Searching for Sasquatch: Crackpots, Eggheads, and Cryptozoology

by Brian Regal

Book Overview

Bigfoot hunters and their brethren are often depicted as outcasts, misfits, or passionate amateurs toiling in solitude. But has this always been the case? This fresh and entertaining study looks at the surprisingly complex relationship between professional scientists and cryptozoologists. The traditional heroic narrative of monster-hunting in the late twentieth century treats mainstream, academic scientists (the eggheads) as villains who reject the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137349433
• ISBN13: 9781137349439
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 249 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.4"