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Forgotten Tales of New York

Melanie Zimmer
Forgotten Tales of New York Book PDF

Author : Melanie Zimmer
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2009-08-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781614235415

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Forgotten Tales of New York by Melanie Zimmer Pdf

Learn the Empire State’s little known history—from bone-stealing dogs to the world’s largest puzzle—by the author of Curiosities of the Finger Lakes. Few New Yorkers remember the night when firemen, in tuxedos and top hats, were dragged from a ball to extinguish a Waterloo blaze, or the typographical error that reported Theodore Roosevelt taking a “bath” instead of his presidential “oath.” Still fewer remember Cephas Bennett, a missionary from Utica and printer of the first Burmese Bible, or H. L. Mencken’s humorous article on the history of the bathtub, still quoted today as factual although entirely invented. Seasoned storyteller Melanie Zimmer seamlessly weaves together these hard-to-believe, yet entirely true, tales. From the monster of Seneca Lake to the man who inspired the American icon Uncle Sam, discover the lost secrets of the Empire State. Includes photos!

Forgotten Tales of Pittsburgh

Thomas White
Forgotten Tales of Pittsburgh Book PDF

Author : Thomas White
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2010-11-09
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781614235408

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Forgotten Tales of Pittsburgh by Thomas White Pdf

Such was the wisdom of the Pittsburgh Daily Gazette and Advertiser in 1866 when describing a railway boss's threat to decapitate a former employee. Pittsburgh has many such stories of strange but mostly true events. Local author Thomas White delves into these lost tales, from Lewis and Clark's inauspicious start involving an intoxicated boat builder to the death ray of inventor Nikola Tesla. A 1907 lion attack at Luna Park, death by spontaneous combustion, Jack the Ripper's rumored visit to the city and an umpire who was rescued from an angry crowd by Pirates players are all part of the forgotten history of the Steel City.

Forgotten Tales and Vanished Trails

Theodore Roosevelt
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Author : Theodore Roosevelt
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2014-08-05
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781629140513

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Forgotten Tales and Vanished Trails by Theodore Roosevelt Pdf

Forgotten Tales and Vanished Trails gathers together Roosevelt’s many writings on game hunting and the outdoors from the late 1800s to the early 1900s. Published in various magazines and excerpts from his other publications, this collection finally brings the best musings of a great sportsman into a single volume. These articles span topics from hunting typical game animals (buck, wildebeest, and the like) to the hunting of dangerous predators such as wolves and bears; others are tales told around a campfire, of marauding wolves and man-eating bears, or detailing the finer points of ranching. Some pieces span years, while others detail his shorter exploits across the country. A passionate advocate for the outdoors, Roosevelt’s writing is filled with fascinating insights into a world mostly now lost to civilization and commerce. Many of his comments on the precarious balance of the natural world are noted in this volume, and his chapters on conservation and the responsibility of hunters reflect his ever-present interest in preserving the environment for the benefit of generations to come. Skyhorse Publishing is proud to publish a broad range of books for hunters and firearms enthusiasts. We publish books about shotguns, rifles, handguns, target shooting, gun collecting, self-defense, archery, ammunition, knives, gunsmithing, gun repair, and wilderness survival. We publish books on deer hunting, big game hunting, small game hunting, wing shooting, turkey hunting, deer stands, duck blinds, bowhunting, wing shooting, hunting dogs, and more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Forgotten Tales of Wisconsin

Martin Hintz
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Author : Martin Hintz
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2010-05-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781614231875

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Forgotten Tales of Wisconsin by Martin Hintz Pdf

Drift back to an era when the speed limit in Milwaukee was an edgy four miles per hour and Madison lawmakers could poke at hogs to punctuate the tedium of legislative sessions. Martin Hintz makes even the slow times of the Badger State fly by in this collection of Wisconsin's forgotten memories. Taste the world's first batch of pink lemonade (made with the dye of a circus performer's pants) and witness the tragic death of the world's last wild passenger pigeon. Track down ancient Algonkin legends like the great serpent that swam up the Mississippi looking for copper, and drop in on modern legends like Les Paul, whose guitar spun records into gold.

