![]() ![]() Nonetheless, readers get a good sense of the opposition facing these intellectuals from both Europe and the U.S. so many, in fact, keeping some of the names straight can become a challenge. Rather the book spans the interest in psychical research of many scientists and scholars - William Crookes, Edmund Gurney, Oliver Lodge, Nora and Henry Sidgwick, et al. ![]() However, this isn’t exactly a biography of James, either. William James, brother of the fiction (and ghost story) writer Henry James, was among those scientists, and he serves as the hub of Blum’s book. Instead, the book focuses on scientists from the late 1800s and early 1900s who investigated spiritualist mediums, clairvoyants, and the like. Ghost Hunters: William James and the Search for Scientific Proof of Life After Death (Penguin Press, 2006), by Pulizer-Prize winning author Deborah Blum, might disappoint readers looking for true stories of actual ghost hunts in haunted houses and the like. ![]()
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