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  • The Monster of Newark
    Brian Regal
    Born and raised in the Ironbound section of Newark, New Jersey, Dr. Regal has weathered tempests, had hairbreadth escapes, romanced femme fatales, carried secrets, and stole artifacts. He supped with Sciopodii and searched for werewolves in the Black Forrest. He saw terrible things and wonderful things, patrolled the Iron Curtain in a tank, and taught classes in America and Chi...
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    21,95 €

  • The Battle over America’s Origin Story
    Brian Regal
    This book examines the legends of who ’really’ discovered America. It argues that histories of America’s origins were always based less on empirical evidence and more on social, political, and cultural wish fulfillment. Influenced by a complex interplay of Nativist hatred of immigrants and Aboriginal people, as well as distrust of academic scholarship, these legends ebbed and f...
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    158,30 €

  • Secret History of the Jersey Devil
    Brian Regal / Frank J Esposito
    Legend has it that in 1735, a witch named Mother Leeds gave birth to a horrifying monster--a deformed flying horse with glowing red eyes--that flew up the chimney of her New Jersey home and disappeared into the Pine Barrens. Ever since, this nightmarish beast has haunted those woods, presaging catastrophe and frightening innocent passersby--or so the story goes. In The Secret H...
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    28,09 €

  • Searching for Sasquatch
    Brian Regal
    Bigfoot hunters and their brethren are often depicted as outcasts, misfits, or passionate amateurs toiling in solitude. But has this always been the case? This fresh and entertaining study looks at the surprisingly complex relationship between professional scientists and cryptozoologists. The traditional heroic narrative of monster-hunting in the late twentieth century treats m...
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    146,35 €