{"product_id":"the-unidentified-mythical-monsters-alien-encounters-and-our-obsession-with-the-unexplained","title":"The Unidentified: Mythical Monsters, Alien Encounters, and Our Obsession with the Unexplained","description":"America's favorite cultural historian and author of Ghostland takes a \"thought-provoking and delicoiusly unsettling\" (Publisher's Weekly) tour of the country's most persistent \"unexplained\" phenomena\n\nIn a world where rational, scientific explanations are more available than ever, belief in the unprovable and irrational--in fringe--is on the rise: from Atlantis to aliens, from Flat Earth to the Loch Ness monster, the list goes on. It seems the more our maps of the known world get filled in, the more we crave mysterious locations full of strange creatures.\n\nEnter Colin Dickey, Cultural Historian and Tour Guide of the Weird. With the same curiosity and insight that made Ghostland a hit with readers and critics, Colin looks at what all fringe beliefs have in common, explaining that today's Illuminati is yesterday's Flat Earth: the attempt to find meaning in a world stripped of wonder. Dickey visits the wacky sites of America's wildest fringe beliefs--from the famed Mount Shasta where the ancient race (or extra-terrestrials, or possibly both, depending on who you ask) called Lemurians are said to roam, to the museum containing the last remaining \"evidence\" of the great Kentucky Meat Shower--investigating how these theories come about, why they take hold, and why as Americans we keep inventing and re-inventing them decade after decade. The Unidentified is Colin Dickey at his best: curious, wry, brilliant in his analysis, yet eminently readable.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 052555758X\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.052555758X.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Dickey, Colin\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41524261847098,"sku":"DBV.052555758X.G","price":8.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/052555758X-0.jpg?v=1784085887","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/the-unidentified-mythical-monsters-alien-encounters-and-our-obsession-with-the-unexplained","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}