Mary Jo Ignoffo

Very in depth and detailed biography of Sarah Winchester. If your looking for a sensational book about the house, details about the house or ghosts this is not the book for you. This is about Sarah Winchester the person from her birth in CT to her death in CA. Tells about her family as well as the Winchester family. How the Winchester fortune was made, it actually started with the manufacture of men's shirts. The loss of her husband and other family members prior to her move to CA. That not only did she have the sprawling house near San Jose but several others in CA as well as a houseboat near San Francisco. Author repeatedly debunks the myths that surround the house now. Final chapter involves how the house became a tourist trap in the eyes of the author. Again if your looking for ghosts and mysteries this is not the book for you.… (mere)