In 1904, Thomas Edison sought to capture the essence of the American West on film, prompting him to dispatch his crew to the region. This endeavor reflects Edison's innovative spirit and ambition to bring the allure of western landscapes and culture to the silver screen, highlighting the intersection of technology and storytelling in the early days of cinema.
Some secrets are best left buried...As The Cleansing trilogy roars to a conclusion, trouble and terror assail WPA Folklore Project writer Robert A. Brown from all sides, boiling up in a cauldron of horror that threatens to destroy both him and his extraordinary “seventh sense.”This concluding volume of the three-book series, following Seventh Sense and Satan’s Swine, finds Robert on the trail of eldritch secrets thought to be long buried in the remote town of Mackaville, Arkansas, a place with a shocking past that Robert finally unearths — to his everlasting horror.Set in 1939 and told via letters sent to his friend John Wooley, Sinister Serpent completes the trilogy that has earned praise from critics and readers for its vivid evocation of the best of the weird-pulp literature of the ’30s.Will Robert Brown and his seventh sense survive a final all-out, mind-numbing attack?
1939. Welcome back to Mackaville, Arkansas, a small town in the Ozarks where nothing is what it seems. Strangers are suspect. Animals are restless. And the townsfolk harbor horrible secrets.WPA Folklore Project worker Robert Brown—the man with the extrasensory powers he calls his “seventh sense” — finds himself surrounded by black magic. After a brutal rattlesnake attack, Robert faces an invasion of feral hogs — including two that turn out to be more than animals. Unsure who he can trust, Robert escapes to St. Louis with David Garland Jefferson, a man obsessed by the unspeakable terrors of his past.The unearthly horror continues in this second volume of the critically acclaimed trilogy, The Cleansing . Robert must tap all his friends and every power he possesses if he hopes to survive the impending doom closing in on him—and everyone else in Mackaville, Arkansas.
Catalogue of the collection of bird eggs amassed by Thomas Wolley in the 19th century. Includes illustrations of the eggs and descriptions of the species, as well as Wolley's personal notes on his collecting activities.