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A product of innuendo and rumor, as well as scandal and media hype, the Jersey Devil enjoys a rich history involving land grabs, astrological predictions, mermaids and dinosaur bones, sideshows, Napoleon Bonaparte's brother, a cross-dressing royal governor, and Founding Father Benjamin Franklin.
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Genre |
: History |
Author |
: Brian Regal |
Publisher |
: Johns Hopkins University Press |
Release |
: 2019-07-30 |
File |
: 160 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781421436357 |
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A provocative look at the mystery surrounding the Jersey Devil, a beast born of colonial times that haunts the corners of the Pine Barrens—and the American imagination—to this day. 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 History of the Jersey Devil, Brian Regal and Frank J. Esposito examine the genesis of this popular myth, which is one of the oldest monster legends in the United States. According to Regal and Esposito, everything you think you know about the Jersey Devil is wrong. The real story of the Jersey Devil's birth is far more interesting, complex, and important than most people—believers and skeptics alike—realize. Leaving the Pine Barrens, Regal and Esposito turn instead to the varied political and cultural roots of the Devil's creation. Fascinating and lively, this book finds the origins of New Jersey's favorite monster not in witchcraft or an unnatural liaison between woman and devil but in the bare-knuckled political fights and religious upheavals of colonial America. A product of innuendo and rumor, as well as scandal and media hype, the Jersey Devil enjoys a rich history involving land grabs, astrological predictions, mermaids and dinosaur bones, sideshows, Napoleon Bonaparte's brother, a cross-dressing royal governor, and Founding Father Benjamin Franklin.
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Genre |
: History |
Author |
: Brian Regal |
Publisher |
: JHU Press |
Release |
: 2018-04-02 |
File |
: 160 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781421424910 |
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Genre |
: Jersey |
Author |
: George Reginald Balleine |
Publisher |
: |
Release |
: 1950 |
File |
: 364 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: STANFORD:36105073197126 |
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A world list of books in the English language.
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Genre |
: American literature |
Author |
: |
Publisher |
: |
Release |
: 1983 |
File |
: 2696 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: UOM:39015058373583 |
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Genre |
: Folklore |
Author |
: |
Publisher |
: |
Release |
: 1978 |
File |
: 188 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: PSU:000065368985 |
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This comprehensive price guide contains listings and US prices for more than 120,000 comic books, with over 400 photos for easy identification.
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Genre |
: Antiques & Collectibles |
Author |
: Maggie Thompson |
Publisher |
: |
Release |
: 2005-10 |
File |
: 828 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 0873499921 |
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Lists prices for more than 75,000 publishers from 1961 to the present.
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Genre |
: Antiques & Collectibles |
Author |
: Maggie Thompson |
Publisher |
: |
Release |
: 2003 |
File |
: 780 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 0873496515 |
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Genre |
: CD-ROMs |
Author |
: |
Publisher |
: |
Release |
: 2002 |
File |
: 1988 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: STANFORD:36105111458670 |
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This comprehensive price guide covers more than 100,000 comics and lists 300,000 prices in three grades of condition. The convenient comic-book size makes it easy for the collector to carry to shows, and the check boxes provide a great way for collectors to keep track of their valuable comic books.
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Genre |
: Antiques & Collectibles |
Author |
: Brent Frankenhoff |
Publisher |
: |
Release |
: 2002 |
File |
: 808 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 0873494709 |
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Genre |
: United States |
Author |
: Elroy McKendree Avery |
Publisher |
: |
Release |
: 1910 |
File |
: 556 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: WISC:89058347048 |