{"product_id":"midwestern-strange-b-j-hollars-9781496215604","title":"Midwestern Strange: Hunting Monsters, Martians, and the Weird in Flyover Country","description":"\u003ci\u003eMidwestern Strange\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles B.J. Hollars's exploration of the mythic, lesser-known oddities of flyover country. The mysteries, ranging from bipedal wolf sightings to run-ins with pancake-flipping space aliens to a lumberjack-inspired \"Hodag hoax,\" make this book a little bit \u003ci\u003eX-Files\u003c\/i\u003e, a little bit \u003ci\u003eGhostbusters\u003c\/i\u003e, and a whole lot of \u003ci\u003eSherlock Holmes\u003c\/i\u003e. Hollars's quest is not to confirm or debunk these mysteries but rather to seek out these unexplained phenomena to understand how they complicate our worldview and to discover what truths might be gleaned by reexamining the facts in our \"post-truth\" era. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Part memoir and part journalism, \u003ci\u003eMidwestern Strange\u003c\/i\u003e offers a fascinating, funny, and quirky account of flyover folklore that also contends with the ways such oddities retain cultural footholds. Hollars shows how grappling with such subjects might fortify us against the glut of misinformation now inundating our lives. By confronting monsters, Martians, and a cabinet of curiosities, we challenge ourselves to look beyond our presumptions and acknowledge that just because something is weird, doesn't mean it is wrong. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e B. J. Hollars\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1496215605\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496215604\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.60d","brand":"B. J. Hollars","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44044586746111,"sku":"9781496215604","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fbe36c89-7384-4893-93ec-8260b911f4c5.jpg?v=1684973702","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/midwestern-strange-b-j-hollars-9781496215604","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}