Synopses & Reviews
Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton PressWhen Edmund Creffield and his "Holy Roller" religious cult made headlines in 1903, it was page one news - not just in the Pacific Northwest, but around the nation. Yet few people in the region today have heard Creffield's name or his story. In fact, the descendants of the people who were involved still refuse to discuss those events of a century ago.
Review
"A gripping book offering special insight into the dark side of mass psychology, religious hysteria and unbridled charismatic religious authority."—The Midwest Book Review Midwest Book Review
About the Author
T. McCracken lives in Waldport, Oregon. She teaches Natural History for Lane Community College and works as a naturalist on the Discovery, a ship that does sea life cruises out of Newport. Robert Blodgett lives in Corvallis, Oregon. He is a paleontologist/stratigrapher unravelling the fossil and rock record of ancient western North America.