Monsters in America: Our Historical Obsession with the Hideous and the Haunting
- ISBN-10
- 1481308823
- ISBN-13
- 9781481308823
- Category
- Animals, Mythical
- Pages
- 311
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2018-07-15
- Author
- W. Scott Poole
Description
Monsters are here to stay.--Christopher James Blythe "Journal of Religion and Popular Culture"
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