Dr. Elisha Kent Kane was America's first Arctic explorer. He served as ship's surgeon with the First Grinnell Expedition and as leader of the second Grinnell Ex

Chronicles the life of Maggie Fox, a young woman who, in 1848, claimed she and her sisters had received messages from the spiritual world, beginning the spiritu

This is the story of the fames explorer who perhaps was the greatest American hero of the 1850's. In 1850 Kane sailed on the first Grinnell Expedition in search

This book is a fascinating and dramatic account of the love story between the explorer Elisha K. Kane and spiritualist Margaret Fox. Through their correspondenc

In this unique volume, a number of scholars spanning diverse areas and backgrounds offer fresh insight into how perceived concepts of horror and dark subject ma