CHARLES FORT: THE MAN WHO INVENTED THE SUPERNATURAL
Book Details + Condition: Penguin (New York). First Edition, 2008. 332 pages, with black-and-white photographs. Hardcover with dust jacket. Signed by author, with an inscription to James B. Alfredson. Bookplate of Alfredson as well on the front inside board. James B. Alfredson (1937-2015) was the author of several biographies about magicians, and a co-compiler of the landmark bibliography of magic periodicals. In this work, author Jim Steinmeyer presents a biography of the 20th century premier chronicler of the paranormal, Charles Fort. In 1919, Charles Fort created a sensation with The Book of the Damned, in which he painstakingly documented strange events that were being ignored by scientists because they didn't fit the scientific paradigms of the day. Citing reputable newspapers and journals, he forced his readers to confront such occurrences as blood falling from the sky, UFOs, and inexplicable footprints. Fort gave rise to Fortean — the ability to describe the unexplained. In very good condition: minimal shelf wear from storage; interior clean and free of writing (save author's inscription); dust jacket remains unclipped.
