The Zombie Survival Guide Chapter Summary & Analysis - Recorded Attacks: 1901 A.D., Lu Shan, Formosa to 1984 A.D., Cabrio, Arizona Summary

Recorded Attacks: 1901 A.D., Lu Shan, Formosa to 1984 A.D., Cabrio, Arizona Summary

In 1901 in Lu Shan, Formosa, a zombie outbreak begins with several ill peasants. Local missionaries believe it is God's punishment and head for the village. A party of soldiers go into the village and are attacked. An old Chinese man killing zombies with a shovel gestures for them to shoot the heads, and the soldiers begin killing the zombies. Among the dead, they find the missionaries and their leader, Pastor Alfred. One of the soldiers is discharged and imprisoned for selling the story to a pulp magazine.

An African guide named Simon is tried for decapitating a white hunter, Karl Seekt, and his lawyer pleads insanity because Simon says Seekt was a zombie. Simon is hanged. In Louisiana in 1911, several youths stay in the zombie-infested swamps overnight on a dare, and none return. A search party finds zombies, including the youths, and the event escalates. Zombies overrunning the...
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