Whitey: A Century of Mystery Along the White River (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798342651134)

Something has been seen in the waters of the White River for more than a century.

Fishermen have reported enormous shapes moving beneath the surface. Farmers along the riverbanks have described a massive gray creature rising briefly from the water before disappearing again into the current. In 1937, sightings near Newport, Arkansas became so widespread that newspapers across the country began reporting on what locals called the White River Monster.

They named it Whitey.

Was it a giant sturgeon? An enormous catfish? A misidentified animal glimpsed in muddy water? Or something far stranger lurking in the depths of one of America's great rivers?

In Whitey: A Century of Mystery Along the White River, author J. Edwin Hollow explores the full story behind Arkansas's most famous river legend. Drawing on eyewitness accounts, newspaper reports, folklore, and scientific explanations, this book traces the rise of the White River Monster from scattered local sightings to one of the most enduring cryptid legends in American folklore.

Travel along the White River through the early sightings of the 1930s, the surge of national media attention, the theories that attempted to explain the creature, and the modern encounters that keep the mystery alive today.

More than just a monster story, this is a journey into the culture, history, and imagination of the communities that have lived beside the White River for generations.

Because along these quiet Arkansas waters, one question has never fully gone away:

What exactly is Whitey?