Ghost Stories From The San Joaquin Delta

Author : Carol A. Jensen
Publisher : America Through Time
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2021-06-28
Category : History
ISBN : 1634993322

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Ghost Stories from the San Joaquin Delta by Carol A. Jensen Pdf

Ghost Stories from the San Joaquin Delta provides an introduction to local history through stories that reflect our culture and identity. Tule fog, railroads, waterways and remote homesteads provide a rich canvas upon which local legends are built. Once home to the wealthiest pioneers in California, few today remember John Marsh. Point of Timber, populist political wars, and ritualistic murders were once known in far eastern Contra Costa County. Truth is stranger than fiction as creation stories, cultural myths, extraordinary deaths, and unsolved mysteries from the California Delta heartland are revealed. You will find hair-raising stories of escaped anaconda snakes, missing wives, lone horsemen, train wrecks, fire and wistful love. The communities of Brentwood, Byron, Knightsen, Oakley, Discovery Bay, Bethel Island and the Far East Islands were settled by agribusiness pioneers, exported more grain in the 1870s than the entire Mississippi Valley, and welcomed the San Pablo and Tulare railroad--and they were scary! The bandit Joaquin Murrieta stole horses here, ritualistic murders occurred on Jersey Island and Hispanic folklore brought the La Llorna legend to the waterways. Do not forget the ghosts at the Byron Hot Springs! Today, these communities are safe and secure San Francisco Bay Area suburbs. Or are they? Do not underestimate the unexplained apparition of Sarah Norton, the "White Witch," lurking just outside your home.

Author : Rick Tollini
Publisher : Casemate
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781612009827

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Call-Sign KLUSO by Rick Tollini Pdf

A US Air Force Captain tells the story of his life and service during Operation Desert Storm in this thrilling military memoir. A pilot all his life, Rick “Kluso” Tollini turned his childhood dream into a reality when he became a fighter pilot for the US Air Force. In Call Sign KLUSO, Rick “Kluso” Tollini puts the fraught minutes above the Iraqi desert that made him an ace into the context of a full life; exploring how he came to be flying a F-15C in Desert Storm, and how that day became a pivotal moment in his life. He recounts his training, preparation, and missions, as well as the life of a fighter pilot in a combat zone. He also explores life as an air force veteran, and his turn to Buddhism as he comes to terms with his actions in combat. Rick’s first experience of flying was in a Piper PA-18 over 1960s’ California as a small boy, and his love of flying through his teenage years was fostered by his pilot father, eventually blossoming into a decision to join the Air Force as a pilot in his late twenties. Having trained to fly jets he was assigned to fly the F-15 Eagle with the “Dirty Dozen,” the 12th Tactical Fighter Squadron, at Kadena AB, Japan, before returning Stateside to the 58th Tactical Fighter Squadron “The Gorillas.” Throughout training, Reagan’s fighter pilots expected to face the Soviet Union, but Rick’s first combat deployment was Desert Storm.

Author : Rand Richards
Publisher : Heritage House Publishers
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1879367041

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Haunted San Francisco by Rand Richards Pdf

From North Beach to South of Market to Golden Gate Park and points in between, ghosts have made their spectral presences known.

Author : Chia-rong Wu,Ming-ju Fan
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2023-02-03
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789811983801

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Taiwan Literature in the 21st Century by Chia-rong Wu,Ming-ju Fan Pdf

This book is an anthology of research co-edited by Dr. Chia-rong Wu (University of Canterbury) and Professor Ming-ju Fan (National Chengchi University). This collection of original essays integrates and expands research on Taiwan literature because it includes both established and young writers. It not only engages with the evolving trends of literary Taiwan, but also promotes the translocal consciousness and cultural diversity of the island state and beyond. Focusing on the new directions and trends of Taiwan literature, this edited book fits into Taiwan studies, Sinophone studies, and Asian studies.

