

When 14-year-old Dan'l Pitt's hard-boiled Yankee scepticism runs headlong into some of New England's eerie, inexplicable superstitions, who could predict he would be transformed into a donkey by a vengeful wish?

Drawn from a rare 1924 source by a noted scholar, over 4,500 outstanding examples of antique ironwork run the gamut from door knockers and grilles to jewelry and religious symbols.