mentions the famous case of the Mary Celeste (which he would discuss in much more detail in his later Lo!); a rather long section concerning a number of purported UFO sightings (this book was written well before 1947, Kenneth Arnold, and the start of modern UFO allegations); and ends with a mention of the famous "Devil's Footprints" mystery in England during 1855, also citing a number of similar cases. The book also discusses triangle UFOs and sightings of them in various parts of the world from the early 1880s. Fort's theory and criticism Fort's explanation for the above "falls" and UFO sightings is that of the Super-Sargasso Sea – i.e., kind of a stationary "sea" where all things on Earth that are lost are mysteriously found, and occasionally rain back down on Earth (he developed this idea in much more detail in his later books). Though Fort himself apparently does not really believe this explanation, he (at least in this book) does not purport to explain the phenomena as a whole, simply stating the facts as they are, and letting readers to make their own conclusions. His lack of explanation for the phenomena he presents has led some skeptics and critics, particularly Martin Gardner, to criticize Fort as simply a destructive critic (or "crank") presenting negative claims without positive accounts. Publication The Book of the Damned was published by the American firm Boni & Liveright, who were the then publishers of Fort's friend, the author Theodore Driesler. It was on Driesler's suggestion that Boni & Liveright published the book. Advertising of the book was handled by Boni & Liveright's publicist, Edward Bernays. Availability The Book of the Damned is available in paperback from Tarcher, Prometheus Books, and because it has become public domain, can also be found in Dover Publications's The Complete Works of Charles Fort, which contains all of his books on this subject, and several websites. The book has also been made available in audio format at Librivox. References External links First edition at Internet Archive Project Gutenberg page with various free downloadable formats Edited and annotated version First volume of the book on sacred-texts.com 1919 non-fiction books Books by Charles Fort UFO-related literature Boni & Liveright books