Forgotten Tales of Long Island

Richard Panchyk
Forgotten Tales of Long Island Book PDF

Author : Richard Panchyk
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2008-03-01
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781625843616

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Forgotten Tales of Long Island by Richard Panchyk Pdf

In this enthralling new book, Richard Panchyk has compiled a collection of true stories from Long Island’s history sure to befuddle, baffle and bemuse even lifelong residents. Who knew that Plum Island was bought with a barrel of biscuits and a few fishhooks? Or that an Oyster Bay woman accused of being a witch was instead found guilty of being a Quaker? Little-known tales of snake-eyed horses, naked ghosts, swamp serpents and cats riding horses offer a fresh look at Long Island’s past. Culled from numerous period sources, including newspapers, books and historical records, these little stories are notable both as entertaining anecdotes and as forgotten history.

Forgotten Tales of Tennessee

Kelly Kazek
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Author : Kelly Kazek
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2011-01-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781625841483

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Forgotten Tales of Tennessee by Kelly Kazek Pdf

Tennessee has never been a stranger to strangeness. Stories of the weird, wild, and wonderful abound in the Volunteer state. Join author and seasoned journalist Kelly Kazek as she tracks down the extraordinary stories that other history books overlook. Each section covers a different outlandish theme of Tennessee history colorful characters, strange sites, intriguing incidents, tombstone tales, odd occurrences, and curious creatures. Readers will discover the brilliant phenomenon of synchronized firefly flashes in the Smoky Mountain town of Elmont, take on the world's largest Moon Pie in Chattanooga and learn Tennessee's history of damaging earthquakes. From the humorous to the haunting, the madcap to the macabre, Forgotten Tales of Tennessee offers a collection as remarkable as the state itself.

Forgotten Tales of Missouri

Mary Collins Barile
Forgotten Tales of Missouri Book PDF

Author : Mary Collins Barile
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2012-05-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781614238232

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Forgotten Tales of Missouri by Mary Collins Barile Pdf

Truth, after all, still remains stranger and more engaging than most legends. And Missouri, of course, leads every other place in truth. Hop aboard Long's dragon boat or take advantage of 1846 wind wagon technology to plunge into the forgotten tales of this fascinating place. Hobnob cautiously with Stagger Lee, Mike Fink and Calamity Jane and view the chamber pot war from a safe distance. Trade witticisms with Alphonse Wetmore and Mark Twain, the frontier folk who keep us civilized today. If you keep company with storyteller Mary Collins Barile, you'll even catch a glimpse of the Mississippi River running backward from an earthquake that was all Missouri's fault.

Forgotten Tales of Arkansas

Edward L. Underwood,Karen J. Underwood
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Author : Edward L. Underwood,Karen J. Underwood
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2012-10-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781614237280

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Forgotten Tales of Arkansas by Edward L. Underwood,Karen J. Underwood Pdf

Take a journey through Arkansas' forgotten past and find the colorful characters, unusual stories and strange occurrences left out of conventional history books. Authors Edward and Karen Underwood weave fact and fun in this offbeat, gripping and little-known history of the Natural State. Discover the Tantrabobus monster rumored to lurk in the hills of the Ozarks, meet the imposters who faked the state's first history museum and learn the story behind Arkansas' lost amusement park, Dogpatch, USA. Truth really is stranger than fiction in Arkansas, and this one-of-a-kind state has the stories to prove it

Forgotten Tales of Indiana

Keven McQueen
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Author : Keven McQueen
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2009-09-01
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781625843258

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Forgotten Tales of Indiana by Keven McQueen Pdf

Author Keven McQueen recalls a time when skunk farms, which allegedly produced a cure for rheumatism, were speckled throughout the countryside and a miserable woman tied her husband to a fence post, coated him with salt and intended to let the cows "lick him to death." Meet the King of the Ghouls, an accomplished grave robber and notorious murderer, and a man so convinced he was an ox that he often joined neighborhood cattle for a bite of grass, and discover ghosts, monsters, giant skeletons and more in this collection of outlandish tales from the Hoosier State.

Forgotten Tales of Down East Maine

Jim Harnedy
Forgotten Tales of Down East Maine Book PDF

Author : Jim Harnedy
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2019-05-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781439666821

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Forgotten Tales of Down East Maine by Jim Harnedy Pdf

Maine has a collection of unique characters and tales that has helped to shape its identity. Meet the Artist Who Played Robin Hood, the Hermit of North Pond and the Mysterious Billy Smith. Uncover the state's hidden gems with stories like the Midas Scam in Lubec, which left investors with little but salt water to show for their investment. From the tragedy of the Wreck of the Circus Ship to the uplifting story of the Schoolgirl Ambassador, Maine author and veteran storyteller Jim Harnedy brings out the offbeat characters and events that have made the Pine Tree State so unique.

