Title: Sensationalist literature and popular culture in the early American republic
Description: "Previous samplers have not swept together the variety that the present editors have gathered, not invited readers to study this literature as part of a reassessment of 'taste' within the general populace of the early American republic, especially in the years 1780-1810.".

"The Main headings in the book are: Courting Credulity; Ghosts, Apparitions, Tall Tales; Crimes and Confessions; Extraordinary Masculinities; Evites, Amazons, and Fabulous Females; Fantastic and Harrowing Voyages; Exotic Lands and Strange Customs; Marvels of Science and Medicine; Marvellous Animals, Creatures, and Beasts; and Sensational Journalism."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Sources, Sensationalism in literature, Popular literature, Popular culture, American literature, History
Places: United States, Popular culture
Time periods: Revolutionary period, 1775-1783, 1783-1850, 19th century, 18th century