| Anatomy of a Beast: Obsession and Myth on the Trail of Bigfoot Contributor(s): McLeod, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 0520269861 ISBN-13: 9780520269866 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $24.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Body, Mind & Spirit | Unexplained Phenomena |
| Dewey: 001.944 |
| LCCN: 2008020955 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.6" W x 8.6" (0.70 lbs) 238 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |