Berks the Bizarre [Paperback]

Charles J., III Adams (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 214 pages
• Publisher: Exeter House Books (May 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1880683067
• ISBN-13: 978-1880683064
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,241,215 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining Urban Legends of Old, January 15, 2006

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Craig Alan Loewen "Craig Alan Loewen" (Pennsylvania, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Berks the Bizarre (Paperback)

Charles J. Adams, III has done a splendid job collecting folklore and legends of Berks County, Pennsylvania in his book, Berks The Bizarre, but reality is you can throw a dart at a map of North America and regardless of where it lands, there will be a book's worth of folklore and legends waiting for you there as well.

Yet, though Berks County is not really special in its collection of mystery and folklore, Adams has done a great service in cataloging these stories simply because stories of "ghoulies and ghosties and long-legged beasties" form an important part of the genius loci of a cultural area even for those who do not live there.

And stories like these were meant to be read.

So enclosed are fifty-one chapters of hauntings, the Jersey Devil, a dragon or two, the cursed, and the doomed, and the eccentric and even Old Splitfoot himself to read in front of a warm fire when the chill night wind sends clouds racing against the moon.

They may only be urban legends of old, but they sure are fun.