Encyclopedia of the Loch Ness Monster [Hardcover]

Paul Harrison (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1999

Nessie has captured the public''s imagination since 1933, and tales of sightings have enticed visitors from all over the world. This encyclopedia includes everything you could want to know about the loch and its mysterious inhabitant.'

Product Details

• Hardcover: 224 pages
• Publisher: Robert Hale (August 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0709064616
• ISBN-13: 978-0709064619
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.7 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,882,644 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Do I believe?, July 1, 2002

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Dennis Phillips "The Book Friar" (Bulls Gap, Tennessee USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Encyclopedia of the Loch Ness Monster (Paperback)

Is there something large and unknown in Loch Ness? I really don't know and I may never get an answer. I do like to read about such things though and this book is as handy as a shirt pocket. Harrison's work is not a book to sit down and read nor was it intended to be. It is a reference guide and will be of help to anyone reading any study of Nessie. Harrison makes no claim that there is a plesiosaur in the loch but leaves an opinion up to his readers. He is firm in his opinion however that in the minds of many people in the area Nessie is very real and gives us stories to back up his thesis.

To make this book even more complete Harrison goes out of his way in the bibliography to point out the better books on the subject and the point of view these writers take. Even better, he has a page devoted to The Loch Ness Monster Research Society. On this page Harrison tells about the aims of the Society and even gives the address of the Membership Secretary in case the reader wants to join up.

I only took one star from this book because of what I don't know. I assume all the information that one would need is here but this is the only book I have looked at about the subject so I really don't know. Thanks to Harrison however, I now know what books to look for.