Georgess McHargue (June 7, 1941 – July 18, 2011) was an American writer and
poet.
Biography
McHargue was born in New York City. After working at
Golden Press, she became an editor at
Doubleday. She had a long career working as an author; she published 35 books including children's fiction and nonfiction works on
archaeology, history,
mythology and
paranormal studies. She also wrote about
folklore and the occult.[1]
McHargue eventually moved to
Groton, Massachusetts, where she edited reports on archaeology and
history for the Michael's Institute for Conservation Archaeology at Harvard's Peabody Museum and for their historic preservation company Timelines Inc.[3] Her book Facts, Frauds, and Phantasms: A Survey of the Spiritualist Movement (1972) was a
skeptical study of
spiritualism. The book exposed fraudulent
mediums and was described in one review as a "well researched and intriguing case study in human gullibility."[4]
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"Georgess McHargue: June 7, 1941 – July 18, 2011".
The Sun (Lowell, MA). July 24, 2011. Archive copy at Legacy.com. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
^"Facts, Frauds and Phantasms: A Survey of the Spiritualist Movement. By Georgess McHargue". Kirkus Reviews. [1972]. Undated online at KirkusReviews.com. Retrieved 2017-03-20.