The Secret History of the Jersey Devil: How Quakers, Hucksters, and Benjamin Franklin Created a Monster

by Brian Regal and Frank J Esposito

Book Overview

A provocative look at the mystery surrounding the Jersey Devil, a beast born of colonial times that haunts the corners of the Pine Barrens--and the American imagination--to this day.

Legend has it that in 1735, a witch named Mother Leeds gave birth to a horrifying monster--a deformed flying horse with glowing red eyes--that flew up the chimney of her New Jersey home and disappeared into the Pine Barrens. Ever since, this nightmarish...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421436353
• ISBN13: 9781421436357
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"