Weird America: A Guide to Places of Mystery in the United States
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company Inc., 1978.
First edition, first printing. xii, 257, [3] pp. with 24 pages of b/w photos. Bound in publisher's wraps. Good+ with creased spine, wraps bow out along edges, corners bumped, binding seems fragile. Rare. The author's debut, a paranormal/occult/ Fortean classic that inspired various state-specific Weird ___ guides, a sort of travel guide to anomalous phenomena and weird happenings in the US. The author himself has become something of a mystery. His past association with the mysterious James Shelby Downard, his examination of the Greek goat god Pan in the American mythos, and his far-right politics became prominent in the TV show Hellier and Kentucky anomaly-themed podcast Pennyroyal.
Price: $1,200.00