American Legends

Name: Cryptids of the Pacific Northwest
Brand: Devon Kelley
SKU: 9781540299116
Price: 34.99 USD
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Explore our American Legends history book series, from urban legends to the folklore of America! Paddle down Fort Lauderdale’s New River to the banks of a bloody massacre… then all aboard the phantom trains, rumored to chug down the abandoned railways of the Great Allegheny Passage. Uncover the history behind the USA legends of Daniel Boone, the headless hessian soldier of the American Revolution, Paul Bunyan, or raucous outlaw Billy the Kid. Each book reveals how these American tales reflect our country’s beliefs, values, and cultures throughout history.

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Cryptids of the Pacific Northwest

Devon Kelley

$34.99

Weird Tales from Western Maryland

Susan Fair

$24.99

Cryptids of the Pacific Northwest

Devon Kelley

$24.99

Devon Kelley

Cryptids of the Pacific Northwest

9781540299116

$34.99

Meet the unusual creatures of the Pacific Northweird.

The Pacific Northwest is a land of secrets, legends, and some might even say monsters. Stories of cryptids—hidden animals—are whispered throughout the region’s history, told in everything from bashful confidences to bold headlines.

Unusual creatures like the Cadborosaurus have been sighted in the Salish Sea, and the Pend Oreille Paddler is rumored to live inland, lurking deep in still waters. It’s said that one can sometimes catch a glimpse of a hulking bat-humanoid winging its way across gray skies, and the rugged Pacific Coast could be hiding more scaled, tailed, finned and furred sea cryptids in remote harbors. The foggy forests, thick with evergreens, are said to hide everything from an arboreal octopus to the king of cryptids, Sasquatch.

Peppered with historic and contemporary newspaper articles, expert interviews by cryptozoologists and cryptid enthusiasts, and retellings of local legends, author and professional weirdo Devon Kelley uncovers the hidden creatures of Cascadia.

Susan Fair

Weird Tales from Western Maryland

9781467172059

$24.99

Step back in time to experience mountain Maryland in all its strange and vibrant glory.

From its fascinating caves, dangerous mines, and mysterious mountains to the hex magic practitioners and spooky tales that haunt its towns, folklore infuses every hill and hollow of Western Maryland. Prepare to meet the colorful characters who kept life exciting in Maryland’s westernmost counties, like the locals who never met a poisonous snake they didn’t love and a well-read twentieth-century cave dweller. Travel historic highways and byways straight into frontier Maryland’s darkest history, where an axe murderer cleaved the peaceful mountain night in 1830 and a little-known monster lurks in a place ominously called Spook Hollow.

Join local historian Susan Fair on a tour through obscure and spooky places in the beautiful mountain regions of the Old Line State.

Devon Kelley

Cryptids of the Pacific Northwest

9781467171281

$24.99

Meet the unusual creatures of the Pacific Northweird.

Unusual creatures like the Cadborosaurus have been sighted in the Salish Sea, and the Pend Oreille Paddler is rumored to live inland, lurking deep in still waters. It’s said that one can sometimes catch a glimpse of a hulking bat-humanoid winging its way across gray skies, and the rugged Pacific coast could be hiding more scaled, tailed, finned, and furred sea cryptids in remote harbors. The foggy forests, thick with evergreens, are said to hide everything from an arboreal octopus to the king of cryptids, Sasquatch.

Through historic and contemporary newspaper articles, expert interviews by cryptozoologists and cryptid enthusiasts, and retellings of local legends, author and professional weirdo Devon Kelley uncovers the hidden creatures of Cascadia.