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Summary: Venturesome
Review: Sir Walter Hubbel, who wrote "The Great Amherst Mystery,' is a sensationalist. This can be seen from his books, as for instance 'The Great Amherst Mystery.' After a while, he admitted that it was an exaggeration. The content of the book was true, but his point of emphasis, and his colouration of it all, these were made to extremes.At any event, the 'mystery' of Nova Scotia was paranormal. A family of five lived in a small house which came to be haunted. The target of the poltergeist was, as is often the case, a young lady. She moved out, but the poltergeist followed her. All this was made known to a journalist, Hubbel, who wanted to make money and fame. His book, then, is less a consideration of the plight of the afflicted family than a need for cash. His writing is rampant and impressive. I wondered how it was that many of the best 'writers' were not writers at all. Hubbel, like Price, was wonderfully gifted at writing things down. But they were not novelists or philosophers. And so, I was initially thrown back by the talent of the individual sentences, and how information of hauntings were represented. The 'story' was interesting to say the least. This Amherst case is the most famous of Canada. While not having the momentum of England's Borley Rectory, it still could be called unique. One of the antics of the poltergeist, of which there seemed to be more than one, was the materialization of matches that would, in the flash of an eye, light themselves. The family had to stop them from inflaming the house! I found the book had a sense of humour. And while parts of it may be embellished, I am convinced that 'something' happened there.
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