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Exploring the Darker Side of America... Strange Highways: A guidebook to American mysteries & The Unexplained
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 031
EAN: 9781892523372
ISBN: 189252337X
Label: Whitechapel Productions
Manufacturer: Whitechapel Productions
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 200
Publication Date: October 20, 2003
Publisher: Whitechapel Productions
Studio: Whitechapel Productions
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Rating:  - Highways?
Yes, as others have mentioned, the editing is terrible! Punctuation (particularly apostrophes) are in all the wrong places. The subject matter is interesting, however the title is a misnomer. . . Strange Highways? Why did the author choose to call it that title when most of the stories are his personal experiences and those of his friends and family in his hometown? Other topics were covered, such as the Jersey Devil, Bigfoot, etc. but the information was basic and not anything you haven't seen ... Read More
Rating:  - Title is Very Misleading......
If you're looking for strange highway stories across America, this book isn't it. Most of the stories are Tennessee based. That's because Jerry lives near there. Also, Jerry talks about happenings not even based in America like Springheel Jack. His cattle mutilations rant is very biased and he has little in his book to back up his claims. This book is a mess............Stay Away............
Rating: - True stories or campfire tales?
Overall, Strange Highways was a decent read; however I have some problems that bothered me throughout the book.
First of all, this book is deeply in need of a good editor...or at the very least, a decent spellchecker. The book is literally filled with obvious typos and grammatical errors. It really kills the flow of some stories when the eye is continually being distracted by these mistakes. Some sentences don't even make sense when read, so it seems hard to believe anyone actually took ... Read More
Rating: - Mixed Review
It truly pains me to give this book such a low rating, because I honestly came away with a great impression of the author as genuinely good human being with much integrity. However.. the previous reviews regarding run-on sentences, fragments, and above all else- spelling errors- are absolutely true. At some points I couldn't even make sense of an entire paragraph, because the editor/proofreader not only misunderstood the point of the statement, he/she just all out butchered it without really reading it. ... Read More
Rating: - Strange Stories, Many Of Which Involve Mr. Coleman
Dealing with Cryptozoology to Mass Murderers. Ghosts and Springheeled Jack, there's something for everyone fascinated with the bizarre. Many tales are personal experiences of the author himself, like the time he was followed down the highway by John Wayne Gacy. Yikes! But as one previous reviewer has already noted, very much in need of an editor. Many errors throughout. And a terribly grainy quality to the photographs. But it will still hold your interest if you're into the unexplained.
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