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The Mystery of Spring-Heeled Jack

Author : John Matthews
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1620554976
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (25 download)

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Download or read book The Mystery of Spring-Heeled Jack written by John Matthews and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-10-14 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An extensive investigation of the origins and numerous sightings of the mysterious and terrifying figure known as Spring-Heeled Jack • Shares original 19th-century newspaper accounts of Spring-Heeled Jack encounters as well as 20th and 21st-century reports • Explains his connections to Jack the Ripper and the Slender Man • Explores his origins in earlier mythical beings from folklore, his Steampunk popularity, and the theory that he may be an alien from a high-gravity planet Spring-Heeled Jack--a tall, thin, bounding figure with bat-like wings, clawed hands, wheels of fire for eyes, and breath of blue flames--first leapt to public attention in Victorian London in 1838, springing over hedges and walls, from dark lanes and dank graveyards, to frighten and sometimes physically attack women. News of this strange and terrifying character quickly spread, but despite numerous sightings through 1904 he was never captured or identified. Exploring the vast urban legend surrounding this enigmatic figure, John Matthews explains how the Victorian fascination with strange phenomena and sinister figures paired with hysterical reports enabled Spring-Heeled Jack to be conjured into existence. Sharing original 19th-century newspaper accounts of Spring-Heeled Jack sightings and encounters, he also examines recent 20th and 21st-century reports, including a 1953 UFO-related sighting from Houston, Texas, and disturbing accounts of the Slender Man, who displays notable similarities with Jack. He traces Spring-Heeled Jack’s origins to earlier mythical beings from folklore, such as fairy creatures and land spirits, and explores the theory that Jack is an alien marooned on Earth whose leaping prowess is attributed to his home planet having far stronger gravity than ours. The author reveals how Jack the Ripper, although a different and much more violent character, chose to identify himself with the old, well-established figure of Spring-Heeled Jack. Providing an extensive look at Spring-Heeled Jack from his beginnings to the present, Matthews illustrates why the worldwide Steampunk community has so thoroughly embraced Jack.

The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack

Author : Mark Hodder
Publisher : Pyr
ISBN 13 : 1616142901
Total Pages : 506 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (161 download)

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Download or read book The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack written by Mark Hodder and published by Pyr. This book was released on 2010-09-15 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: London, 1861. Sir Richard Francis Burton - explorer, linguist, scholar, and swordsman; his reputation tarnished; his career in tatters; his former partner missing and probably dead. Algernon Charles Swinburne - unsuccessful poet and follower of de Sade, for whom pain is pleasure, and brandy is ruin! Their investigations lead them to one of the defining events of the age, and the terrifying possibility that the world they inhabit shouldn't exist at all!

The Legend of Spring-heeled Jack

Author : Karl Bell
Publisher : Boydell Press
ISBN 13 : 1843837870
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (438 download)

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Download or read book The Legend of Spring-heeled Jack written by Karl Bell and published by Boydell Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An intriguing study of a unique and unsettling cultural phenomenon in Victorian England. WINNER of the 2013 Katharine Briggs Award NEW LOWER PRICE This book uses the nineteenth-century legend of Spring-Heeled Jack to analyse and challenge current notions of Victorian popular cultures. Starting as oral rumours, this supposedly supernatural entity moved from rural folklore to metropolitan press sensation, co-existing in literary and theatrical forms before finally degenerating into a nursery lore bogeyman to frighten children. A mercurial and unfixed cultural phenomenon, Spring-Heeled Jack found purchase in both older folkloric traditions and emerging forms of entertainment. Through this intriguing study of a unique and unsettling figure, Karl Bell complicates our appreciation of the differences, interactions and similarities between various types of popular culture between 1837 and 1904. The book draws upon a rich variety of primary source material including folklorist accounts, street ballads, several series of "penny dreadful" stories (and illustrations), journals, magazines, newspapers, comics, court accounts, autobiographies and published reminiscences. The Legend of Spring-Heeled Jack is impressively researched social history and provides a fascinating insight into Victorian cultures. It will appeal to anyone with an interest in nineteenth-century English social and cultural history, folklore or literature. Karl Bell is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Portsmouth.

The Legend and Bizarre Crimes of Spring Heeled Jack

Author : Peter Haining
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780584102765
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (27 download)

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Download or read book The Legend and Bizarre Crimes of Spring Heeled Jack written by Peter Haining and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Curious Case of the Clockwork Man

Author : Mark Hodder
Publisher : Pyr
ISBN 13 : 1616143606
Total Pages : 495 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (161 download)

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Download or read book The Curious Case of the Clockwork Man written by Mark Hodder and published by Pyr. This book was released on 2011-03-22 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mark Hodder's second Burton & Swinburne steampunk adventure, following the acclaimed The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack, is filled with eccentric steam-driven technology, grotesque characters, and a deepening mystery. When a clockwork-powered man of brass is found abandoned in Trafalgar Square, Burton and his assistant, the wayward poet Algernon Swinburne, find themselves on the trail of the stolen Garnier Collection--black diamonds rumored to be fragments of the Lemurian Eye of Naga, a meteorite that fell to Earth in prehistoric times. From a haunted mansion to the Bedlam madhouse, from South America to Australia, from séances to a secret labyrinth, Burton struggles with shadowy opponents and his own inner demons. Can the king's agent expose a plot that threatens to rip the British Empire apart, leading to an international conflict the like of which the world has never seen? And what part does the clockwork man have to play? From the Trade Paperback edition.

