America has an undercurrent of strangeness hidden between the lines of its history books. Unravel the swirl of truth and folklore within these incredible, supposedly true tales buried in the archives of U.S. yesteryear. Have you ever heard about:

The first American UFO crash, just months after the Civil War? Two Aztec cities, unearthed near the southern border, then lost again for 130+ years? The giant lantern-swinging skeleton that haunted prospectors in California's Borrego Badlands? The menagerie of man-eating birds and prehistoric dragons long said to stalk America's wild frontiers? The king of con-men, who scammed his way across Europe and North America, ultimately setting his sights on Mexico's president? The unbroken chronicle of Bigfoot sightings throughout the 19th century? New Jersey's plethora of headless ghosts and dead Jersey Devils?

In this first volume of American Strangeness, author and journalist Kevin J. Guhl digs into 20 mostly forgotten stories from the country's colorful past, bringing them to life once more and thoroughly researching their grains of truth and context in the tapestry of U.S. history.