With the bombardment of negative pop-culture aimed at young people today and its influence of anti-intellectualism and nihilism the need for entertaining, spiritually oriented books and novels
become important in the education of students.The spiritualism of The Ghost on the Brooklyn BRidge is not in the sense of organized religion, but done with the intention of reawakening in
readers the great wealth of affirmative spirituality inherent in Western literature, especially our own American Culture. The author does this poigantly(and with humor). The evocation of Emilty
Dickinson (along with some of her most moving poetry) at the end of the novel is inspirational. A literary super-star of our great American Literary Tradition can enlighten students as her work
is interwoven into the plot structure of the storyline.
