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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Regal, Brian (Author), Esposito, Frank J. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Politics and government.
Monsters.
Legends.
Jersey Devil (Monster)
Folklore.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Folklore & Mythology.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
HISTORY > United States > Colonial Period (1600-1775)
Folklore > New Jersey > Pine Barrens.
Monstres > New Jersey > Pine Barrens.
Legendes > New Jersey > Pine Barrens.
Monsters > New Jersey > Pine Barrens.
Legends > New Jersey > Pine Barrens.
United States.
New Jersey > Pine Barrens.
New Jersey.
États-Unis > Histoire religieuse > 18e siecle.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > Jusqu'à 1775.
New Jersey > Histoire religieuse > 18e siecle.
New Jersey > Politique et gouvernement > Jusqu'à 1775.
United States > Church history > 18th century.
United States > Politics and government > To 1775.
New Jersey > Church history > 18th century.
New Jersey > Politics and government > To 1775.
Legendes.
Church history.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • "Let this one be a devil!"
  • The devil and Daniel Leeds
  • The devil and the founding father
  • The birth of the Jersey devil
  • The devil's biographers
  • The devil becomes a star
  • Epilogue.

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