Reviews
Readers will find themselves swept up in Chessie's mystery and get an indelible environmental history lesson in the process.
[Chessie] finally brings together the various accounts and suppositions and promotional efforts, and presents them in a single worthy, well-researched work.
Witty, insightful and highly readable, Chessie is a work of serious scholarship which covers an interdisciplinary literature that encompasses everything from environmental studies to history, folklore, and cryptozoology. It is a substantial contribution and a pleasure to read. In presenting a case study of a modern-day sea serpent, Cheezum reminds us that ultimately the book is not about Chessie – it is about us and our hopes and fears.
In this very well researched and fascinating story, Eric Cheezum has written a skillful account of the story of the Chesapeake Bay sea serpent, popularly known as "Chessie.' First seen in 1978 and again in 1980, continued sightings have created a pop-culture star not unlike the Loch Ness Monster or the Jersey Devil.
A most original take on our much-chronicled Chesapeake estuary, this book is a fascinating exploration of Chessie, the sea serpent that populated headlines throughout the 1980's. Was it real? Eric Cheezum is most interested in why so many of us needed to think it could be. Highly recommended for all Ches-o-philes.
Book Details
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Catching Monster Fever
2. A Change of Scene
3. Dissecting the Frew Film
4. A Serpent in Eden
5. Creating a (State) Monster
6. A Chesapeake Bay Story
7. Diminishing Returns
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Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Catching Monster Fever
2. A Change of Scene
3. Dissecting the Frew Film
4. A Serpent in Eden
5. Creating a (State) Monster
6. A Chesapeake Bay Story
7. Diminishing Returns
8. Stand By Your Manatee
9. Familiar Friend
Notes
Index