Contents
Foreword | Elizabeth Tucker
Preface
Acknowledgments
Are There Monsters?
Introduction: Legendary North American Monsters | David J. Puglia
1. The Boondock Monster of Camp Wapehani | James P. Leary, Indiana Folklore (1973)
2. The Cropsey Maniac | Lee Haring and Mark Breslerman, New York Folklore (1977)
3. Alligators-in-the-Sewers: A Journalistic Origin | Loren Coleman, Journal of American Folklore (1979)
4. Sasquatch-Like Creatures in Newfoundland: A Study in the Problems of Belief, Perception, and Reportage | Michael Taft, In Manlike Monsters on Trial: Early Records and Modern Evidence (1980)
5. The “Char-Man”: A Local Legend of the Ojai Valley | Charlie Seemann, Western Folklore (1981)
6. The Jersey Devil | Angus Kress Gillespie, Journal of Regional Cultures (1985)
7. American Vampires: Legend, the Media, and Tubal Transmission | Norine Dresser, Excerpted from American Vampires: Fans, Victims, Practitioners (1989)
8. The Ways and Nature of the Zombi | Hans-W. Ackermann and Jeanine Gauthier, Journal of American Folklore (1991)
9. Ecotypes, Etiology, and Contemporary Legend: The “Webber” Cycle in Western Newfoundland | John Ashton, Contemporary Legend (2001)
10. The Lake Lieberman Monster | Elizabeth Tucker, Midwestern Folklore (2004)
11. A Nessie in Mormon Country: The Bear Lake Monster | Alan L. Morrell, In Between Pulpit and Pew: The Supernatural World in Mormon History and Folklore (2011)
12. Getting Maryland’s Goat: Diffusion and Canonization of Prince George’s County’s Goatman Legend | David J. Puglia, Contemporary Legend (2013)
13. Tall, Dark, and Loathsome: The Slender Man and the Emergence of a Legend Cycle in the Digital Age | Andrew Peck, Journal of American Folklore (2015)
14. Evoking the Shadow Beast: Disability and Chicano Advocacy in San Antonio’s Donkey Lady Legend | Mercedes Elaina Torrez | Contemporary Legend (2016)
15. Going Van Helsing in Puerto Rico: Hunting the Chupacabra Legend | Menjamin Radford
16. Daniel Boone, Yahoos, and Yeahohs: Mirroring Monsters of the Appalachians | Carl Lindahl
17. The Mothman of West Virginia: A Case Study in Legendary Storytelling | David Clarke
18. The Windigo as Monster: Indigenous Belief, Cultural Appropriation, and Popular Horror | Gail De Vos
19. Monsters, Legends, and Festivals: Sharlie, Winter Carnival, and Other Isomorphic Relationships | Lisa Gabbert
Discussion Questions and Projects
Glossary of Key Terms
Recommended Reading List
Permissions
Index
About the Editor
About the Authors