation Archaeology at Harvard's Peabody Museum and for their historic preservation company Timelines Inc.[2]
Her book Facts, Frauds, and Phantasms: A Survey of the Spiritualist Movement (1972) was a skeptical study of spiritualism. The book exposed fraudelent mediums and was described in a review as as a "well researched and intriguing case study in human gullibility."[3]
Publications
Fiction
- The Horseman's Word (1988)
- See You Later, Crocodile (1988)
- The Turquoise Toad Mystery (1983)
- The Talking Table Mystery (1982)
- Stoneflight (1982)
- Funny Bananas: The Mystery in the Museum (1976)
- Private Zoo (1975)
Non Fiction
- The Beasts of Never (1988)
- A Field Guide to Conservation Archaeology in North America (1977)
- Mummies (1972)
- Facts, frauds, and Phantasms: A Survey of the Spiritualist Movement (1972)
- The Impossible People: A History Natural and Unnatural of Beings Terrible and Wonderful (1972)
See also
References
- ^ Gloria Negri . (2011). Georgess McHargue. Boston Globe.
- ^ Obituary for Georgess McHargue
- ^ Book Review. Facts, Frauds, and Phantasms; A Survey of the Spiritualist Movement. Kirkus Reviews.
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