Author : Robert Manning
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2022-06-15
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781493060672

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America's National Heritage Areas by Robert Manning Pdf

There are fifty-five National Heritage Areas scattered across the US and they continue to grow in number and diversity. Though they’re not officially national parks, their conservation, education, and recreation related objectives echo those of the national parks: to conserve nationally significant natural and cultural landscapes and to make them available to the public for purposes of education, recreation, and sustainable tourism-related economic development. But the methods of achieving these objectives are different—very different—than those used in the national parks. While both national parks and NHAs are established by Congress, national parks are conventionally large areas of public land that are owned and managed by the National Park Service (NPS). NHAs take a more inclusive, partnership-based approach to their work; they offer local citizens, government at all levels, non-profit organizations, and private sector enterprises the opportunity to define, celebrate and conserve the natural, historic, cultural, scenic and recreational resources that have been vital in shaping their identity and destiny. NHAs are composed primarily of private lands; they’re living landscapes where participants reside, work and play. Each chapter in this guidebook describes the remarkable natural and cultural resources that define NHAs and highlights nearby visitor attractions, enticing readers to visit NHAs and to enjoy and appreciate the attractions offered.

Author : Walter Ebeling
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1979-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0520037510

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The Fruited Plain by Walter Ebeling Pdf

Details the history of agriculture in America's seven geographical regions, analyzing the environmental problems that began when the Indians' "shifting" agriculture was replaced by the white man's "permanent" agriculture

Author : Helene Henderson,Sue Ellen Thompson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 884 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Drama
ISBN : UOM:39015039898526

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Holidays, Festivals, and Celebrations of the World Dictionary by Helene Henderson,Sue Ellen Thompson Pdf

From the pilgrimage to Mecca to the Wizard of Oz Festival, the new edition of this classic compendium circles the globe describing more than 2,000 holidays, rituals, and other notable occasions. Special features include Millennium coverage, web sites on holidays, sections on U.S. states and territories and U.S. presidents (including major landmarks), domestic and international tourism contact information, new annotated bibliography, updated coverage of calendar systems, and more.

Author : Barbara Smith
Publisher : Ghost Stories
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2000-06
Category : History
ISBN : 1894877829

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Ghost Stories of California by Barbara Smith Pdf

California's rich and colorful history has produced a wealth of tales about the supernatural, from the decks of the Queen Mary at Long Beach to the malevolent phantoms that haunt Alcatraz.

Author : James D. Hart
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 612 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1987-12
Category : Art
ISBN : 0520055446

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Companion to California by James D. Hart Pdf

This work is intended as a useful companion for anybody interested in general or basic knowledge about any aspect of the most populous state in the Union. It is designed to be serviceable to a wide variety of readers and consultants, whose range might include residents and tourists, high-school and college students, as well as scholars seeking a ready reference. At present no single volume comprehends such a scope as this one and although it treats its subjects briefly, many an entry also includes data not found elsewhere in a single place. Reference to hundreds of books and articles would be required to provide the information that is here between the two covers.

Author : Robert H. Weinberg,Stefan Dziemianowicz & Martin H Greenberg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 200?
Category : Ghost stories
ISBN : 8172454007

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50 Ghost Stories by Robert H. Weinberg,Stefan Dziemianowicz & Martin H Greenberg Pdf

Author : Margaret Read MacDonald
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0874834368

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Ghost Stories from the Pacific Northwest by Margaret Read MacDonald Pdf

Here is a ghostly gazetteer chronicling the numerous contemporary accounts of Northwestern hauntings and other strange happenings reported in British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon.

Author : W. K. MacNeil
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Ghosts
ISBN : 0095304835

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Ghost Stories from the American South by W. K. MacNeil Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : California
ISBN : UCSD:31822019090448

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Discover the Californias by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 2 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1865
Category : Ghosts. [from old catalog]
ISBN : OCLC:1045619393

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Ghost Stories;. by Anonim Pdf

Author : Paul Roberts
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2013-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781304692979

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HPI Supernatural Darkness Book 1 by Paul Roberts Pdf

In this book you will find the never ending adventures of HPI (Hegelianism Paranormal Intelligence). My investigators are Fortean investigators. We investigate ALL things paranormal.