The Book of the Damned

The Book of the Damned  (1919)  by Charles Fort

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The Book of the Damned was the first published nonfiction work of the author Charles Fort (first edition, 1919). Dealing with various types of anomalous phenomena including UFOs, strange falls of both organic and inorganic materials from the sky, odd weather patterns, the possible existence of creatures generally held to be mythological, disappearances of people under strange circumstances, and many other phenomena, the book is historically considered to be the first written in the specific field of anomalistics. — Excerpted from The Book of the Damned on Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. This edition is from The Books of Charles Fort, first ed. 1919, sixth printing, February 1957. Any and all typographical errors are transcribed as originally written in the source text.

Table of contents

• Chapter 1
• Chapter 2
• Chapter 3
• Chapter 4
• Chapter 5
• Chapter 6
• Chapter 7
• Chapter 8
• Chapter 9
• Chapter 10
• Chapter 11
• Chapter 12
• Chapter 13
• Chapter 14
• Chapter 15
• Chapter 16
• Chapter 17
• Chapter 18
• Chapter 19
• Chapter 20
• Chapter 21
• Chapter 22
• Chapter 23
• Chapter 24
• Chapter 25
• Chapter 26
• Chapter 27
• Chapter 28

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1923. The author died in 1932, so this work is also in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 75 years or less. This work may also be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.