The Great New England Sea Serpent: An Account of Unknown Creatures Sighted by Many Respectable Persons Between 1638 and the Present Day: Amazon.ca: J. P. O'Neill: Books

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Is it a strange mammal related to the seals, a descendant of a prehistoric reptile, or a new, unidentified animal? Whatever it is, or was, the witnesses call it a sea serpent. Remarkably similar descriptions of a creature with a long body, undulating motion, and horse-sized, snake-like head have left a trail of clues and controversy going back three centuries. In "The Great New England Sea Serpent," J.P. O'Neill draws on the historical record as well as previously unpublished first-hand accounts to chronicle more than 230 sightings of the mysterious marine creatures inhabiting the Gulf of Maine.

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June Pusback O'Neill has worked as an administrator in higher education, television, and advertising. She lives in Katanah, New York. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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What combination of vision, courage, hubris, and avarice must the early European explorers have possessed to sail west across the wide Atlantic toward what they believed was the Orient, leaving behind them the known world. Read the first page

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2.0 out of 5 stars ReallyToo Bad, Mar 19 2004

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Sorry to say this book couldn't hold me. The repetition and chronicle form soon lost me. A pity, I really looked forward to reading this book being a native New Englander with roots going back to the 1600s. If you want to convince people first you have to hold them and if you want to hold them then you better tell a good story. It has a lovely cover anyway.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Makes me wonder...., Sep 5 2002

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The author has compiled a thought provoking history of this creature.....more than ever before...I look to the sea and wonder....
P.S. I hope it's true!

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4.0 out of 5 stars detailed historical chronology. Not much biology., Aug 28 2002

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The book recounts many of the sightings of the sea serpent, almost to the point of being boring. I wasn't aware of this "serpent" as an ongoing phenomenom in early American history till reading the book, but now I see that these sightings influenced our expectations and assumptions about sea mysteries in a big way.
The sightings do tend towards repetition after awhile. Some of the personalities who became involved in the legend are interesting. I'd have enjoyed more "biology" or at least biological speculation, but that's limited to a chapter at the end of the book. Worthwhile for those with an interest in cryptozoology, others should probably skip it.

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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best of its kind
June O'Neill has pulled off the very difficult feat of writing a book on a cryptozoological subject and making that book balanced, readable, and highly entertaining. Read more

Published on Jun 25 2001 by Matthew A. Bille

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing!!
Before I had read this book I had no idea who or what the New England Sea Serpent was. This book got me intersted and I found it amazing that something that large and mythical... Read more

Published on April 26 2001