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Publication Name
University of Nebraska Press
ISBN
9781496215604
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Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
ISBN-10
1496215605
ISBN-13
9781496215604
eBay Product ID (ePID)
23038625144

Product Key Features

Book Title
Midwestern Strange : Hunting Monsters, Martians, and the Weird in Flyover Country
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2019
Topic
Ufos & Extraterrestrials, Personal Memoirs, Folklore & Mythology, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi)
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Body, Mind & Spirit, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Author
B. J. Hollars
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
9.9 Oz
Item Length
8.4 in
Item Width
5.3 in

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Trade
LCCN
2019-005272
Reviews
" Midwestern Strange is most engaging due to Hollars's casual yet compelling writing style. . . . The insertion of Hollars's own commentary questioning both belief and disbelief with respect to these phenomena gives Midwestern Strange an inquisitive feel. Readers are encouraged to suspend their own beliefs and consider an array of explanations for the strange occurrences."--Eleanor Hasken-Wagner, Journal of Folklore Research, "In this intriguing travelogue of marvels, B.J. Hollars encounters werewolves, giant turtles, mothmen, flying saucers, and other phantoms that haunt the landscape of flyover country. The real wonders in this extraordinary book, however, are the fascinating people that Hollars meets along the way. Midwestern Strange has something for those who want to believe as well as for those who are looking to find the human heart at the center of these charming tales of the unknown."--Gregory L. Reece, author of Creatures of the Night and Weird Science and Bizarre Beliefs, "In this intriguing travelogue of marvels, B. J. Hollars encounters werewolves, giant turtles, mothmen, flying saucers, and other phantoms that haunt the landscape of flyover country. The real wonders in this extraordinary book, however, are the fascinating people that Hollars meets along the way. Midwestern Strange has something for those who want to believe as well as for those who are looking to find the human heart at the center of these charming tales of the unknown."--Gregory L. Reece, author of Creatures of the Night and Weird Science and Bizarre Beliefs, " Midwestern Strange is a mixture of folklore and travelogue, with a touch of memoir. Ultimately, it's the story of a curious mind, hoping to be amazed."--Susan Neville, Indiana Magazine of History, "In this intriguing travelogue of marvels, B.J. Hollars encounters werewolves, giant turtles, Mothmen, flying saucers, and other phantoms that haunt the landscape of flyover country. The real wonders in this extraordinary book, however, are the fascinating people that Hollars meets along the way. Midwestern Strange has something for those who want to believe as well as for those who are looking to find the human heart at the center of these charming tales of the unknown."--Gregory L. Reece, author of Creatures of the Night and Weird Science and Bizarre Beliefs, "Hollars's observations on why we find the strange so compelling and how our embrace of curiosity and capacity for belief enhance our humanity are inspiring. In a book filled with tales about oddities such as a disappearing dinner-table-sized turtle, a reader might not expect such lofty observations on human nature and capacity."--Mark Soderstrom, SFRA Review, "From Bigfoot to Area 51 to the Jersey Devil, the United States boasts plenty of legendary unsolved mysteries, and the Midwest has had its share of odd occurrences. B. J. Hollars takes a look at a few of these in the entertaining and informative travelogue Midwestern Strange ."--Jeff Fleischer, Foreword Reviews, "What happens when a professor ventures out to discover the unusual? Werewolves, UFOs, and mysterious creatures become his field of study, the road becomes his classroom, and this book becomes your guide to adventure."--Chad Lewis, author of Minnesota Road Guide to Mysterious Creatures, "Crazy tales, from the turtle the size of a dining room table, which turned an Indiana family's life upside down, to stories of pancake-flipping visitors from outer space. Hollars meets some fascinating people in this quirky account that contends with the ways such oddities retain cultural footholds."--Marjie Ducey, Omaha World-Herald, "Midwestern Strange is highly recommended for its perspective (as we say in the Midwest, "it's different"), but also for its satisfying prose. Hollars is a beautiful writer who entranced me with deftness of style from the formal to the unceremonious."--Adrian Koesters, Split Rock Review
Table Of Content
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Author's Note Prologue: My Year of Living Strangely Part 1. Monsters Case File #1. The Beast of Bray Road: 1936-Present Case File #2. Oscar the Turtle: March 1949 Case File #3. Mothman: November 15, 1966-Present Part 2. Martians Case File #4. Joe Simonton's Space Pancakes: April 18, 1961 Case File #5. The Minot Air Force Base Sighting: October 24, 1968 Case File #6. The Val Johnson Incident: August 27, 1979 Part 3. The Weird Case File #7. The Hodag: 1893-Present Case File #8. Project ELF: 1968-2005 Case File #9. The Kensington Runestone: 1362(?)-Present Epilogue: And So Concludes My Year of Living Strangely Sources Selected Bibliography
Synopsis
Midwestern Strange chronicles B.J. Hollars's exploration of the mythic, lesser-known oddities of flyover country. The mysteries, ranging from bipedal wolf sightings to run-ins with pancake-flipping space aliens to a lumberjack-inspired "Hodag hoax," make this book a little bit X-Files , a little bit Ghostbusters , and a whole lot of Sherlock Holmes . Hollars's quest is not to confirm or debunk these mysteries but rather to seek out these unexplained phenomena to understand how they complicate our worldview and to discover what truths might be gleaned by reexamining the facts in our "post-truth" era. Part memoir and part journalism, Midwestern Strange offers a fascinating, funny, and quirky account of flyover folklore that also contends with the ways such oddities retain cultural footholds. Hollars shows how grappling with such subjects might fortify us against the glut of misinformation now inundating our lives. By confronting monsters, Martians, and a cabinet of curiosities, we challenge ourselves to look beyond our presumptions and acknowledge that just because something is weird, doesn't mean it is wrong., B.J. Hollars explores the mythic Midwest--from bipedal wolf sightings to run-ins with pancake-flipping aliens, among other oddities--not to confirm or debunk the mysteries of flyover country but to understand how they complicate our worldview in our "post-truth" era.
LC Classification Number
TL789.4.H649 2019

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