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The secret history of the Jersey Devil : how Quakers, hucksters, and Benjamin Franklin created a monster /

Legend has it that in 1735, a witch named Mother Leeds gave birth to a horrifying monster, a deformed flying horse with glowing red eyes, that flew up the chimney of her New Jersey home and disappeared into the Pine Barrens. Ever since, this nightmarish beast has haunted those woods, presaging catas...

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Main Authors:	Regal, Brian (Author), Esposito, Frank J. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018.
Subjects:	Jersey Devil (Monster) Legends > New Jersey > Pine Barrens. Monsters > New Jersey > Pine Barrens. Folklore > New Jersey > Pine Barrens. New Jersey > Politics and government > To 1775. New Jersey > Church history > 18th century. United States > Politics and government > To 1775. United States > Church history > 18th century. HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775) HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA) SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology.

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