Gardner Soule (December 16, 1913 – October 26, 2000) was an American writer known for his books on cryptozoology and marine life.
Biography
Soule contributed articles to Boys' Life and Popular Science. Many of his books were aimed for younger readers.
His books on ancient mariners and oceanographic discoveries received positive reviews.Anonymous. (1978). Reviewed Work: Men Who Dared the Sea by Gardner Soule. Social Science 53 (2): 124.Ukens, Leon L. (1975). Reviewed Work: New Discoveries in Oceanography by Gardner Soule. Science and Children 12 (8): 34. However, the factual content of his works on cryptozoology was disputed. Critics described his work on alleged cryptids like the Flathead Lake Monster as entertaining, not scientific.Anonymous. (1965). Reviewed Work: The Mystery Monsters by Gardner Soule. The Science Teacher 32 (8): 60. Other reviews were more positive, describing his research on marine creatures such as the giant squid, megamouth shark and sea wasp as informative.Wise, Ronald C. (1982). Reviewed Work: Mystery Monsters of the Deep by Gardner Soule. Science and Children 19 (6): 52-53.
Soule who had spent his early life in Texas authored The Long Trail which described the history of cowboys and cattle trails. Historian Ralph Bieber wrote that the book was "disorganized, full errors, and generally unreliable."Bieber, Ralph P. (1978). Reviewed Work: The Long Trail: How Cowboys & Longhorns Opened the West by Gardner Soule. Western Historical Quarterly 9 (1): 78-78. Orlan Sawey a President of the Texas Folklore Society wrote that a "major defect of the book is its historical inaccuracy."Sawey, Orlan. (1977). Reviewed Work: The Long Trail: How Cowboys & Longhorns Opened the West by Gardner Soule. Western American Literature 12 (1): 78-79.
Publications
The Maybe Monsters (1963)"The Maybe Monsters". Kirkus Reviews. Gemini and Apollo: The Next Two Projects in Space: A Preview (1964) The Mystery Monsters (1965)"The Mystery Monsters". Kirkus Reviews. Sea Rescue (1966) The Ocean Adventure: Science Explores the Depths of the Sea (1966) Trail of the Abominable Snowman (1966) UFOs and IFOS: A Factual Report on Flying Saucers (1967) Undersea Frontiers: Exploring by Deep-Diving Submarines (1968) Under the Sea: A Treasury of Great Writing about the Ocean Depths (1968) Strange Things Animals Do: How Scientists Probe Their Secrets (1970) The Greatest Depths: Probing the Sea to 20, 000 Feet and Below (1970) Wide Ocean: Discoveries at Sea (1970) Surprising Facts About Our World and Beyond (1971) New Discoveries in Oceanography (1974) Remarkable Creatures of the Seas (1975) Men Who Dared the Sea: The Ocean Adventures of the Ancient Mariners (1976) The Long Trail: How Cowboys & Longhorns Opened the West (1976) Mystery Monsters of the Deep (1981) Mystery Creatures of the Jungle (1982) Antarctica (1985) Christopher Columbus: On the Green Sea of Darkness (1990)
References
External links When Cryptozoology Had Soule https://cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/soule [Fixed link to When Cryptozoology Had Soule]