| A Book of Giants: Tales of Very Tall Men of Myth, Legend, History, and Science Contributor(s): Warwick, Tarl (Editor), Lanier, Henry Wysham (Author) |
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ISBN: 1695190297 ISBN-13: 9781695190290 Publisher: Independently Published OUR PRICE: $9.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology |
| Physical Information: 0.53" H x 5" W x 8" (0.56 lbs) 254 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The idea of giant men, animals, and other beings is one which has been treated of profusely through the centuries from antiquity to modernity. Henry Wysham Lanier here compiled some of the most notable tales of this kind into one work, adding in the then-modern idea of giants being not only real in the pseudobiblical sense but present even in relatively recent times.From the cyclops of Homeric lore to the giants of the high middle ages, and from the cold lands of Thor and Odin to the Mesoamerican tropics, this work is at once interesting as a fictional tale and useful as a historical one. |