AMONG THE MERMAIDS: FACTS, MYTHS, AND ENCHANTMENTS FROM THE SIRENS OF THE SEA BY VARLA VENTURA

From Homer’sOdysseytoPirates of the Caribbean, Mermaids have fascinated popular culture for centuries. Among the Mermaidsis an enchanting collection of classic stories, facts, and tales of mermaids from around the world that will thrill every lover of this romanticized mythological creature. Compiled byBook of the Bizarreauthor and Magical Creature devotee Varla Ventura,Among the Mermaidsincludes turn of the century tales of merfolk from Bret Harte, T. Crofton Croker, and W.B. Yeats, along with tantalizing trivia, facts, firsthand accounts, and speculations about mermaids in popular culture. Some facts about the fluid and the fair from the book: Many people believe today that early explorer sightings of mermaids were manatees. (Scurvy many days away from your lady = a blubbery creature looking supple and bodacious.) Blackbeard, the fierce and terrible pirate, was afraid of his crew being lured into a watery grave by mermaids, so he ordered his ships to avoid certain areas reputed to have a high number of mermaid sightings. Since 2009, the town of Kiryat Yam, Israel has offered a prize of $1 million dollars to anyone who can prove the mermaid off their coast is real. The prize remains unclaimed PAPERBACK BOOK