An Anthology of American Strangeness Strangeness, Vol. 2

Beneath the surface of America's past lies a forgotten realm of the bizarre-stories too strange for textbooks, yet too compelling to ignore. Within this deeply researched tome, you will uncover: - The winged reptilian monster who battled a locomotive (and other American Dragons).- An assortment of costumed fiends who once stalked late-night city streets, like The Gown Man, Hugging Molly and the Lady in Black.- The fearsome side of new technology, such as Haunted Televisions, Mystery Airships and Phantom Automobiles.- Tales of petrified alien body parts that rained down from space.- The ghost of a dinosaur seeking its missing skull.- A lost little girl protected by a bear.- The Titanic sister ship's encounter with a sea serpent.- A savagely murdered Montana rancher who supposedly returned as the Ghost Light of Prickly Pear.- And a motley cast of luminaries including Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain, Demon Barber Sweeney Todd, Bigfoot, The Jersey Devil and MORE!In this second volume of American Strangeness, author and journalist Kevin J. Guhl unearths 20-plus more obscure and astonishing accounts from U.S. history. With a journalist's eye and a historian's curiosity, he re-examines these long-lost tales to separate fact from folklore and reveal the hidden oddities woven throughout the American narrative.