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Anatomy of a Beast: Obsession and Myth on the Trail of Bigfoot
Michael Mcleod
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Description for Anatomy of a Beast: Obsession and Myth on the Trail of Bigfoot
Paperback. Part history, part road trip, and part biography, this work tells the story of a group of men whose obsession with Bigfoot turned the giant hominid into an American icon. It also tells of Bigfoot's rise to tabloid stardom in an account that begins with the author's journey to investigate a famous 1967 film clip of a Bigfoot in a California forest. Num Pages: 238 pages, 23 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: VXQM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 145 x 15. Weight in Grams: 300.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
Number of Pages
238
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520269866
SKU
V9780520269866
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About Michael Mcleod
Michael McLeod is a writer, producer, and director who has created documentaries for PBS, the PBS series Frontline, the Discovery Channel, and other national venues.
Reviews for Anatomy of a Beast: Obsession and Myth on the Trail of Bigfoot
"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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more