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1 online resource (xxiii, 356 pages) : illustrations (some color), color maps |
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Featured folklorists include James P. Leary, Lee Haring, Mark Breslerman, Loren Coleman, Michael Taft, Charlie Seemann, Angus Kress Gillespie, Norine Dresser, Hans-W. Ackermann, Jeanine Gauthier, John Ashton, Elizabeth Tucker, Alan L. Morrell, Andrew Peck, Mercedes Elaina Torrez, David Clarke, Gail de Vos, Lisa Gabbert, Carl Lindahl, and Benjamin Radford. |
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Foreword / Elizabeth Tucker -- Introduction : Legendary North American Monsters / David J. Puglia -- The Boondock Monster of Camp Wapehani / James P. Leary -- The Cropsey Maniac / Lee Haring and Mark Breslerman -- Alligators-in-the-Sewers : A Journalistic Origin / Loren Coleman -- Sasquatch-Like Creatures in Newfoundland : A Study in the Problems of Belief, Perception, and Reportage / Michael Taft -- The "Char-Man" : A Local Legend of the Ojai Valley / Charlie Seemann -- The Jersey Devil / Angus Kress Gillespie -- American Vampires : Legend, the Media, and Tubal Transmission / Norine Dresser -- The Ways and Nature of the Zombi / Hans-W. Ackermann and Jeanine Gauthier -- Ecotypes, Etiology, and Contemporary Legend : The zWebbery Cycle in Western Newfoundland / John Ashton -- The Lake Lieberman Monster / Elizabeth Tucker -- A Nessie in Mormon Country : The Bear Lake Monster / Alan L. Morrell -- Getting Maryland’s Goat : Diffusion and Canonization of Prince George’s County’s Goatman Legend / David J. Puglia -- Tall, Dark, and Loathsome : The Slender Man and the Emergence of a Legend Cycle in the Digital Age / Andrew Peck -- Evoking the Shadow Beast : Disability and Chicano Advocacy in San Antonio’s Donkey Lady Legend / Mercedes Elaine Torrez -- Going Van Helsing in Puerto Rico : Hunting the Chupacabra Legend / Benjamin Radford -- Daniel Boone, Yahoos, and Yeahohs : Mirroring Monsters of the Appalachians / Carl Lindahl -- The Mothman of West Virginia : A Case Study in Legendary Storytelling / David Clarke -- The Windigo as Monster : Indigenous Belief, Cultural Appropriation, and Popular Horror / Gail de Vos -- Monsters, Legends, and Festivals : Sharlie, Winter Carnival, and Other Isomorphic Relationships / Lisa Gabbert. |
ISBN |
1646421604 electronic book |
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9781646421602 (electronic bk.) |
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9781646421596 paperback |
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1646421590 |
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9781646421596 |
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