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“THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY BOOK OF THE PERIOD”
Letters from a Living Dead Man
Written down by ELSA BARKER
These letters contain a minute and intimate account of life beyond the grave as it is being lived by at least one man. Elsa Barker calls him X—— in the book, but his identity has since been disclosed. X—— is Judge David P. Hatch who died in Los Angeles, February 21, 1912. He was an eminent corporation lawyer, a former Judge of the Superior Court and one of the best known citizens of Los Angeles.
Not long after his death Elsa Barker began to receive communications from him describing his life in the world beyond. These letters she collected and issued as “Letters from a Living Dead Man.”
When Bruce Hatch, a son of the Judge, read the book, he recognized the letters as his Father’s work. In part Bruce Hatch says: “Overwhelming as the thought is I cannot escape the conclusion that my Father did dictate these letters and that they tell of his actual adventures in another world.”