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The Reluctant Spiritualist : The Life of Maggie Fox
The Reluctant Spiritualist The Life of Maggie Fox Author:Nancy Rubin Stuart In 1848 Maggie Fox and her sisters caused a sensation by rapping out messages they received from the spirit world, ushering in a movement that would claim more than a million followers. Noted biographer Nancy Rubin Stuart is the first to tell the riveting true story of Maggie's remarkable life. — When Maggie was fifteen, she and her sister Katy c... more »reated "raps" by manipulating their toe joints. What started as a prank became a phenomenon: Maggie's demonstrations made her and her sisters famous, inspired imitators, and fascinated the celebrities of her era. She also fascinated glamorous Arctic explorer Elisha Kent Kane. Their secret marriage made headlines, but his untimely death drove the grief-stricken Maggie to denounce spiritualism and reveal the secret of the raps to a scandalized public. Spiritualism waned, but Maggie's spirit lives on-even today, celebrity mediums Sylvia Brown and James Van Praagh speak to millions of believers.« less