Long Lost Friend

Long Lost Friend

"The Long Lost Friend" (1820) (orig. German "Der Lange Verborgene Freund") is a magical receipt-book by Johann Georg Hohman and first translated into English in 1846.

Since the 3rd English edition it has also been published under the title "Pow-Wows" and "Pow-Wows or The Long Lost Friend". [cite web | title=Hoodoo in theory and practice | last=Yronwode | first=Catherine | work=luckymojo.com | url=http://www.luckymojo.com/powwows.html | date=1995-2003 | accessdate=2008-02-06 ] It is frequently mentioned in the horror stories of American author Manly Wade Wellman.

ee also

Rehmeyer's Hollow—the site, near York, Pennsylvania, of the murder of Nelson Rehmeyer (1928), a crime popularly known as "The Hex Murder." Rehmeyer's copy of The Long Lost Friend figures in the crime.

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  • ˈlong-ˌlost — adj a long lost friend or relative is someone who you have not seen for a long time …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

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