The Great New England Sea Serpent: An Account of Unknown Creatures Sighted by Many Respectable Persons Between 1638 and the Present Day

By J.P. O'Neill

Book Overview

Is it a strange mammal related to the seals, a descendant of a prehistoric reptile, or a new, unidentified animal? Whatever it is, or was, the witnesses call it a sea serpent. Remarkably similar... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0892724617
• ISBN13: 9780892724611
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: Down East Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.8" x 5.8"

Customer Reviews

One of the best of its kind

June O'Neill has pulled off the very difficult feat of writing a book on a cryptozoological subject and making that book balanced, readable, and highly entertaining. This thoroughly researched examination of the New England "sea serpent" story - not just the celebrated events of 1817, but all sightings, from Colonial times through the present day - is enough to make even the most hardened skeptic gaze out to sea and ponder whether we may have overlooked a spectacular discovery. O'Neill doesn't try to argue the case for a large, unknown animal. She lets the witnesses speak for her and lets the reader draw the conclusions. Bottom line: This is a marvelous book. No one with an interest in marine life, cryptozoology, or the magic and mystery of the oceans should pass it by.

Amazing!!

Before I had read this book I had no idea who or what the New England Sea Serpent was. This book got me intersted and I found it amazing that something that large and mythical could actually be living at the bottom of the ocean.The way the book is written is so good and whole that it makes you want to read more and more. I recommend this book to absolutely anyone.

Meticulously researched

Just thought I would weigh in with my humble opinion on J. P. O'Neill's new book. If you have any interest on the subject of "Sea Serpents," whether pro or con, this is one book you need to buy/read. Today. It is meticulously researched and the depth and quality of the information is impressive. If there is anyone out there debating whether to spend the money on this book, my advice is take the plunge.

A fascinating compilation of sightings to make you wonder.

I read this book on the train to and from work one week and found the stories Ms. O'Neill told fascinating. She made no judgments, but only compiled hundreds of years of sightings and stories in a well-written and interesting form.A very well researched chronology of the sightings of the serpent.

A ground-breaking history book!

June O'Neill's simple journalistic approach of building suspense by listing sighting after sighting throughout the centuries is thoroughly convincing! I kept this book on my nightstand and read it through in less than a week! She touches on the peoples' lives it touched and threatened to ruin (to say you've seen a sea monster is to label yourself as a nut...) How can you deny the existence of SOMETHING in the New England waters with so many reports from so many reputable people? She caps the book with a terrible possibility. Have these marvelous creatures become extinct due to mankind's overfishing of their food supply or pollution of their oceans? This is a must-read, a document that proves that Nessie, Champ, and OTHERS exist! A groundbreaking history book!