Forgotten Tales of Utah

Andy Weeks
Forgotten Tales of Utah Book PDF

Author : Andy Weeks
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-31
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781439661581

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Forgotten Tales of Utah by Andy Weeks Pdf

Characters ranging from Mormon pioneers to Butch Cassidy all helped give the Beehive State color and tenacity. Uncover the state's hidden gems with stories like the first group of Latter-day Saints who arrived in the Salt Lake Valley days before Brigham Young proclaimed it as "the right place." Meet an ancient prophet believed to have walked the arid landscape, offering his blessing on several sites long before the pioneers arrived. Learn why a former lawyer was buried without a proper headstone. Discover the state's quirky side with the strange goings-on at an obscure ranch and the alleged monsters once believed to haunt some of Utah's lakes. Author Andy Weeks offers this quirky and informative collection of little-known tales about the forty-fifth state.

Forgotten Tales of Philadelphia

Thomas White,Edward White
Forgotten Tales of Philadelphia Book PDF

Author : Thomas White,Edward White
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2011-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781614235422

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Forgotten Tales of Philadelphia by Thomas White,Edward White Pdf

A twelve-foot bull shark in the Delaware, the 1856 tornado that tore through Kensington and the four-elephant battle royal that rolled into Fair Hill Junction are among the bizarre tales that are too often overlooked in the history of Penn's Holy Experiment. Authors Thomas and Edward White have intrepidly stormed the stacks to unearth this offbeat collection of strange stories and weird lore with accounts of body snatchers, witch trials and a snake-wielding lunatic. From the outlawing of tambourine beating to the posse that caught a "ghost" and everything in between, the Brothers White take a wickedly gleeful romp through the freak happenings, dastardly deeds and unbelievable characters that lurk in the lost chronicles of the City of Brotherly Love.

Forgotten Tales of Kansas City

Paul Kirkman
Forgotten Tales of Kansas City Book PDF

Author : Paul Kirkman
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012-10-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781614237389

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Forgotten Tales of Kansas City by Paul Kirkman Pdf

Meet the folks who slip out of history books like they're playing the Kansas City shuffle. In this fascinating collection of stories, Paul Kirkman has dug up all sorts of head-scratchers: how did Jesse James rob a bank with John F. Kennedy, and how could a Beatles concert in the 1960s fail to make money? Watch a cow explode in a kitchen, frogs rain down from the sky and dogs pay for a public library system. Learn how Harry Houdini was trapped in a phone booth, why Clark Gable haunted street corners in a clown outfit and what kept Kansas City in Missouri.

Forgotten Tales of Pennsylvania

Thomas White
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Author : Thomas White
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2009-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781625843265

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Forgotten Tales of Pennsylvania by Thomas White Pdf

What do you really know about the Keystone State? William Penn, the Revolutionary figures of Philadelphia, and the strength of Pittsburgh's steel all loom large in Pennsylvania's history, but author Thomas White brings together a collection of tales that have been cast in the shadows of these giant icons. From the 1869 storm that pelted Chester County with snails to the bloody end of the Cooley gang, White selects events with an eye for the humorous and strange. Mostly true accounts of cannibalistic feats, goat-rescuing lawmen, heroic goldfish, the funeral of a gypsy queen, and a Pittsburgh canine whose obituary was featured in the New York Times all leap from the lost pages of history.

Forgotten Tales of Texas

Clay Coppedge
Forgotten Tales of Texas Book PDF

Author : Clay Coppedge
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2011-05-31
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781625841964

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Forgotten Tales of Texas by Clay Coppedge Pdf

From El Chupacabra to the Marx Brothers, Clay Coppedge has a talent for digging into Texas's most unusual history. Strange as they may seem, many of these Texas-sized legends are surprisingly true, like Pancho Villa's film contract and the notorious Crash at Crush, a staged train collision and failed publicity stunt that turned tragic outside of Katy. Whether fact or lore, each tale is irrefutably part of a unique and fascinating heritage that invigorates the spirit like a Texas frontier remedy.