Not really organized like a traditional book this is really a collection of newspaper and magazine articles from the early 1800's through the mid-1900's. The original articles are repeated verbatim complete with comments, misspellings, and colloquial word usage. I found this to be one of the endearing qualities of the book. The author takes a very broad look at unnatural phenomena and includes everything from strange things falling from the sky, to strange apparitions, animals, visions, and just about anything else you can think of that has been reported over the last two hundred years. While it is interesting reading it is not a book that I would suggest if you are looking to do a serious study of strange phenomena. On the other hand, if you are just looking for some light reading and a collection of incidents as reported by the media you will probably find this an entertaining read. The articles are all arranged by state instead of by type of phenomena so it is easy to look through your state and see what has been reported over the years. Unnatural Phenomena: A Guide to the Bizarre Wonders of North America is a recommended read for anyone interested in this subject or light enough reading for the merely curious.

Unnatural Phenomena: A Guide To The Bizarre Wonders Of North America by Jerome Clark is a 369-page survey of recorded and reported "anomalous occurrences" that range from the humorous to the fantastic to the frightening. Each incident is drawn from the past two hundred year history of America are drawn from every section of the country and range from confirmed reports of a phantom farmer plowing his field at night, to a bronze-green monster covered in heart-shaped scales, to sky quakes, to a clash of two enormous red-clad armies in the sky above Green Vale, Illinois in 1870, to a 150-foot-long sea monster that was seen in Black Fish Bay, Washington in 1893. These are hundreds of other peculiar happenings make Unnatural Phenomena a veritable treasure trove for those interested in the occult, the metaphysical, the inexplicable, the strange, and the bizarre in American history.