Monsters and sea-serpents

Charles Montgomery Skinner (August 4, 1844 - June 30, 1928) was an American writer who published myths and legends collection books. His dream was to make American folklore heritage more glorious. Skinner?s writings were wide ranging. His career in literature and journalism included editorship of the Brooklyn Eagle. His study of the paper?s famed Walt Whitman appeared in the Atlantic Monthly. He also commented on turn-of-the-century America?s turbulent economy in Workers and the Trusts and American Communes. This short piece of prose represents a bright example of Skinner's writing style ? laconic and clear. Have you ever heard of dragons or the loch-ness monster? Do you bielive they exist? Well, Charles Skinner has prepared a collection of stories featuring such creatures that folks are told to see on the New England coast...