Loch Ness Monsters and Raining Frogs: The World's Most Puzzling Mysteries Solved. Albert Jack

Loch Ness Monsters and Raining Frogs: The World's Most Puzzling Mysteries Solved



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Loch Ness Monsters and Raining Frogs: The World's Most Puzzling Mysteries Solved Albert Jack ebook chm
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Language: English
Page: 272
ISBN: 0812980050, 9780812980059

From Publishers Weekly

Though not every mystery (the movement of lead coffins in the Chase vault, the identity of robber D.B. Cooper) is solved as promised, author Jack (Red Herrings and White Elephants: The Origins of the Phrases We Use Every Day) does a remarkable job explaining a great many strange phenomena in this compulsive read. Tackling more than 30 mysteries big (the Bermuda Triangle) and small (a flat, straight stretch of autobahn that causes crashes), Jack gets right to the crux of the matter, exposing a great many hoaxes. That grainy, infamous video footage of Bigfoot? Fake. The equally grainy snapshot of a surfacing Loch Ness Monster? Most likely a bathing circus elephant. Crop circles? Less a hoax than an art form. Not everything can be traced to mischievous individuals with time to kill: the disappearance of big band leader Glenn Miller is now credited to friendly fire; the rational explanation for the disappearance of the Mary Celeste crew is just as satisfying as the numerous supernatural theories posited. Conspiracy theorists may be disappointed, but skeptics and armchair explorers will find this engrossing and witty, though probably all too short.
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From School Library Journal

Adult/High School—Jack, author of Red Herrings and White Elephants (HarperCollins, 2006), branches out from explaining grammatical lore to exploring some of the most famous mysteries of the past 200 years. From Loch Ness monsters to Marilyn Monroe's apparent suicide, he covers a wide variety of topics, some with more detail and evidence than others (the origin of raining frogs takes up a mere page and a half, while Monroe's story occupies more than 10). The book makes for interesting, browsable reading—students and teachers alike can pick up one story at a time. Jack offers a nice dose of quick nonfiction that would appeal to students, including reluctant readers.—Sarah Krygier, Fairfield Civic Center Library, CA
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