Project Gutenberg 2009-11-04 Public domain in the USA. 215 Todd, Thomas Olman Hydesville The Story of the Rochester Knockings, Which Proclaimed the Advent of Modern Spiritualism E-text prepared by Suzanne Shell and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/americana) "Hydesville" by Thomas Olman Todd is a historical account written in the early 20th century, specifically in the early 1900s. The book centers around the events that occurred in Hydesville, New York, which are pivotal in the history of Modern Spiritualism. It explores the phenomena known as the Rochester Knockings, initiated by the Fox family, which famously drew attention to communication with spirits and laid the groundwork for the movement of Spiritualism. The narrative recounts the experiences of the Fox family, particularly the two young daughters, Margaretta and Kate, after they began hearing mysterious rapping noises in their home in 1847. As the disturbances escalated, the family sought to understand their origins, leading to groundbreaking revelations about communication with spirits. The story details how they, with the help of neighbors and spiritual investigators, began to interpret these knockings as responses to their questions, revealing identities and past events, including the tale of a murdered pedlar. The book captures the spiritual revelations and societal upheaval that followed, highlighting the Fox sisters' role in ushering in a new era of spiritual inquiry and the vast repercussions of their experiences on both personal and cultural levels. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://book.klll.cc/files/30403/30403-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 65.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Spiritualism BF Text Category: History - American Category: History - Religious 98642 2025-08-12T11:55:09.005133 text/html 76385 2024-10-24T20:30:44 text/html 313839 2025-08-12T11:55:11.563153 application/epub+zip 313344 2025-08-12T11:55:09.580147 application/epub+zip 85005 2025-08-12T11:55:09.280140 application/epub+zip 361012 2025-08-12T11:55:13.295131 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 341704 2025-08-12T11:55:11.246191 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 111296 2022-09-14T06:10:09.948142 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 82640 2025-08-12T11:55:08.718165 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 62724 2024-10-24T20:30:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15977 2025-08-12T11:55:13.437131 application/rdf+xml 11281 2025-08-12T11:55:09.348132 image/jpeg 1727 2025-08-12T11:55:09.315143 image/jpeg 295400 2025-08-12T11:55:09.030164 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog