Poole, W. Scott,  1971- <br/><br/>
Monsters in America :  our historical obsessions with the hideous and the haunting / 
W. Scott Poole. 
 - Waco, Tex. :  Baylor University Press,  c2011. 
 - xviii, 277 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index. 
<br/><br/>Preface : with a warning to the unsuspecting reader -- Introduction : the bloody chords of memory -- Monstrous beginnings -- Goth Americana -- Weird science -- Alien invasions -- Deviant bodies -- Haunted houses -- Undead Americans -- Epilogue : worse things waiting -- Filmography -- Note on sources. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781602583146 (hardcover. : alk. paper) 1602583145 (hardcover. : alk. paper) 9781602584662 (paperback) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2010053273 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>015851700  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Monsters.<br/>Ghosts.<br/>Ghouls and ogres.<br/>Animals, Mythical.<br/>Supernatural.<br/>Popular culture--History.--United States
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GR825  / .P626 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>398.24/54