TY - BOOK AU - Fitch,Marc E. TI - Paranormal nation: why America needs ghosts, UFOs, and bigfoot SN - 9780313382062 (hardback) AV - BF1028.5.U6 F58 2013 U1 - 130.973 23 PY - 2013///] CY - Santa Barbara, California PB - Praeger KW - Parapsychology KW - United States KW - History KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture KW - bisacsh KW - BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Supernatural KW - Aberglaube KW - gnd KW - Social life and customs KW - USA N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-386) and index; Introduction -- A brief history of the paranormal in America -- Paranormal hoaxes -- The native paranormal -- The JFK assassination and the paranormal -- Social change and the paranormal -- The rise of paranormal television -- The paranormal reality -- The paranormal economy -- Based on a true story ... -- A lack of faith -- Is satanism real? -- The American Gothic -- The ghost hunter age : today's paranormal movement -- Shirley Jackson's America -- Why does the United States need ghosts, UFOs, and bigfoot? -- Cry of the banshee N2 - "Please see the attached text file"-- ER -