The Mystery of Spring-Heeled Jack

Author : John Matthews
Publisher : Destiny Books
ISBN 13 : 9781620554968
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (549 download)

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Download or read book The Mystery of Spring-Heeled Jack written by John Matthews and published by Destiny Books. This book was released on 2016-10-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An extensive investigation of the origins and numerous sightings of the mysterious and terrifying figure known as Spring-Heeled Jack • Shares original 19th-century newspaper accounts of Spring-Heeled Jack encounters as well as 20th and 21st-century reports • Explains his connections to Jack the Ripper and the Slender Man • Explores his origins in earlier mythical beings from folklore, his Steampunk popularity, and the theory that he may be an alien from a high-gravity planet Spring-Heeled Jack--a tall, thin, bounding figure with bat-like wings, clawed hands, wheels of fire for eyes, and breath of blue flames--first leapt to public attention in Victorian London in 1838, springing over hedges and walls, from dark lanes and dank graveyards, to frighten and sometimes physically attack women. News of this strange and terrifying character quickly spread, but despite numerous sightings through 1904 he was never captured or identified. Exploring the vast urban legend surrounding this enigmatic figure, John Matthews explains how the Victorian fascination with strange phenomena and sinister figures paired with hysterical reports enabled Spring-Heeled Jack to be conjured into existence. Sharing original 19th-century newspaper accounts of Spring-Heeled Jack sightings and encounters, he also examines recent 20th and 21st-century reports, including a 1953 UFO-related sighting from Houston, Texas, and disturbing accounts of the Slender Man, who displays notable similarities with Jack. He traces Spring-Heeled Jack’s origins to earlier mythical beings from folklore, such as fairy creatures and land spirits, and explores the theory that Jack is an alien marooned on Earth whose leaping prowess is attributed to his home planet having far stronger gravity than ours. The author reveals how Jack the Ripper, although a different and much more violent character, chose to identify himself with the old, well-established figure of Spring-Heeled Jack. Providing an extensive look at Spring-Heeled Jack from his beginnings to the present, Matthews illustrates why the worldwide Steampunk community has so thoroughly embraced Jack.

The Secret Fiend

Author : Shane Peacock
Publisher : Tundra Books (NY)
ISBN 13 : 0887768539
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (877 download)

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Download or read book The Secret Fiend written by Shane Peacock and published by Tundra Books (NY). This book was released on 2010 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a fawning Beatrice reports that her friend has been abducted by Spring Heeled Jack, young Sherlock Holmes is reluctant to believe her story until suspicious clues point to some of his close friends, in a mystery set against the tumultuous early days of Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli's term. By the award-winning author of Eye of the Crow.

Expedition to the Mountains of the Moon

Author : Mark Hodder
Publisher : Pyr
ISBN 13 : 1616145366
Total Pages : 558 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (161 download)

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Download or read book Expedition to the Mountains of the Moon written by Mark Hodder and published by Pyr. This book was released on 2012-01-10 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is 1863, but not the one it should be. Time has veered wildly off course, and now the first moves are being made that will lead to a devastating world war and the fall of the British Empire. Caught in a tangled web of cause, effect, and inevitability, little does Burton realize that the stakes are far higher than even he suspects. A final confrontation comes in the mist-shrouded Mountains of the Moon, in war- torn Africa of 1914, and in Green Park, London, where, in the year 1840, Burton must face the man responsible for altering time: Spring Heeled Jack! Burton and Swinburne's third adventure is filled with eccentric steam-driven technology, grotesque characters, and bizarre events, completing the three-volume story arc begun in The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack and The Curious Case of the Clockwork Man. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Taliesin

Author : John Matthews
Publisher : Inner Traditions / Bear & Co
ISBN 13 : 9780892818693
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (186 download)

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Download or read book Taliesin written by John Matthews and published by Inner Traditions / Bear & Co. This book was released on 2002-04 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taliesin, Chief Bard of Britain and Celtic shaman, was a historical figure who lived in Wales during the latter half of the sixth century. His verse is established as a direct precursor to the Arthurian Legends--and Taliesin himself, is said to be the direct forebear to Merlin. The author presents completely new translations of Taliesin's major poems in their entirety, uncovering the meanings behind these great works for the first time.

Endymion Spring

Author : Matthew Skelton
Publisher : Delacorte Press
ISBN 13 : 0375841997
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (758 download)

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Download or read book Endymion Spring written by Matthew Skelton and published by Delacorte Press. This book was released on 2006-08-22 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "You've stumbled on to something much larger than you can possibly imagine." In the dead of night, a cloaked figure drags a heavy box through snow-covered streets. The chest, covered in images of mythical beasts, can only be opened when the fangs of its serpent's-head clasp taste blood. Centuries later, in an Oxford library, a boy touches a strange book and feels something pierce his finger. The volume is blank, wordless, but its paper has fine veins running through it and seems to quiver, as if it's alive. Words begin to appear on the page--words no one but the boy can see. And so unfolds a timeless secret . . . .

