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What do we know about the Winchester House? / by Emma Carlson Berne ; illustrated by Ted Hammond.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Who HQ NOW | What do we know about--? (Penguin Workshop (Firm))Publisher: New York : Penguin Workshop, 2023Description: 108 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780593519295
  • 0593519299
  • 9780593519301
  • 0593519302
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
What do we know about the Winchester House? -- Life in New Haven -- Tragedy strikes -- Going to California -- The Earth moves -- From Llanada Villa to Winchester House -- The other Sarah Winchester -- Rumors take over -- The story lives on -- Timeline.
Summary: "In 1884, Sarah Winchester began building a large mansion in Santa Clara County, California. Under Sarah's direction, the house rose to be seven stories high and filled with mysterious features, including stairs that lead to nowhere and windows that look into other interior rooms. The house is more than just oddly designed, however: Many people believe that it is haunted. What made the heiress to the Winchester rifle fortune, an independent woman in many ways ahead of her time, create such an unusual house? Is it really filled with ghosts and spirit energy? Find out more in this nonfiction title about one of America's most famously unexplainable and possibly haunted houses"-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction 133.1097 B525 Checked out 07/08/2024 33111011079254
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 133.1097 B525 Available 33111011318116
Children's Book Children's Book Northport Library Children's NonFiction 133.1097 B525 Checked out 07/11/2024 33111011132806
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The What Do We Know About? series explores the mysterious, the unknown, and the unexplained. Why was Sarah Winchester's puzzling mansion built with so many mysterious features? And is it truly haunted?

In 1884, Sarah Winchester began building a large mansion in Santa Clara County, California. Under Sarah's direction, the house rose to be seven stories high and filled with mysterious features, including stairs that lead to nowhere and windows that look into other interior rooms. The house is more than just oddly designed, however- Many people believe that it is haunted. What made the heiress to the Winchester rifle fortune, an independent woman in many ways ahead of her time, create such an unusual house? Is it really filled with ghosts and spirit energy? Find out more in this nonfiction title about one of America's most famously unexplainable and possibly haunted houses.

Includes bibliographical references (page 108).

What do we know about the Winchester House? -- Life in New Haven -- Tragedy strikes -- Going to California -- The Earth moves -- From Llanada Villa to Winchester House -- The other Sarah Winchester -- Rumors take over -- The story lives on -- Timeline.

"In 1884, Sarah Winchester began building a large mansion in Santa Clara County, California. Under Sarah's direction, the house rose to be seven stories high and filled with mysterious features, including stairs that lead to nowhere and windows that look into other interior rooms. The house is more than just oddly designed, however: Many people believe that it is haunted. What made the heiress to the Winchester rifle fortune, an independent woman in many ways ahead of her time, create such an unusual house? Is it really filled with ghosts and spirit energy? Find out more in this nonfiction title about one of America's most famously unexplainable and possibly haunted houses"-- Provided by publisher.

Ages 8-12 Penguin Workshop.

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