Books by Kevin J. Guhl
The Unnatural History of Man-Eating Plants
An Anthology of American Strangeness, Vol. 2: Wild West Dragons, Flaming Space Fossils and Phantom..
An Anthology of American Strangeness, Vol. 2: Wild West Dragons, Flaming Space Fossils and Phantom..
Travel the globe into the darkest realms of Cryptobotany – the study of strange vegetation rumored to exist, yet unacknowledged by science. But be careful: you’ll be meeting such fearsome plants as the Man-Eating Tree of Madagascar, the Vampire Vine of Nicaragua and the Terrible Tiger Tree of India! This is an exploration of the floral predators once said to exist in the planet’s jungles and on its wild frontiers, as attested by news reports throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Author and journalist Kevin J. Guhl untangles the mix of fact, fiction and folklore hiding in these historical tales of botanical horror. You might be surprised at the sheer volume of these mostly forgotten legends and how far back they extend into yesteryear. Also included is a curated collection of vintage short stories that showcase the savage specter of Man-Eating Plants!
An Anthology of American Strangeness, Vol. 2: Wild West Dragons, Flaming Space Fossils and Phantom..
An Anthology of American Strangeness, Vol. 2: Wild West Dragons, Flaming Space Fossils and Phantom..
An Anthology of American Strangeness, Vol. 2: Wild West Dragons, Flaming Space Fossils and Phantom..
Beneath the surface of America’s past lies a forgotten realm of the bizarre—stories too strange for textbooks, yet too compelling to ignore. Within this deeply researched tome, you will uncover:
- The winged reptilian monster who battled a locomotive (and other American Dragons).
- An assortment of costumed fiends who once stalked late-night city streets, like The Gown Man, Hugging Molly and the Lady in Black.
- The fearsome side of new technology, such as Haunted Televisions, Mystery Airships and Phantom Automobiles.
- Tales of petrified alien body parts that rained down from space.
- The ghost of a dinosaur seeking its missing skull.
- A lost little girl protected by a bear.
- The Titanic sister ship's encounter with a sea serpent.
- A savagely murdered Montana rancher who supposedly returned as the Ghost Light of Prickly Pear.
- And a motley cast of luminaries including Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain, Demon Barber Sweeney Todd, Bigfoot, The Jersey Devil and MORE!
In this second volume of American Strangeness, author and journalist Kevin J. Guhl unearths 20-plus more obscure and astonishing accounts from U.S. history. With a journalist’s eye and a historian’s curiosity, he re-examines these long-lost tales to separate fact from folklore and reveal the hidden oddities woven throughout the American narrative.
An Anthology of American Strangeness, Vol. 1: Thunderbirds, Lost Temples and Skeleton Ghosts
An Anthology of American Strangeness, Vol. 2: Wild West Dragons, Flaming Space Fossils and Phantom..
An Anthology of American Strangeness, Vol. 1: Thunderbirds, Lost Temples and Skeleton Ghosts
America has an undercurrent of strangeness hidden between the lines of its history books. Unravel the swirl of truth and folklore within these incredible, supposedly true tales buried in the archives of U.S. yesteryear. Have you ever heard about:
- The first American UFO crash, just months after the Civil War?
- Two Aztec cities, unearthed near the southern border, then lost again for 130+ years?
- The giant lantern-swinging skeleton that haunted prospectors in California’s Borrego Badlands?
- The menagerie of man-eating birds and prehistoric dragons long said to stalk America’s wild frontiers?
- The king of con-men, who scammed his way across Europe and North America, ultimately setting his sights on Mexico’s president?
- The unbroken chronicle of Bigfoot sightings throughout the 19th century?
- New Jersey’s plethora of headless ghosts and dead Jersey Devils?
In this first volume of American Strangeness, author and journalist Kevin J. Guhl digs into 20 mostly forgotten stories from the country’s colorful past, bringing them to life once more and thoroughly researching their grains of truth and context in the tapestry of U.S. history.