Saucy Jack

Author : Paul Woods
Publisher : Ian Allan Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780711034105
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (341 download)

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Download or read book Saucy Jack written by Paul Woods and published by Ian Allan Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: killer's true identity." "In Saucy Jack the authors follow the grim homicidal trails that have permeated popular culture since the Whitechapel murders of 1888, including: the stories of the victims; the evolution of the Ripper archetype; an analysis of the most often cited latter-day suspects for the crimes; the conspiracy theories; and the short stories, novels, films, comic books and even video games, all inspired by the murders of 1888. And finally, the modern forensic view of the Ripper murders as sex crimes, with reference to disturbing modern cases such as that of the 'Plumstead Ripper'." --Book Jacket.

Occult London

Author : Merlin Coverley
Publisher : Oldcastle Books
ISBN 13 : 1842439499
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (424 download)

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Download or read book Occult London written by Merlin Coverley and published by Oldcastle Books. This book was released on 2017-11-23 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: London, more than any other city, has a secret history concealed from view. Behind the official façade promoted by the heritage industry lies a city of esoteric traditions, obscure institutions, and forgotten locations. Occult London rediscovers this history, unearthing the hidden city that lies beneath our own. From the Elizabethan magic of Dr Dee and Simon Forman to the occult designs of Wren and Hawksmoor; from the Victorian London of Spring-Heeled Jack to the fin de siecle heyday of Madame Blavatsky and Aleister Crowley. This book describes these practitioners of the occult and their unorthodox beliefs, alongside the myths and legends through which the city has always been perceived. The role of the occult within London's literary history is also outlined, while a gazetteer maps the sites of London's most resonant occult locations. Today we are experiencing a renewal of interest in the occult tradition, and Merlin Coverley examines the roots of this revival, exploring the rise of New Age philosophies and the emergence of psychogeography in shaping a new vision of the city

Spring-Heeled Jack (1904)

Author : Charlton Lea
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 542 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (676 download)

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Download or read book Spring-Heeled Jack (1904) written by Charlton Lea and published by . This book was released on 2020-12-06 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Spring-Heeled Jack made his final "canonical" appearance in Liverpool in 1904, 12 issues of a serial novel was published by the Aldine Newspaper Company.Set just before Britain engages in the Napoleonic wars, celebrated officer Bertram Wraydon, is framed for spying for the enemy. He escapes execution and flees into hiding, but, in doing so, he forfeits his estates to his half-brother, Hubert Sedgefield. Wraydon attempts to reclaim his lost heritage, and, to do so, he is assisted by the mysterious figure known as Spring-Heeled Jack. As Wraydon is forced deeper into the shadowy underworld of espionage and treason, Spring-Heeled Jack confronts each of Wraydon's adversaries to restore his good name. But there is a line between Justice and Law that Spring-Heeled Jack is willing to cross.All of the collections of this rare serial novel are incomplete, however, the missing issue has been located and included for this volume, which also features a new introduction by J.S Mackley.

The Grail

Author : John Matthews
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
ISBN 13 : 9780500810279
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book The Grail written by John Matthews and published by Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 1981 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore a truly astonishing range of interests, philosophies, religions, and cultures -- from alchemy to angels, Buddhism to Hinduism, myth to magic. The distinguished authors bring a wealth of knowledge, visionary thinking, and accessible writing to each intriguing subject in these lavishly illustrated, large-format paperback books.

The 'Reader's Digest' Book of Strange Stories, Amazing Facts

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780909486297
Total Pages : 608 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (862 download)

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Download or read book The 'Reader's Digest' Book of Strange Stories, Amazing Facts written by and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Secret of Abdu El Yezdi

Author : Mark Hodder
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1473583942
Total Pages : 562 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book The Secret of Abdu El Yezdi written by Mark Hodder and published by Random House. This book was released on 2020-04-02 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Beast has been summoned. History will be unmade. Freshly knighted by King George V for discovering the source of the Nile, Sir Richard Francis Burton has been made an agent of the Crown. His mission: solve a series of high profile disappearances and – even more astonishing – locate the spirit of a dead mystic, Abdu el Yezdi. Burton and Swinburne are back and fighting for their very existence...

The Return of the Discontinued Man

Author : Mark Hodder
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1473583853
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book The Return of the Discontinued Man written by Mark Hodder and published by Random House. This book was released on 2020-04-02 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Burton and Swinburne return in a new wildly imaginative steampunk adventure, and this time they’re facing their greatest foe... Leicester Square, London. Blood red snow falls from the sky and a strange creature, disorientated and apparently insane, materialises out of thin air. Spring Heeled Jack has returned, and he is intent on one thing: hunting Sir Richard Francis Burton. Burton is experiencing one hallucination after another; visions of parallel realities and future history plague his every thought. These send him, and his companions, on an unimaginable expedition – a voyage through time itself...