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The sasquatch hunter's almanac : a novel
- Title
- The sasquatch hunter's almanac : a novel / Sharma Shields.
- Author
- Shields, Sharma
- Publication
- New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2015.
- Supplementary Content
- Cover image
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFD 15-1092 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- 383 pages; 22 cm
- Summary
- "A dark, fantastical, multi-generational tale about a family whose patriarch is consumed by the hunt for the mythical, elusive sasquatch he encountered in his youth. Eli Roebuck was nine years old when his mother walked off into the woods with "Mr. Krantz," a large, strange, hairy man who may or may not be a sasquatch. What Eli knows for certain is that his mother went willingly, leaving her only son behind. For the rest of his life, Eli is obsessed with the hunt for the bizarre creature his mother chose over him, and we watch it affect every relationship he has in his long life--with his father, with both of his wives, his children, grandchildren, and colleagues. We follow all of the Roebuck family members, witnessing through each of them the painful, isolating effects of Eli's maniacal hunt, and find that each Roebuck is battling a monster of his or her own, sometimes literally. The magical world Shields has created is one of unicorns and lake monsters, ghosts and reincarnations, tricksters and hexes. At times charming, as when young Eli meets the eccentric, extraordinary Mr. Krantz, and downright horrifying at others, The Sasquatch Hunter's Almanac is boldly imaginative throughout, and proves to be a devastatingly real portrait of the demons that we as human beings all face"--
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Domestic fiction.
- Fantasy fiction.
- Call Number
- JFD 15-1092
- ISBN
- 9781627791991 (softcover)
- 162779199X (softcover)
- LCCN
- 2014020085
- OCLC
- 881042023
- Author
- Shields, Sharma, author.
- Title
- The sasquatch hunter's almanac : a novel / Sharma Shields.
- Publisher
- New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2015.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
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- Research Call Number
- JFD 15-1092