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The sasquatch hunter's almanac : a novel

Title
  1. The sasquatch hunter's almanac : a novel / Sharma Shields.
Published by
  1. New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2015.
Supplementary content
  1. Cover image
Author
  1. Shields, Sharma

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Description
  1. 383 pages; 22 cm
Summary
  1. "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"--
Subject
  1. Fantasy fiction
  2. FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology
  3. Sasquatch > Fiction
  4. Domestic fiction
  5. FICTION / Family Life
  6. Conflict of generations > Fiction
  7. Animals, Mythical > Fiction
  8. FICTION / Literary
Genre/Form
  1. Domestic fiction.
  2. Fantasy fiction.
Call number
  1. JFD 15-1092
Author
  1. Shields, Sharma, author.
Title
  1. The sasquatch hunter's almanac : a novel / Sharma Shields.
Publisher
  1. New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2015.
Edition
  1. First edition.
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
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  1. Cover image
LCCN
  1. 2014020085
ISBN
  1. 9781627791991 (softcover)
  2. 162779199X (softcover)
Research call number
  1. JFD 15-1092
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