Background
Gaddis was born in Ohio to Tilden H. and Alice M. (Smith) Gaddis.
(In Septeber of 1960 state officials in New Mexico hired a...)
In Septeber of 1960 state officials in New Mexico hired a group of Zuni Indians to entertain at the local rodeo. They were asked to perform some of their ancient dance ceremionials. Attendance at the rodeo was poor because of the late afternoon rains that kept falling. Finally someone asked the Zuni's what ceremonials they were performing. They wereperforming the tribe's rain dances. American Indian Myths and Mysteries is an authoritative and scrupulously researched account of mythology of the native American. Although much of this ancient heritage has been lost, a great deal has been saved and there are men and women alive today qho remember th lore of their ancestors. In American Indian Myths and Mysteries the readder will learn the power of the medicine man and be present at a contest of magic between two rival medicine men; he will discover the originof the curse of Tippecanoe and the secrets of the shamans...
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Gaddis was born in Ohio to Tilden H. and Alice M. (Smith) Gaddis.
He popularized many stories about anomalous phenomena in a style similar to that of Charles Fort. Gaddis worked as a newspaper reporter and writer-editor for a Warsaw, Indiana, radio station from 1947 to 1952. He was a feature writer for the Elkhart Truth, a daily newspaper in Elkhart, Indiana, from 1952-1959.
He then worked as a public relations writer for Studebaker-Packard Corporation and Mercedes Benz Sales in South Bend, Indiana.
In 1962 he became a free-lance writer He died in Eureka, California.
(In Septeber of 1960 state officials in New Mexico hired a...)
(The Curious World of Twins by Vincent and Margaret Gaddis)