Book description
From pre-Columbian legends to modern-day eyewitness accounts, this comprehensive guide covers the history, sightings and lore surrounding the most mysterious monsters in Americaāincluding Bigfoot, the Jersey Devil, and more.
Bigfoot, the chupacabra, and thunderbirds arenāt just figments of our overactive imaginationsāaccording to thousands of eyewitnesses, they exist, in every cornerā¦
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Why read it?
1 author picked American Monsters as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
As I was working on a new nonfiction book, this time about werewolves, dogmen, and other types of shapeshifters in the United States, I read many books on the subject out there. One author. Linda S. Godfrey, had written many stories connected to the American Dogman/werewolf, beginning with the Beast of Bray Road. In this book, she also wrote about other American creatures, not just the dogman. She covers pre-Columbian to modern sightings. I believe, whether a fantasy/horror writer looking for their next monster for their short story or novel to the amateur cryptid hunter happy to explore these beastiesā¦
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