Lobster Boy

Author : Fred Rosen
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2015-07-01
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781504022682

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Lobster Boy by Fred Rosen Pdf

The shocking exposé of a carny’s murder arranged by his wife—and the daughter who threatened the author to keep the truth from getting out. In his account of the sensational life and murder of Grady Stiles Jr., also known as the legendary carnival “freak” Lobster Boy, author Fred Rosen explains how Stiles’s death was engineered by his wife, Mary Teresa, the carny known as the Electrified Girl. Rosen describes how Mary Teresa arranged for her husband’s murder after years of physical and emotional abuse. The narrative is full of appearances from the couple’s colorful acquaintances, including the World’s Only Living Half Girl, Midget Man, and the Human Blockhead. During Mary Teresa’s dramatic trial, Rosen becomes a character in his own book. When both he and the prosecution are threatened by Mary Teresa’s daughter, who Rosen believes was a co-conspirator although she was never indicted, the writer risks his life in pursuit of the truth and the evidence that leads to Mary Teresa’s conviction.

Author : Rodman Philbrick
Publisher : Usborne Publishing Ltd
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2015-04-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781409591092

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Lobster Boy by Rodman Philbrick Pdf

Skiff Beaman has a problem. A BIG problem. He needs to fix up his family's fishing boat, but to do that he needs money. A whole heap of money. His father isn't going to help – he can't see further than the next can of beer since Skiff's mother died – and nor is his classmate, Tyler, inventor of the nickname "Lobster Boy". But Skiff can still hear his mother's voice telling him "Never give up". So he comes up with a plan. It's crazy, it's dangerous, and it's going to take all Skiff's grit and strength to win a great battle against the sea. An inspirational and compelling action-packed tale by the internationally bestselling author, Rodman Philbrick.

Author : Fred Rosen
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-21
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781504023078

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Lobster Boy by Fred Rosen Pdf

The shocking exposé of a carny’s murder arranged by his wife—and the daughter who threatened the author to keep the truth from getting out. In his account of the sensational life and murder of Grady Stiles Jr., also known as the legendary carnival “freak” Lobster Boy, author Fred Rosen explains how Stiles’s death was engineered by his wife, Mary Teresa, the carny known as the Electrified Girl. Rosen describes how Mary Teresa arranged for her husband’s murder after years of physical and emotional abuse. The narrative is full of appearances from the couple’s colorful acquaintances, including the World’s Only Living Half Girl, Midget Man, and the Human Blockhead. During Mary Teresa’s dramatic trial, Rosen becomes a character in his own book. When both he and the prosecution are threatened by Mary Teresa’s daughter, who Rosen believes was a co-conspirator although she was never indicted, the writer risks his life in pursuit of the truth and the evidence that leads to Mary Teresa’s conviction.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1869
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NLS:V000074491

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Hugh Nolan, the Lobster-boy; Or, A Foolish Son is a Heaviness to His Mother by Anonim Pdf

Author : Stuart B. McIver
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781561647637

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Murder in the Tropics by Stuart B. McIver Pdf

Here is the first statewide collection of true Florida murders, and, as the saying goes, truth is stranger than fiction. The Sunshine State has played host to a memorable and varied array of crimes of passion, greed, and revenge. In stories spanning from the 1860s to the 1990s, you will meet such varied characters as Lena Clarke, a killer with both her feet planted in a dozen bewildering worlds; Terry Jo, the Sea Waif; Chief Tigertail; the outlaw Ed Watson; Blue, the Enforcer; President Franklin Roosevelt; the Duke of Windsor; novelist Zora Neale Hurston; Lobster Boy; the Gulf Stream Pirate; Brother Gillette, a gentle Shaker who killed out of compassion; and Pensacola's Black Widow, a Spider Woman who killed without mercy. Next in series > > See all of the books in this series

Author : Dave Anthony,Gareth Reynolds
Publisher : Ten Speed Press
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2017-05-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780399578762

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The United States of Absurdity by Dave Anthony,Gareth Reynolds Pdf

The creators of the podcast The Dollop present illustrated profiles of the weird, outrageous, NSFW, and downright absurd tales from American history that you weren't taught in school. The United States of Absurdity presents short, informative, and hilarious stories of the most outlandish (but true) people, events, and more from United States history. Comedians Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds cover the weird stories you didn't learn in history class, such as 10-Cent Beer Night, the Jackson Cheese, and the Kentucky Meat Shower, accompanied by full-page illustrations that bring each historical "milestone" to life in full-color.

Author : bob mgintie
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2010-01-09
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781445265391

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wurds by bob mgintie Pdf

over one hundred songs and poems and other things that nearly rhyme

Author : Lauren Myracle
Publisher : Candlewick Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2020-04-14
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781536210071

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This Boy by Lauren Myracle Pdf

Lauren Myracle brings her signature frank, funny, and insightful writing to this novel of a teenage boy’s coming-of-age. Paul Walden is not an alpha lobster, the hypermasculine crustacean king who intimidates the other male lobsters, beds all the lady lobsters, and “wins” at life. At least not according to the ego-bursting feedback he’s given in his freshman seminar. But Paul finds a funny, faithful friend in Roby Smalls, and maybe — oh god, please — he’s beginning to catch the interest of smart, beautiful Natalia Gutierrez. Cruising through high school as a sauced-out, rap-loving beta lobster suits Paul fine, and if life ever gets him down? Smoke a little weed, crunch a few pills . . . it’s all good. But in the treacherous currents of teenage culture, it’s easy to get pulled under. With perfect frankness, Lauren Myracle lays bare the life of one boy as he navigates friendship, love, loss, and addiction. It’s life at its most ordinary and most unforgettable.

