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  American monsters : a history of monster lore, legends, and sightings in America

  Author

  Godfrey, Linda S.  

  Publisher:

  Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin,

  Pub date:

  2014.

  Description:

  367 pages :

  ISBN:

  0399165541

  Item info:

  2 copies currently available - Tuckahoe Library.
  

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  0

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    	Copy	Format	Location
    001.944 GODFREY	1	Adult book	Adult nonfiction
    	2	Adult book	Adult nonfiction

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  American monsters : a history of monster lore, legends, and sightings in America
  Godfrey, Linda S.
  

  Personal Author:

  Godfrey, Linda S.

  Title:

  American monsters : a history of monster lore, legends, and sightings in America / Linda S. Godfrey.

  Publication Info:

  New York : Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, 2014.

  Physical descrip:

  367 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

  Contents:

  Monsters by air. Feathered fiends ; Batsquatch ; Moth-mania ; Untimely pterosaurs ; The Jersey Devil: Monster of the Pines ; Challenge of the Chupacabras ; Dragons and the American gargoyle ; Quetzalcoatl and other dragons of the ancient Americas -- Monsters by sea. Aquatic aliens: Unidentified submarine objects ; Mermaids: People acting fishy ; The Florida Gator Man ; Serpents of the sea ; American Kraken: Giant squids of Humboldt Bay ; The St. Augustine monster and other gruesome globsters ; Inland lake monsters ; Native American water spirits ; Seeking aquatic answers: From Archelon to Zeuglodon -- Monsters by land. Upright canine monsters ; Native American ice, bone, and cannibal monsters ; Unholy hybrids and other mammals ; Reptoids, cold-blooded conundrums ; Freakish felines and odd dogs ; Watch for the Sasquatch ; Author encounters.

  Summary:

  "From pre-Columbian legends to modern-day eyewitness accounts, this comprehensive guide covers the history, sightings and lore surrounding the most mysterious monsters in America--including Bigfoot, the Jersey Devil, and more"-- Provided by publisher.

  Held by:

  TUCKAHOE VARINAAREA

  Subject term:

  Monsters--United States.