American Monsters
A History of Monster Lore, Legends, and Sightings in America

I want to believe!! I don't believe in cryptids, as in They actually exist and they're among us, just hiding REAL well (especially when well-known ones like the Loch Ness monster have been debunked hard), but I like to believe there may be something.... more than us, bigger than us. I loved all the s......more

I picked this up on a whim because it made me think of a novel I wrote for Nanowrimo several years ago that was going to involve a creature like the Jersey Devil. Unfortunately, the Jersey Devil segment took only a couple pages of this book. The book was separated into sections for each type of mons......more

I was disappointed with this book as a long time reader and fan of Monster lore ( over 30 years of reading it). There is a lot of filler material pulled from other publications(with credit), and not enough eye witness accounts . She does not strictly stay in America either, though this book is suppo......more

I actually tried to read American Monsters a few years ago, but had a hard time getting into it. After reading a horror book about Sasquatch, I wanted to read a bit about the true sightings and creatures in the America's. I turned to the audiobook for this reading American Monsters is a collection of......more

She wants to believe! And so do I.......more