Fearsome creatures of the lumberwoods : 20 chilling tales from the wilderness
(2015)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
Y/FOLKTALES/N.AMER/COX/JOH

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Kids' Folk & Fairy Tales Y/FOLKTALES/N.AMER/COX/JOH Available

Details

PUBLISHED
New York : Workman Publishing Company, [2015]
©2015
DESCRIPTION

167 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9780761184614 (hardcover), 0761184619 (hardcover)
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

"Adapted from a book by William T. Cox, published in 1910 and now in the public domain, also called Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods"--Title page verso

Meet the fearsome creatures of the lumberwoods! The Hodag, like a spinybacked bull-horned rhinoceros packing 3,000 pounds of carnivorous fury. The Snoligoster, the reptilian beast that feeds on the shadows of its victims. And deadlier than a rattler, copperhead, or cottonmouth combined, the Hoop Snake, which can chase prey at speeds up to 60 miles per hour and then, with one sting of its venomous tail, cause the victim to turn purple, swell up, and die. For every kid who loves a good scare, here are 20 spooky, macabre, and yet whimsical tales about the most fantastical beasts in American folklore. Originally published in 1910 by William T. Cox and now inspiringly retold by Hal Johnson, author of Immortal Lycanthropes, Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods is pure fun. Straight out of the era of Paul Bunyan, it speaks to an earlier time in American history, when the woods were indeed dark and deep and filled with mystery

Some illustrations printed with glow-in-the-dark ink

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