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Informationen zum Autor Lisa Morton is an award-winning author and widely acknowledged as one of the world's leading authorities on Halloween. Klappentext Takes readers on a journey from the spectacularly spooky to the monstrously macabre! showing how Halloween has spread around the world and its enormous influence on popular culture. A must for anyone who wants to peep behind the mask to see the real story behind this popular holiday. "If you want to know anything at all about the subject, you ought to find it in "Trick or Treat". . . . Morton's interesting account of Hallowe'en is at its best when it comes up to date and there are many entertaining illustrations."--Susan Hill "The Times " Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. Halloween: The Misunderstood Festival 2. Snap-apple Night and November Eve: Halloween in the British Isles 3. Trick or Treat in the New World 4. La Toussaint! Allerheiligen and Tutti i Santi: The Global Celebration 5. Dias de los Muertos 6. From Burns to Burton: Halloween and Popular Culture References Acknowledgements Photo Acknowledgements Index
