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Book SynopsisPart 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.
Trade Review"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 in the sky, and fragments of evolution in the woods." -- Andi Diehn Foreword "McLeod writes evocatively of a rich, wondrous ecological area known as 'The Klamath Knot.'" -- Nick Owchar Los Angeles Times Book Review "An entertaining and thoroughly researched travelogue, as much about America's need for mystery as the elusive denizens of the Klamath forests." -- Ben Waterhouse Willamette Week "Compelling." -- Jason Zasky Failure "McLeod approaches Bigfoot culture the way Susan Orlean approached orchids ... artfully traces our culture's obsession to walking man-beasts." -- Justin Berton Kansas City Star "Insightful and amusing." -- Robert Nott Santa Fe New Mexican
Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I. The Essential Bigfoot 1. Harrison 2. The Missing Link 3. Bluff Creek 4. The Backup Man 5. The Klamath Knot Part II. Obsession 6. Mountain Devils 7. Show Time 8. Bigfoot Daze 9. Cryptid Wars Part III. Reason and Truth 10. The Goblin Universe 11. Reason and Truth 12. Bigfoot's Kitchen Notes Select Bibliography Index Illustrations
