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Abominable Snowmen, by Ivan T. Sanderson, [1961], at sacred-texts.com


p. xiii

Contents

 

FOREWORD

vii

1.

A Certain Unpleasantness

1

 

A Brief History of ABSMery

 

2.

Ubiquitous Woodsmen

22

 

Reports from Canada (1860 to 1920)

 

3.

Further Sasquatchery

46

 

More Reports from Canada (1920 to 1940)

 

4.

The Appearance of Bigfeet

65

 

Still More Reports from Canada (1940 to 1960)

 

5.

Footprints on the Sands of

81

 

Abominable Affairs in the U.S.

 

6.

In Our Own Backyard

111

 

Happenings in Northern California

 

7.

Late North Americans

135

 

Hyperbole from Our Northwest

 

8.

On the Tracks of

148

 

Affairs in Central and South America

 

9.

Africa-the "Darkest"

182

 

Some Rumors and Some Flat Statements

 

10.

The East-The "Mysterious"

209

 

Reports from Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula

 

11.

The Great Mix-Up

235

 

Things in the Indo-Chinese Peninsula

 

12.

Anyone For Everest?

255

 

ABSMs in the Himalaya and the Great Gutter

 

13.

The Western Approaches

281

 

Russian Findings in the Caucasus and Thereabouts

 

14.

The Eastern Horizon

306

 

Current Conditions on the Great Mongolian Uplands

 

15.

Some Obnoxious Items

329

 

The Physical Evidence for ABSMs

 

16.

Our Revered Ancestors

351

 

Established Fossil Apes and Men

 

 

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17.

In the Beginning

375

 

Myths, Legends, and Folklore

 

18.

Some Basic Facts

398

 

Some Basic Geography and Vegatology

 

19.

Sundry Objectionable Facts

421

 

An Analysis of Skepticism and Orthodoxy

 

20.

Certain Abominable Conclusions

436

 

More Analysis and Some Conclusions

 

 

APPENDICES:

 

 

Appendix A. ABSMal Connotations

453

 

The East Eurasian Philology of ABSMery

 

 

Appendix B. The Importance of Feet

463

 

An Ichnological Analysis of ABSMery

 

 

Appendix C. Where We Come In

477

 

A List of Primates and a Family Tree of the Anthropoids

 

 

Appendix D. Others Involved

479

 

The Larger Mammalian Fauna of the Himalayas and Tibet

 

 

Appendix E. Sir Edmund Hillary's Scalp

483

 

A News Story from Nepal

 

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

491

p. xv

List of Maps

Map I.

Central Western North America

24

Map II.

British Columbia

48

Map III.

North America

82

Map IV.

Northern California

112

Map V.

Guatemala

150

Map VI.

Central and South America

168

Map VII.

Africa

184

Map VIII.

Malaya and Sumatra

210

Map IX.

Northern Orientalia (Political)

236

Map X.

East and South Orientalia

252

Map XI.

Orientalia

256

Map XII.

Eastern Eurasia

282

Map XIII.

The Old World

352

Map XIV.

The World

376

Map XV.

The World

400

Map XVI.

The World

418


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