The Horn Book Guide

PSYCHOLOGY

Cohen, Daniel

Prophets of Doom

160 pp. | Lerner/Millbrook | April, 1999 | Library ISBN 0-7613-1317-6 $$20.90
1992

(4) YA An intriguing, if incomplete, survey of doomsayers touches on Bible prophecy, the oracles of ancient Greece, and the predictions of Nostradamus. The 1992 text has been slightly revised to include references to apocalyptic groups such as the Branch Davidians, the portentous nature of the Hale-Bopp comet, and the millennial madness that has fueled terrorist groups. Dark black-and-white reproductions are included. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta