Giants, Cannibals and Monsters: Bigfoot in Native Culture by Kathy Strain

[Henry.May08]

This book is coming from Hancock House sometime this Spring (I heard next month), and looks to be a good one. Kathy has been working with tribes of Native Americans all over the U.S. and has quite a bit of experience with their legends of Bigfoot-type creatures. This one promises to be a must-have. It can be ordered from http://www.hancockhouse.com

[Henry.May08]

Here is my review: EXCELLENT overview of Native American Legends!!!'

This book, which only took me about 3 1/2 days to finish, is chock-full of Native American Legends of the Sasquatch from all over the United States and even a bit into Canada, and Strain writes the book so well that it is a breeze to get through. She has obviously painstakingly searched different databases and historical records and found all kinds of really interesting legends. The result is many tribes having essentially the same legends (with some variations in each), with characteristics such as giants with baskets on their backs collecting wayward Indian children; usage of fire from all the giants; taking Native women as their brides; cannibalism and other traits which match up quite well with each other. I would give this book not 3 or 4 or even 5 stars, but 10!!!!!! I highly recommend this one, which is available at Amazon and also at http://www.hancockhouse.com