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Author: J. Gordon Melton
Publisher: Visible Ink Press
Imprint: Visible Ink Press
Dimensions:
Width: 18.00cm
, Height: 3.80cm
, Length: 23.40cm
ISBN: 9781578597635
ISBN 10: 1578597633
Pages: 800
Publication Date: 18 November 2021
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Temporarily unavailable
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Reviews
This is a vampiric bible of information. If vampires fascinate you, then get this book!! - Costarican Times
"""This is a vampiric bible of information. If vampires fascinate you, then get this book!!"" – Costarican Times ""… relates the history of the vampire from its origins to the 21st century. It describes the basics about vampires; their origins in history and folklore; vampire scholarship; vampires around the world; and vampires in literature, drama, film, television, and pop culture …"" – Protoview Book News ""The reader who loves a good scare will enjoy ""The Vampire Almanac: The Complete History"" by J. Gordon Melton, Ph.D. Pretty much everything you'd ever want to know about the undead is in here."" – Bookworm Sez"
""This is a vampiric bible of information. If vampires fascinate you, then get this book!!"" – Costarican Times ""… relates the history of the vampire from its origins to the 21st century. It describes the basics about vampires; their origins in history and folklore; vampire scholarship; vampires around the world; and vampires in literature, drama, film, television, and pop culture …"" – Protoview Book News ""The reader who loves a good scare will enjoy ""The Vampire Almanac: The Complete History"" by J. Gordon Melton, Ph.D. Pretty much everything you'd ever want to know about the undead is in here."" – Bookworm Sez
This is a vampiric bible of information. If vampires fascinate you, then get this book!! - Costarican Times ... relates the history of the vampire from its origins to the 21st century. It describes the basics about vampires; their origins in history and folklore; vampire scholarship; vampires around the world; and vampires in literature, drama, film, television, and pop culture ... - Protoview Book News
Author Information
J. Gordon Melton, a nationally known author, lecturer, and scholar, is the Distinguished Professor of American Religious History at Baylor University and serves as the director of the Institute for the Study of American Religion. Dr. Melton is best known for his work on religious cults, and he is considered America's senior scholar in the field of new and unconventional religions, having studied them for more than 40 years. Simultaneously, he has emerged as a leading scholar of vampire and Dracula studies and previously served a tenure as the American president of the Transylvanian Society of Dracula, an international association of vampire and Dracula scholars. He has authored multiple books in the field, two of which received the Lord Ruthven Award as the best nonfiction book in vampire studies. He currently resides in Waco, Texas, with his wife, Suzie.
