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Enchanted ground : the spirit room of Jonathan Koons / Sharon Hatfield.

by Hatfield, Sharon, 1956- author.

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Athens, Ohio : Swallow Press, [2018]

Koons, Jonathan, 1811-1893.

Spiritualists -- Ohio -- Biography.

9780804012089 (hardcover) :

0804012083 (hardcover) :

xvi, 342 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

In Enchanted ground: the spirit room of Jonathan Koons, Sharon Hatfield brings to life the true story of a nineteenth-century farmer-turned-medium, Jonathan Koons, who was a dynamic spiritualist performer in the antebellum United States. In the hills outside Athens, Ohio--a place whose reputation as haunted persists to this day--Koons built a house where it was said the dead spoke to the living, and where ancient spirits communicated the wisdom of the ages. Curious visitors, in homespun and in city attire, traveled from as far as New Orleans to his remote Appalachian cabin whose marvels would rival any of P. T. Barnum's attractions. Yet Koons's story is much more than showmanship and sleight of hand. His enterprise, not written about in full until now, embodied the excitement and optimism of citizens breaking free from societal norms. Reform-minded dreamers were drawn to Koons as his progressive brand of religion grew from the revivalism of previous decades to displace the gloomy Calvinism of the past."--Front dust jacket.

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