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Title: Where Bigfoot Walks : Crossing the Dark Divide by Robert Michael Pyle ISBN: 0395857015 Publisher: Mariner Books Pub. Date: 18 June, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.4
Rating: 2
Summary: Excellent writing, but doesn't live up to the hype.
Comment: As somewhat of a skeptic, but still keeping an open mind, I enjoy topics such a 'bigfoot' when they're written intelligently and with a base of reason. As for "Where Bigfoot Walks", I should've looked at other reviews of this book a bit more, but when Midwest book review stated things like "...fascinating study of Bigfoot legends and realities..." I gambled- and lost. For outdoor enthusiasts, this is a rich story of a man's travels through the wilderness. And I must hand it to Mr. Pyle, he really does write well. It almost seems as if he anticipated readers interested in bigfoot to get bored with it quickly, like when he goes on about hitching rides from Indians because he runs out of water- or something like that, but his timing is right and just as you're about to toss the book aside he throws in something interesting enough to get you to keep reading. In the end though, it's all rather anticlimactic, and not what I was looking for.
Rating: 5
Summary: You'll feel like YOU are on the trip along with Bob Pyle.
Comment: Robert Michael Pyle's Where Bigfoot Walks may be the closest I'll get at the moment to the Northwestern most part of this country.This man's style of writing is perhaps the purest, most comprehensive & descriptive I've read in a text in years. The manner in which this title is put forth is possibly the closest to this region one can attain without leaving the front door. It's the type of read where you cannot set your mind aside (unless it's nearing 5 A.M. in the morning and it's really time for bed,as I can relate with). For any enthusiast of this amazing vital "beast", and nature lovers, this is a must have in reading material.
Rating: 4
Summary: Pyle, the butterfly guru, hunts Sasquatch.
Comment: This is the travel log of Pyle's attempt to cross the Dark Divide in South Western Oregon. Forming the framework of the journey is a search for Bigfoot--not just the beast (although that's there too), but what the idea of Bigfoot means to our humanity, culture and to our place in the universe. He also investigates the people who believe (including everyone from quacks to scientists) and those that do not. The strengths of the book shine when Pyle is exploring ideas. He has some important things to say about the importance of wilderness, and the necessity of wild unknown things lurking in our subconscious. I also liked the balanced treatment he gave the question of Bigfoot's existence. You are never sure if he is a believer or sceptic, but he leaves you with the sense that perhaps the question is more important than the answer. The book is not without faults, the biggest was his nature writing, which sometimes seem to plod along with unnecessary detail. Too often it contained decorative descriptions that reminded me of exercises from a creative writing class. This made reading the book an uneven experience, with some parts of the book so good that I could not put it down, and with other sections I could not wait to put behind me. It was especially annoying when he produced long lists of plants and animals that for me, not being from that area of the country, meant nothing. Overall, however, the book is well worth the read. It left me thinking deeply and seemed to put the question of Bigfoot's existence on a more philosophical plane. I would especially recommend the book to people interested in wilderness, to those exploring why we believe the things we do, or those wanting a balanced and informed examination of the question of Bigfoot's existence.
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Title: Field Guide to the Sasquatch (Sasquatch Field Guide Series) by Society of Cryptozoology, David George Gordon, International Society of Cryptozoology ISBN: 0912365544 Publisher: Sasquatch Books Pub. Date: May, 1992 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: Bigfoot Across America by Philip L. Rife ISBN: 0595143148 Publisher: iUniverse.com Pub. Date: December, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Bigfoot Sasquatch: Evidence by Grover S. Krantz ISBN: 0888394470 Publisher: Hancock House Pub Ltd Pub. Date: June, 1999 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title:Ancient Mysteries: Bigfoot ASIN: 6304544081 Publisher: A & E Entertainment Pub. Date: 02 March, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.95 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $14.95 |
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Title: Bigfoot and Other Legendary Creatures by William Noonan, Paul Robert Walker ISBN: 0152015515 Publisher: Harcourt Pub. Date: October, 1997 List Price(USD): $8.00 |
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