Incredible But True!
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
In Incredible But True!, Kevin McFarland compiles a vast, dizzying archive of the inexplicable, the bizarre, and the legendary, inviting readers to peer into the strange corners of historical record and human achievement. Moving effortlessly from historical anomalies to unexplained natural phenomena, the book serves as a quintessential representative of the late-1970s fascination with "fact-based" entertainment. Through a series of rapid-fire entries, McFarland crafts a narrative that is less a cohesive story and more an intoxicating, cabinet-of-curiosities-style exploration of the world’s most puzzling wonders. The work mirrors the era’s enthusiasm for high-volume, general-interest reference material—a precursor to the modern information age's obsession with viral trivia. With a tone that is perpetually curious and intentionally punchy, McFarland invites the reader to suspend disbelief and confront the sheer, often startling variety of the world. For the collector of 20th-century compendiums, Incredible But True! remains an evocative relic of a time when the search for the extraordinary was still conducted through the tactile, paper-bound pages of an archive rather than a digital interface.
Author: Kevin Mcfarland
Format: Hardback
Published: 1978, Bell Publishing Company
Genre: Reference & language
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
In Incredible But True!, Kevin McFarland compiles a vast, dizzying archive of the inexplicable, the bizarre, and the legendary, inviting readers to peer into the strange corners of historical record and human achievement. Moving effortlessly from historical anomalies to unexplained natural phenomena, the book serves as a quintessential representative of the late-1970s fascination with "fact-based" entertainment. Through a series of rapid-fire entries, McFarland crafts a narrative that is less a cohesive story and more an intoxicating, cabinet-of-curiosities-style exploration of the world’s most puzzling wonders. The work mirrors the era’s enthusiasm for high-volume, general-interest reference material—a precursor to the modern information age's obsession with viral trivia. With a tone that is perpetually curious and intentionally punchy, McFarland invites the reader to suspend disbelief and confront the sheer, often startling variety of the world. For the collector of 20th-century compendiums, Incredible But True! remains an evocative relic of a time when the search for the extraordinary was still conducted through the tactile, paper-bound pages of an archive rather than a digital interface.