The President's Vampire: Strange-but-True Tales of the United States of America | 
| Author: Robert Damon Schneck
Publisher: Anomalist Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 443317
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 232
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
ISBN: 1933665009
Dewey Decimal Number: 001.940973
EAN: 9781933665009
ASIN: 1933665009
Publication Date: November 1, 2005
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Product Description
THE PRESIDENT'S VAMPIRE is proof positive that an inordinate number of very strange things happen from sea to shining sea in the place known as the United States of America. It contains scrupulously documented accounts of ghosts, monsters, murderers, and hoaxes so improbable they will fascinate believers, skeptics, and anyone interested in the more obscure corners of American history and culture. "Robert Schneck is one of the best of a new breed of investigators into the relatively unknown byways of our cultural history. Because he is thoroughly familiar with his subject, writes with deceptive ease and a clarity that both amuses and educates, and because he never forgets that at the heart of even the strangest or most frightening of mysteries there are real human beings with a story to tell, I recommend him as a trusted guide." - Bob Rickard, Fortean Times Robert Damon Schneck is a freelance writer and contributor to Fortean Times, Fate, and other magazines. Friends describe him as a "loveable, nocturnal, monomaniac."
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 Good book if you like paranormal and unsolved mysteries. December 2, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I found this to be a good read,the last chapter in the book alone about The Bye Bye Man & Gloomsinger is worth getting the book just to read that story,it's scary and creepy.I found myself thinking about it days later and tried to research it on the computer.How do you not think about something that your told not to think about or his radar will pick it up & The Bye Bye Man & Gloomsinger will hunt you down and find you-creepy.There are other good stories in this book & I found myself reading it all the way through until I was done with it.If you like these type's of books then this is another to add to your collection,& remember don't go out at midnight with a large green glass bottle with a cork in it,it's suppose to let The Bye Bye Man & Gloomsinger know that your trying to contact them.
 by all means, read that last chapter September 12, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This whole book is well done, but it's that last chapter which sends it over the top into truly fascinating territory. Skip to the end if you must, but don't miss the last bit! Is it an examination of the human psyche under stress? the paranormal bleeding into our everyday reality? the far and wild reaches of human suggestibility? a foray into the place where urban legends are born? Wild food for thought, and great stuff all around.
Good Book April 10, 2007
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
If your interested in strange tales this book will be good for you covers alot
 Try a different book. January 3, 2007
1 out of 13 found this review helpful
I didn't get half way through this book, I didn't like it enough to punish myself.
Fantastically Fortean May 28, 2006
9 out of 11 found this review helpful
With the current proliferation of books about weird events, "The President's Vampire" is a diamond among briquettes. Robert Damon Schneck has done forteans and fans of the fantastic a tremendous service by picking little-known subjects and applying a scholar's research skills and a highly developed storyteller's art. The choice of stories in this collection, the degree of historical documentation, and a magnificent sense of wonder make this book a true original - possibly a classic. I'm eager to see more by Mr. Schneck. --Joseph A. Citro, author of Passing Strange.
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