Midwestern Strange chronicles B.J. Hollars’s exploration of the
mythic, lesser-known oddities of flyover country. The mysteries,
ranging from bipedal wolf sightings to run-ins with
pancake-flipping space aliens to a lumberjack-inspired “Hodag
hoax,” make this book a little bit X-Files, a little bit
Ghostbusters, and a whole lot of Sherlock Holmes. Hollars’s quest
is not to confirm or debunk these mysteries but rather to seek out
these unexplained phenomena to understand how they complicate our
worldview and to discover what truths might be gleaned by
reexamining the facts in our “post-truth” era. Part memoir and
part journalism, Midwestern Strange offers a fascinating, funny,
and quirky account of flyover folklore that also contends with the
ways such oddities retain cultural footholds. Hollars shows how
grappling with such subjects might fortify us against the glut of
misinformation now inundating our lives. By confronting monsters,
Martians, and a cabinet of curiosities, we challenge ourselves to
look beyond our presumptions and acknowledge that just because
something is weird, doesn’t mean it is wrong.
General
| Imprint: |
University of Nebraska Press
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| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
August 2019 |
| Authors: |
B. J. Hollars
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| Dimensions: |
216 x 140mm (L x W) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
224 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-4962-1560-4 |
| Categories: |
Books
Promotions
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| LSN: |
1-4962-1560-5 |
| Barcode: |
9781496215604 |
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