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 ...
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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.
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As New in As New dust jacket. 0520255712. Hardcover in dust jacket. First printing of first edition, with a press letter laid in. Book is in Fine condition, crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. Unclipped (unpriced) dust jacket is As New, fresh and bright. Illustrated with photos and newspaper facsimiles. 8vo. 222 pp. Including index. In protective Mylar.
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Berkeley. 2009. June 2009. University Of California Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 9780520255715. 23 b/w photographs. 238 pages. hardcover. Jacket photography by Frank Krahmer. keywords: History Bigfoot. FROM THE PUBLISHER-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. inventory #36973.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 6x0x9; Signed by McLeod on the title page. The binding is tight, corners sharp. Text and images unmarked. The dust jacket shows some light handling and edgewear, in a mylar cover. 8vo. 222pp.
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As New in As New jacket. 1st printing. Cloth & boards. 222 pp. Illus. Notes. Bibliography. Index. The author questions the mental condition of Bigfoot researchers & believers ("...if people can delude themselves into believing (in Bigfoot)..., what on earth might they be thinking about truly important matters? "). He gives his own interpretation of the historical & biographical background of modern Bigfoot/Sasquatch studies & personalities as he attempts to debunk some famous Sasquatch accounts. Yet, McLeod seems overly fond of the classic argument that Sasquatch can't exist, therefore all evidence of its existence must be bogus. 1st printings now a bit hard to come by. Fine, like new in dj.
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