INVISIBLE HORIZONS

by Vincent Gaddis ‧ RELEASE DATE: May 15, 1965

This is a compendium of extraordinary and often supranormal phenomena related to the sea. These are stories of vanishing islands, jinxes, phantoms, ghost ships, balls of fire that down planes, and of Fate interpenetrated with Science. They form a sometimes plausible case for the existence of undiscovered agencies in nature, man and the sea. And who's arguing! Example: the famous actor Charles Francis Coughlan, from Prince Edward Island, died in Galveston, Texas, and was buried there. A horrendous flood washed his casket into the Gulf Stream and eight years later it was found a few miles from his home on Prince Edward. The author, however, is not out merely to titillate the credulous. He demonstrates what metaphysician Charles Fort calls the ""wild talents"" of nature--the wonderful, in Elizabethan rather than Broadway parlance. One Frenchman could read beyond the horizon and tell three days ahead when and how many ships were coming. He said he read the gases over the horizon. The author is often hard to fault. He presents too many examples too thinly (which are better explored elsewhere). This is preternatural non-fiction, and chilly fun.

Pub Date: May 15, 1965

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Chilton

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: May 1, 1965

Categories: NONFICTION