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Barbara M. Weisberg (born 1946) is an American historian, author, and television producer. In the 1980s, she co-created the television series Charles in Charge. She has published multiple historical nonfiction books, including Strong Passions, published in 2024.
Creator of the television comedy series Charles in Charge, 1984; producer of television documentary programs, including To Care, 1987; also produced episodes of the television current affairs series Livewire, 1984. MEMBER: American Antiquarian Society, Authors Guild, Writers Guild of America, Phi Beta Kappa. AWARDS, HONORS:
Jan 1, 2004 · Barbara Weisberg. A fascinating story of spirits and conjurors, skeptics and converts in the second half of nineteenth century America viewed through the lives of Kate and Maggie Fox, the sisters whose purported communication with the dead gave rise to the Spiritualism movement—and whose recanting forty years later is still shrouded in mystery.
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The author of Talking to the Dead: Kate and Maggie Fox and the Rise of Spiritualism, a biography of the two founders of Modern Spiritualism, Weisberg has also written four children’s books and many articles on science and history for young readers.
Feb 21, 2024 · In “Strong Passions,” the historian Barbara Weisberg tells the story of an explosive, lurid 1860s case that still resonates today.
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Barbara Weisberg is the author of Talking to the Dead (3.57 avg rating, 629 ratings, 77 reviews, published 2004), Strong Passions (3.51 avg rating, 217 r...
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Weisberg traces not only the lives of the Fox sisters and their family (including their mysterious Svengali–like sister Leah) but also the social, religious, economic and political climates that provided the breeding ground for the movement.
