Adam Selzer





Adam Selzer

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Adam Selzer was born in Des Moines and now lives in Chicago, where he writes humorous books by day and researches history, ghost stories and naughty playground rhymes by night. After nine books, including the acclaimed Smart Aleck's Guide to American History and I Kissed a Zombie and I Liked It, not to mention How To Get Suspended and Influence People(which people try to ban now and then), he is just famous enough to have a page on wikipedia.


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Following a long research project, today I've published an article on The Order of the Good Death about Julia Buccola-Petta, the "Italian Bride" of Mt. Carmel cemetery.




Most Chicago ghostlore fans know the basics: at Mt. Carmel stands a statue of a woman, Julia Buccola, in her wedding dress. Beneath the life-sized edifice is a photograph of the Julia in her coffin. Though she appears not to hav... Read more of this blog post »
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Published on June 13, 2013 15:33
Average rating: 3.43 · 1,606 ratings · 365 reviews · 21 distinct works · Similar authors
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3.29 of 5 stars 3.29 avg rating — 1,057 ratings — published 2010 — 6 editions
How to Get Suspended and In...
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I Put a Spell on You: From ...
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Pirates of the Retail Waste...
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5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011
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“There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.”
Adam Selzer, I Kissed a Zombie, and I Liked It

“When you're dead, everything in the world is like a song that makes you cry.”
Adam Selzer, I Kissed a Zombie, and I Liked It

“The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was the most sweeping civil rights legislation of its day, and included women's rights as part of its reforms. Ironically, the section on women's rights was added by a senator from Virginia who opposed the whole thing and was said to be sure that if he stuck something about womens' rights into it, it would never pass. The bill passed anyway, though, much to the chagrin of a certain wiener from Virginia.”
Adam Selzer, The Smart Aleck's Guide to American History

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