Lesley Bannatyne

"... ago I would have said, ‘My gosh, I can't believe how Halloween has exploded during thc past 10 years.’ I wouldn't have thought it could much bigger,” said author Lesley Pratt Bannatyne. "But, Ave years later, it's stiil getting bigger." Bannatyne, of Cambridge, Mass., has written two books about Halloween “Halloween: An American Holiday, an American History" and “A Halloween HowTo: Costumes, Parties, Decorations and Destinations.” "Halloween has found thc trail ..."

"... were much more successful. Thc hypnotically beautiful "Island," awash ln sound and movement suggesting gently rolling waves, depicts three supplicants’ sea voyage to the island of a masked goddess (Lesley Bannatyne). A particularly lovely image was in the graceful, rocking craft formed by Gunst, stretched out like a mast and sail, and Taylor Watts and John Bay. shaped into a hull. ..."

"... reach more than $5 billion this year, and a sampling of what's selling says it all. “There has always been a love of the gruesome in American culture," said Lesley Pratt Bannatyne, author of several Halloween books, "and it's found its way to Halloween." Back in the Halloween was a holiday centered on children and candy bars. In the glow of these ..."

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