Brian Regal, "The Secret History of the Jersey Devil: How Quakers, Hucksters, and Benjamin Franklin Created a Monster"
English | ISBN: 1421436353 | 2019 | 160 pages | AZW3 | 2 MB
English | ISBN: 1421436353 | 2019 | 160 pages | AZW3 | 2 MB
A provocative look at the mystery surrounding the Jersey Devil, a beast born of colonial times that haunts the corners of the Pine Barrens—and the American imagination—to this day.
Legend has it that in 1735, a witch named Mother Leeds gave birth to a horrifying monster—a deformed flying horse with glowing red eyes—that flew up the chimney of her New Jersey home and disappeared into the Pine Barrens. Ever since, this nightmarish beast has haunted those woods, presaging catastrophe and frightening innocent passersby—or so the story goes. In The Secret History of the Jersey Devil, Brian Regal and Frank J. Esposito examine the genesis of this popular myth, which is one of the oldest monster legends in the United States.
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