Creatures of the night : in search of ghosts, vampires, werewolves and demons / Gregory L. Reece.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reece, Gregory L., 1967-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Occultism.

Demonology.

Supernatural.

Animals, Mythical.

Popular culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : I.B. Tauris, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Vampires and werewolves; phantoms and phantasms: looming out of the fog leaps the menacing spectre of the lycanthrope, ghoul or blood-crazed zombie. Intrigued by some of the most sinister, yet at the same time most compelling, legends of western civilization, Gregory L. Reece dusts down his stake and crucifix, loads his silver bullets and takes off into the wilds in search of answers and fresh adventures. Rummaging around in crumbling tombs and cobwebbed sarcophagi, his latest quest leads him into the haunted realm of the dead and the undead: of those carnivorous, nocturnal hunters that might

Contents:

Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Oz the Great and Terrible; 1 The Holy Ghost and Fire; 2 It Was a Dark and Stormy Night; 3 Oh Grandmother, What Big Teeth You Have!; 4. This Little Piggy; 5. Speak of the Devil; Conclusion: Out of the Whirlwind; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780857730428

0857730428

9780857721228

0857721224

9781280876592

128087659X

OCLC:

796383077