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Robert schneck, author of the president s vampire rejoined the show to share some strange tales and ghost stories. Strangebuttrue tales of the united states of america, originally published by anomalist books, is being reprinted by tarcherperigee as the bye bye man and other strangebuttrue tales to coincide with the release of the major motion picture, the bye bye man, opening in january of 2017. The president s vampire strangebuttrue tales of the united states of america. And other strangebuttrue tales by robert damon schneck is the retelling of true, unexplained events from across america. Every movie based on a book in 2017 so far by frannie. From aliens and mummies to phantoms and even vampires. The bye bye man is an upcoming supernatural horror film based on the chapter the bridge to body island in historian robert damon schnecks book the presidents vampire. Robert damon schneck is an american writer specializing in anomalous phenomena and historical oddities a resident of new jersey, schneck is the author of the president s vampire and regular contributor to fortean times and fate magazine. Presidents vampire, also known as blood oath after the first book, is a series of novels by christopher farnsworth mixing supernatural horror and spy fiction zachary barrows is a young white house bureaucrat and his partys boy wonder, hoping to achieve much in politics.
His work has been published in more than a dozen countries, translated into nine languages, and has been a finalist for the goodreads choice awards. The presidents vampire by robert damon schneck, 9781933665009, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. An interview with robert damon schneck monsters are a part of history dating back to herodotus in his histories, and pliny the elder doesnt leave them out of his exhaustive natural history. So it was with great pleasure that i discovered robert damon schnecks book the presidents vampire. Robert damon schneck has done forteans and fans of the fantastic a tremendous service by picking littleknown subjects and applying a scholar s research skills and a highly developed storyteller s art. Robert damon schneck is the author of the president s vampire. Christopher farnsworth is a bestselling novelist, screenwriter, and journalist. His latest novel, flashmob, was named one of the best books of 2017 by publishers weekly.
And other strangebuttrue tales ebook written by robert damon schneck. Robert damon schneck is the author of the bye bye man 3. May 30, 2016 robert schneck, americas historian of the strange, made his debut on the show. So it was with great pleasure that i discovered robert damon schneck s book the president s vampire. Schneck, author of the president s vampire, you seem to be a great and true anomalist and fortean i, too, have the shelf of old childhood paperbacks about strange things and weird happenings, only mine has grown to fill an entire bookcase and well beyond. Strangebuttrue tales of the united states of america, a collection of short tales, in 2005. Robert schneck, author of the presidents vampire rejoined the show to share some strange tales and ghost stories.
Were talking the bye bye man, the upcoming movie based on the story the bridge to body island that appears in robert schnecks the presidents vampire. Strangebuttrue tales of the united states of america, anomalist books, paperback, 2005. Robert schneck is one of the best of a new breed of investigators into the relatively unknown byways of our. Nov 30, 2005 the presidents vampire by robert damon schneck, 9781933665009, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. And other strangebuttrue tales from american history. Twentyfive movies based on books have already been released in the u. Strangebuttrue tales of the united states of america. The president s vampire strange buttrue tales of the. His attention to detail and devotion to searching out the truth behind the sensational and unverified leaves no doubt to the author s curiosity or credibility. The presidents vampire is proof positive that an inordinat.
Zach barrows has not seen nathaniel cade, the presidents vampire, since being fired from his position as cades handler and sent to a small, cramped office in a government building in nebraska. But the way that it came about was that i read this book called, coincidentally, the presidents vampire by a guy named robert schneck and its about this very weird incident in american history where president andrew johnson supposedly pardoned a man accused of killing two people and drinking their blood. Strangebuttrue tales of the united states of america by robert schneck 2005, paperback at the best online prices at ebay. The presidents vampire strange buttrue tales of the united states of america robert damon schneck on. According to schneck, james brown was an africanamerican cook on a ship and he got into an argument with another sailor after he was insulted. Schneck, author of the presidents vampire, you seem to be a great and true anomalist and fortean i, too, have the shelf of old childhood paperbacks about strange things and weird happenings, only mine has grown to fill an entire bookcase and well beyond. The movie builds off of the short story the bridge to body island, set in the 1990s when three college students move into a house and. Nov 01, 2005 with the current proliferation of books about weird events, the president s vampire is a diamond among briquettes. Robert damon schneck published the presidents vampire.
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