{"product_id":"american-scary-jeremy-dauber-9781643753560","title":"American Scary: A History of Horror, from Salem to Stephen King and Beyond","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Comics \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eJewish Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e comes a sweeping and entertaining narrative that details the rise and enduring grip of horror in American literature, cinema, and, ultimately, culture--from the taut, terrifying stories of Edgar Allan Poe to the grisly, lingering films of Jordan Peele\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e America is held captive by horror stories. They flicker on the screen of a darkened movie theater and are shared around the campfire. They blare out in tabloid true-crime headlines, and in the worried voices of local news anchors. They are consumed, virally, on the phones in each of our pockets. Like the victims in any slasher worth its salt, we can't escape the thrall of scary stories. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eAmerican Scary\u003c\/i\u003e, noted cultural historian and Columbia professor Jeremy Dauber takes the reader to the startling origins of the horror genre in the United States, drawing a surprising through-line between the lingering influence of the European Gothic, the enslaved insurrection tales propagated by slaveholders, and the apocryphal chronicles of colonial settlers kidnapped by Native Americans, among many others. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e These foundational narratives give rise to and are influenced by the body of work we more closely associate with horror: the weird fiction of HP Lovecraft, the lingering stories of Shirley Jackson, the unsettling films of Alfred Hitchcock, the up-all-night tales of Stephen King, and the gripping critiques of Jordan Peele. From \"The Tell-Tale Heart\" to \u003ci\u003eM3gan\u003c\/i\u003e, we begin to see why the horror genre is the perfect prism through which to view America's past and present. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With the extraordinary historical breadth and dexterous weave of insight and style that has made him twice a finalist for the National Jewish Book, Dauber makes the haunting case that horror reveals the true depths of the American mind. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeaturing cameos from: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Shirley Jackson -\u003ci\u003e The Sixth Sense \u003c\/i\u003e- Edgar Allan Poe - Nathaniel Hawthorne - Anne Radcliffe - Charles Brockden Brown - \u003ci\u003eLos Espookys \u003c\/i\u003e- Washington Irving - Nat Turner - \u003ci\u003eNight of the Living Dead\u003c\/i\u003e - H.P. Lovecraft - \u003ci\u003eAlien\u003c\/i\u003e - Mary Heaton Vorse - Edith Wharton - Norman Bates - Lon Chaney - Frankenstein - Dracula - H.G. Wells - William Faulkner - Dashiell Hammett - Tananarive Due -\u003ci\u003e Twilight Zone\u003c\/i\u003e - \u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e - Ray Bradbury -\u003ci\u003e I Am Legend\u003c\/i\u003e - Elia Kazan - \u003ci\u003ePsycho\u003c\/i\u003e - Ralph Ellison - \u003ci\u003eThe Blair Witch Project\u003c\/i\u003e - Stanley Kubrick - \u003ci\u003eHelter Skelter\u003c\/i\u003e - Jordan Peele - \u003ci\u003eThe Walking Dead \u003c\/i\u003e- H.H. Holmes - Harriet Beecher Stowe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeremy Dauber\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1643753568\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781643753560\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Algonquin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 6.25w x 1.13d","brand":"Jeremy Dauber","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44860150710527,"sku":"9781643753560","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_99b302a8-df50-4598-8618-b95cf23cba98.jpg?v=1709135510","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/american-scary-jeremy-dauber-9781643753560","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}