Ephemeral Folk Figures: Scarecrows, Harvest Figures, and Snowmen

“In the late 1950s, Avon Neal and Ann Parker were bopping around the cemeteries of New England, making rubbings from early gravestones (these occasionally pop up on 1st Dibs and eBay; they are extremely cool). They noticed the array of scarecrows and other figures people made and started taking pictures of them. Those pictures are collected in this 1969 book. I finally got a copy after wanting it for years, and it is a stone-cold delight, a catalog of folksy horror and creepiness. It also includes the most sinister snowman I have ever seen.”

“Add to my Halloween book wish list”