Description
Author: Len Kasten
Publisher: Bear & Company / Inner Traditions International
Place: Rochester, Vermont
Year: 2010
Edition: First Edition, First Printing (complete 10–1 number line)
Format: Trade Paperback
Page Count: 328 pages
ISBN: 978-1-59143-115-2
Size: Approximately 6 × 9 inches
Illustrations: 8-page color insert and 59 black-and-white illustrations
Condition: Near Fine. Clean, attractive copy with only very light evidence of handling. Binding firm and interior clean. Please see photographs for the condition of this individual copy.
Description:
A first-printing copy of Len Kasten's The Secret History of Extraterrestrials: Advanced Technology and the Coming New Race, an expansive exploration of UFOs, extraterrestrial contact, alleged government secrecy, advanced technology, abduction accounts, exopolitics, Roswell, antigravity research, and other enduring subjects within UFO literature.
Kasten draws upon interviews and material associated with figures including Jesse Marcel, John Mack, Michael Salla, Paul LaViolette, Robert Bauval, and Helen Wambach. Topics range from purported extraterrestrial technology and government cover-ups to Nazi-UFO theories, the Iraqi Stargate, alien-human hybrid claims, and the broader influence Kasten attributes to extraterrestrial contact.
Published by Bear & Company, an imprint specializing in alternative history, metaphysics, esoteric studies, and unexplained phenomena. This copy is identifiable as a first printing by the complete 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 number line on the copyright page.
Why We Love This Book:
This is exactly the kind of title that belongs in Deb's curated UFO and unexplained-mysteries collection: a substantial survey of the ideas, personalities, controversies, and theories that shaped modern extraterrestrial literature. The first-printing status makes this especially appealing as a clean representative copy for a UFO library.