Michigan Myths and Legends - The True Stories Behind History''s Mysteries

From tales of pirate treasure to Jimmy Hoffa's mysterious disappearance, Michigan Myths and Legends makes history fun and pulls back the curtain on some of the state's most fascinating and compelling stories.

¿Most people have heard about the Bermuda Triangle, where ships and people disappear without a trace-but few have heard about the equally deadly Great Lakes Triangle, where one-third of all unsolved sea and air disasters in America take place.
·Night after night, curious onlookers congregate on a remote hill near the Michigan/Wisconsin border to watch for mysterious lights that rise out of the ground, hover, and then disappear. Are the orbs merely optical phenomena created by headlights of passing cars? Or are they spirits returning to haunt where their earthly bodies met their demise?
·In the mid-1960s, the number of reports to the US Air Force of UFO sightings spiked across the country. Were people seeing unfamiliar technological innovations in aircraft? Had the rising popularity of the new-fangled television's sci-fi programs sparked Americans' imaginations? Or were extraterrestrial beings actually responding to signals from newly constructed deep-space radio transmitters?

About the author

By Sally Barber

Summary

This selection of 14 stories from Michigan's past explores some of the Great Lakes State's most compelling mysteries and debunks some of its most famous myths.

Product details

• Authors: Sally Barber, Barber Sally
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781493040087
• ISBN: 978-1-4930-4008-7
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Myths and Mysteries Series; Myths and Mysteries; Myths and Mysteries Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Michigan, REFERENCE / General, HISTORY / United States / General, HISTORY / United States / State & Local / General, Folklore, myths & legends, History of the Americas, Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology)