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5 Hawthorne Metaphysics- Anomalous Events

Anatomy of a Beast: Obsession and Myth on the Trail of Bigfoot

by Michael Mcleod

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Part history, part road trip, and part biography, this is the true story of a remarkable group of men whose obsession with Bigfoot turned the giant hominid into an American icon. Award-winning journalist Michael McLeod tells of Bigfoot's rise to tabloid stardom in a fast-paced account that begins with his own journey to investigate a famous 1967 film clip of a Bigfoot in a California forest. McLeod proceeds to uncover a trail of clues reaching from the late nineteenth century, when a few ambitious, imaginative naturalists and explorers synthesized historical and indigenous folklore with Darwinian ideas and speculated that a proto-hominid missing link might still be alive in remote areas. That speculation would eventually inspire a colorful cast of loggers, hunters, con artists, and businessmen in the twentieth century to create the modern myth of Bigfoot, all of them angling for a piece of a monster that the media and the public still can't get enough of. Told through vividly narrated interviews and anecdotes, Anatomy of a Beast offers a unique perspective on the deep roots of counterfactual thinking--and how obsession and myth are created out of it.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780520255715
Subtitle:
Obsession and Myth on the Trail of Bigfoot
Author:
Mcleod, Michael
Author:
McLeod, Michael
Publisher:
University of California Press
Subject:
Sasquatch
Subject:
Unexplained Phenomena
Subject:
General
Subject:
United States - State & Local - West
Copyright:
Publication Date:
June 2009
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
222
Dimensions:
9.28x5.94x.82 in. 1.06 lbs.

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