{"product_id":"among-the-mermaids-by-varla-ventura","title":"Among the Mermaids by Varla Ventura","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom Homer's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePirates of the Caribbean\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Mermaids have fascinated popular culture for centuries.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAmong the Mermaids\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCompiled by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBook of the Bizarre\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e author and Magical Creature devotee Varla Ventura, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAmong the Mermaids\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e includes 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSome facts about the fluid and the fair from the book:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMany 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.)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBlackbeard, 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSince 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Third Eye Comics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44898693218556,"sku":"9781578635450","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/4975\/4108\/files\/third-eye-comics-books-occult-among-the-mermaids-by-varla-ventura-9781578635450-9781578635450-40492624478460.jpg?v=1762429703","url":"https:\/\/shop.thirdeyecomics.com\/products\/among-the-mermaids-by-varla-ventura","provider":"Third Eye Comics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}