Author: Josh Young
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493015362
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 211
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Myths and Mysteries of Missouri reveals the dark and ominous cloud of mysteries and myths that hovers over the Show Me State. This book offers residents, travelers, history buffs, and ghost hunters a refreshingingly lively collection of stories about Missouri's unsolved murders, legendary villains, lingering ghosts, terrifying myths, and haunted places.
Author: Josh Young
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493040073
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 233
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Myths and Mysteries of Missouri dispels any notion that the Show Me State is a boring place harboring little unknown. Thirteen diverse chapters, each a story unto itself, probe dark secrets, unexplained phenomena, legendary individuals and actual events which leave people incredulous to this day. Much in this well-researched book has been largely forgotten, but the author's lively and amusing style will awaken curiosity in lifelong residents and armchair visitors alike
Author: Larry Wood
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 162585739X
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 146
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True stories of Ma Barker, Belle Starr, Bonnie Parker, and other historical female desperadoes of the Midwest . . . Includes photos. Marauders like Jesse James and the Younger gang earned Missouri the title of “Outlaw State,” but the male desperadoes had nothing on their female counterparts . . . Belle “Queen of the Bandits” Starr and Cora Hubbard kept Missouri’s sensationalist newspapers and dime novelists in business with exploits ranging from horse thefts to bank heists. Missouri native Ma Barker and her murderous sons rose to infamy during the gangster era of the 1930s, while Bonnie Parker crisscrossed the state with Clyde Barrow. From savvy burlesque dancers to deadly gold diggers, historian Larry Wood chronicles the titillating stories of ten of the Show-Me State’s shadiest ladies.
Author: Michael R. Bradley
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0762768754
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 200
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• Was Ulysses S. Grant really a “perpetual drunk”? Some said he never met a bottle he didn’t like. But did his headache medication also cause intoxication-like behavior? And did much of the talk originate with those jealous of Grant? • Was Stonewall Jackson just a “sucker”? Thomas Jonathan Jackson became known not only as a brilliant strategist but also as an eccentric who obsessively sucked lemons. Was it a love of fresh fruit? Or his favorite method of dealing with heartburn? • What happened to the lost Confederate gold? Ever since the evacuation of Richmond on April 2, 1865, rumors abounded that the Confederate treasury had been loaded aboard a train and sent on its way into hiding. Can we “follow the money”? In at least one case the answer is “yes.” From the legend of the Yankee “human shield” behind Nathan Bedford Forrest’s saddle to the unexplained sinking of the Hunley, Myths and Mysteries of the Civil War makes history fun and pulls back the curtain on some of the most fascinating and compelling stories of the war that almost tore America apart
Author: Jack Kutz
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780936455020
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 236
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"Discover the haunted mesas, the eerie, bloodthirsty canyons, and the scorching wastelands that are beyond the freeways, away from the cities in surreal New Mexico"--Cover
Author: James W. Erwin
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439672326
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 144
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From the duel on Bloody Island to the "Missouri Miracle" kidnapping and recovery of Shawn Hornbeck, Missouri has seen its share of notorious crimes. It was home to the first western gunfight on the town square between Wild Bill Hickok and Dave Tutt. The three trials of the alleged murderer of Colonel Thomas Swope, the founder of Kansas City's Swope Park, enveloped the state. Residents also saw the killings within a few blocks of each other that inspired the songs "Stagger Lee" and "Frankie and Johnny." Vicki Berger Erwin and James W. Erwin explore crimes, criminals and victims from the violent history of the last two hundred years in the Show Me State.
Author: Richard Moreno
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493002317
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 211
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This engaging, myth-busting series seeks new explanations for the ghost stories, outlaw tales, haunted places, and unsolved mysteries that shaped a state's identity.
Author: Norman McFadden
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781733808644
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 162
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Celebrated Author and story teller Norman McFadden releases 28 new tales in "Urban Legends of Lincoln County Missouri." Do werewolves truly roam the Sugar Creek valley? Who summoned up the Hobgoblin in Old Monroe? Where did "Frenchman's Bluff" get it's name? Tales of mischief, murder and mystery are the make up of the area's antiquity. In "Urban Legends of Lincoln County Missouri", Author Norman McFadden reveals that tales can be treacherous, and history can be haunting.
Author: William Smith Bryan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Missouri
Languages : en
Pages : 546
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Author: T. D. Griffith
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 149304060X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 169
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Did a doomed party of prospectors discover gold in South Dakota's Black Hills decades before Custer's Black Hills Expedition scouted out the area? Why would anyone want to murder one of Deadwood, South Dakota's most upstanding citizens? Where did Lame Johnny hide his stolen cache of over $7.5 million in gold? From the wily—and some say dangerous—jackalope to the world’s largest mammoth grave, Black Hills Myths and Legends of makes history fun and pulls back the curtain on some of the Mount Rushmore State’s most fascinating and compelling stories.
