Searching for Sasquatch [electronic resource] : Crackpots, Eggheads, and Cryptozoology /
Regal, B.author.
The first academic study of this subject is an entertaining look at the search for Sasquatch which considers not just the nature of monsters and monster hunting in the late 20th century, but the more important relationship between the professional scientists and amateur naturalists who hunt them—and their place in the history of science.
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; A Note About the Cover Image; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction Chasing Monsters; 1 Crackpots and Eggheads; 2 The Snowmen; 3 Bigfoot, the Anti-Krantz, and the Iceman; 4 The Life of Grover Krantz; 5 Suits and Ladders; 6 The Problems of Evidence; 7 A Life with Monsters; Notes on Sources and Monster Historiography; Chronology; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references.
The first academic study of this subject is an entertaining look at the search for Sasquatch which considers not just the nature of monsters and monster hunting in the late 20th century, but the more important relationship between the professional scientists and amateur naturalists who hunt them—and their place in the history of science.
History.
Social history.
Europe—History.
History, Modern.
Popular works.
United States—History.
History of Science.
Social History.
European History.
Modern History.
Popular Science, general.
US History.