Author : Joe Nickell
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2005-09-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0813123585

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Secrets of the Sideshows by Joe Nickell Pdf

"Joe Nickell - once a carnival pitchman, then a magician, private detective, and investigative writer - has pursued sideshow secrets for years and has worked the famous carnival midway at the Canadian National Exhibition. For this book, he interviewed showmen and performers, collected carnival memorabilia, researched published accounts of sideshows and their lore, and even performed some classic sideshow feats, such as eating fire and lying on a bed of nails as a cinderblock was broken on his chest. The result of these varied efforts, Secrets of the Sideshows tells the captivating story of the magic, tricks - real or illusory - and performers of the world's midway shows."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Fred Rosen
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2015-07-01
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781504022651

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Deacon of Death by Fred Rosen Pdf

Baptist deacon, family man, pillar of his Florida community . . . and serial killer of prostitutes: chilling true crime from the author of Lobster Boy. By day, Sam Smithers was the deacon of his Baptist church in Plant City, Florida, a respected neighbor to many, and a devoted husband and father. But after the sun set, he became something else: a violent attacker—and killer—of prostitutes. Smithers’s twisted double life came to light when a local woman who had hired him to take care of her property found him in her garage, cleaning an ax—and then discovered a puddle of blood. Through exclusive interviews with Smithers’s wife, who described her spouse as nothing but a doting husband and father, author Fred Rosen learned why this man of God, raised in an intensely religious Tennessee home, was the last person anyone would suspect of committing these savage crimes. Rosen reveals the details behind the deaths of Christy Cowan and Denise Roach after Smithers picked them up in Tampa—and the fate of a man who seemed holier than thou, but was actually guilty as sin.

Author : Sara Cassidy
Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Co
Page : 81 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2019-08-26
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781772032918

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Scallywag on the Salish Sea by Sara Cassidy Pdf

A nameless boy finds treasure, courage, and clues to his past in this hilarious high-seas adventure. The Greasy Lobster, a pirate ship run by the notorious Captain Gallows, is no place for a kid. But when a young orphan arrives on board, the boy has no choice but to take the captain’s orders and get to work gutting fish in the galley. Without family, freedom, or even a name to call his own, the boy’s fate appears to be sealed, until fortune appears in the least likely (and most disgusting) of places. Can he really turn his luck around in this ship full of thieving pirates, and does one of those pirates hold the key to this mysterious past?

Author : Carolyn Nordstrom
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1997-10-14
Category : History
ISBN : 0812216210

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A Different Kind of War Story by Carolyn Nordstrom Pdf

"A deeply researched study into the nature of political violence."--

Author : Jerry Pallotta
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-06
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781338717686

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Lobster vs. Crab (Who Would Win?) by Jerry Pallotta Pdf

What if a lobster and a crab had a fight? Who do you think would win? This nonfiction reader compares and contrasts two ferocious sea creatures.Readers will learn about each animal's anatomy, behavior, and more. Then compare and contrast the battling pair before finally discovering the winner! This nonfiction series is full of facts, photos, and realistic illustrations, and it includes a range of mammals, sea creatures, insects, and dinosaurs to satisfy all kinds of animal fans.

Author : Collier Schorr
Publisher : Mack
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Male models
ISBN : 1912339560

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Paul's Book by Collier Schorr Pdf

Collier Schorr met Paul Hameline, a young French artist and model, in New York in 2015. A friend of friend, he came to her home for a "go-see", which is when a photographer gets to see how a model looks in front of the camera. Paul's family lives in the Marais section of Paris around the corner from the hotel Collier stays at while in Paris, so they began to meet and to make a project that lasted two years in which Collier would visit Paul at his parents' house and take pictures and talk. The idea was for Paul and Collier to experience photography as a social space, a conversation in which his body and her eyes could try and understand each other's fascinations and fantasies. Many of the pictures were published in 'Re Edition' magazine. 'Paul's Book' expands that magazine story to form a larger piece about the way in which a photographer and model can search for some greater revelations with the simplest movements and various states of undress. --

Author : Tim Burton
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Abnormalities, Human
ISBN : 0571270247

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The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories by Tim Burton Pdf

Twenty-three illustrated gothic tales from the dark corridors of the imagination of Tim Burton. Burton - the creative genius behind Batman, Edward Scissorhands, Mars Attacks!, Beetlejuice, Nightmare Before Chistmas, Alice in Wonderland among others - gives birth to a cast of gruesomely sympathetic children: misunderstood outcasts who struggle to find love and belonging in their cruel, cruel worlds. His lovingly lurid illustrations evoke both the sweetness and tragedy of these hopeful, yet hapless beings.