Mary Lurancy Vennum was born in 1864 near Watseka, Illinois. In the summer of 1877 she suffered a series of epileptic fits, often lapsing into unconsciousness. After awakening, she told her family that she had been to heaven, had seen angels, and had visited her younger brother and sister who had died before her. As Vennum's fits became more frequent, physicians advised there was nothing more they could do, and by January 1878 it was decided she should be placed in an insane asylum. This book is still in good condition with some foxing throughout.The dust jacket is slightly scuffed around the edges and there is the beginning of s tear on the spine. The front page is adhered to the dust jacket inner sleeve.

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Format: Hardback
Author: St Clair, David
ISBN: 9780671169701
Condition: Good
Publisher: trade distribution by Simon and Schuster
Publication Year: 1977

Watseka: America's most extraordinary case of possession and exorcism

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