Since her death in 1922; Sarah Winchester has been perceived as a mysterious; haunted figure. After inheriting a vast fortune upon the death of her husband in 1881; Sarah purchased a simple farmhouse in San José; California. She began building additions to the house and continued construction on it for the next twenty years. A hostile press cast Sarah as the conscience of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company—a widow shouldering responsibility for the many deaths caused by the rifle that brought her riches. She was accused of being a ghost-obsessed spiritualist; and to this day it is largely believed that the extensive construction she executed on her San José house was done to appease the ghouls around her.
#1250423 in Books 2015-07-31 2015-07-31Original language:English 9.50 x 6.50 x .75l; 1.16 #File Name: 0824851617232 pages
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