Anatomy of a Beast

Obsession and Myth on the Trail of Bigfoot

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

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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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Utgivningsdatum2011-04-04
Mått152 x 229 x 18 mm
Vikt318 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor238
FörlagUniversity of California Press
ISBN9780520269866

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"McLeod approaches Bigfoot culture the way Susan Orlean approached orchids ... artfully traces our culture's obsession to walking man-beasts." -- Justin Berton San Francisco Chronicle "A funny, well-written memoir about chasing down the believers." -- Scott Bradfield Bookforum "With prose that's both sensitive and probing, McLeod explores this very human aspect, the tendency to see pictures in the clouds, UFOs in the sky, and fragments of evolution in the woods." -- Andi Diehn Foreword "McLeod writes evocatively of a rich, wondrous ecological area known as 'The Klamath Knot.'" -- Nick Owchar Los Angeles Times Book Review "An entertaining and thoroughly researched travelogue, as much about America's need for mystery as the elusive denizens of the Klamath forests." -- Ben Waterhouse Willamette Week "Compelling." -- Jason Zasky Failure "McLeod approaches Bigfoot culture the way Susan Orlean approached orchids ... artfully traces our culture's obsession to walking man-beasts." -- Justin Berton Kansas City Star "Insightful and amusing." -- Robert Nott Santa Fe New Mexican