Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper PDF Author: John Albert Sleicher
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Languages : en
Pages : 1006

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Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper PDF Author: John Albert Sleicher
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Languages : en
Pages : 1006

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The Secret

The Secret PDF Author: Byron Preiss
Publisher: ibooks
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Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 1

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The tale begins over three-hundred years ago, when the Fair People—the goblins, fairies, dragons, and other fabled and fantastic creatures of a dozen lands—fled the Old World for the New, seeking haven from the ways of Man. With them came their precious jewels: diamonds, rubies, emeralds, pearls... But then the Fair People vanished, taking with them their twelve fabulous treasures. And they remained hidden until now... Across North America, these twelve treasures, over ten-thousand dollars in precious jewels, are buried. The key to finding each can be found within the twelve full color paintings and verses of The Secret. Yet The Secret is much more than that. At long last, you can learn not only the whereabouts of the Fair People's treasure, but also the modern forms and hiding places of their descendants: the Toll Trolls, Maitre D'eamons, Elf Alphas, Tupperwerewolves, Freudian Sylphs, Culture Vultures, West Ghosts and other delightful creatures in the world around us. The Secret is a field guide to them all. Many "armchair treasure hunt" books have been published over the years, most notably Masquerade (1979) by British artist Kit Williams. Masquerade promised a jewel-encrusted golden hare to the first person to unravel the riddle that Williams cleverly hid in his art. In 1982, while everyone in Britain was still madly digging up hedgerows and pastures in search of the golden hare, The Secret: A Treasure Hunt was published in America. The previous year, author and publisher Byron Preiss had traveled to 12 locations in the continental U.S. (and possibly Canada) to secretly bury a dozen ceramic casques. Each casque contained a small key that could be redeemed for one of 12 jewels Preiss kept in a safe deposit box in New York. The key to finding the casques was to match one of 12 paintings to one of 12 poetic verses, solve the resulting riddle, and start digging. Since 1982, only two of the 12 casques have been recovered. The first was located in Grant Park, Chicago, in 1984 by a group of students. The second was unearthed in 2004 in Cleveland by two members of the Quest4Treasure forum. Preiss was killed in an auto accident in the summer of 2005, but the hunt for his casques continues.

The American Horticultural Magazine

The American Horticultural Magazine PDF Author:
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Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 398

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Meehans' Monthly

Meehans' Monthly PDF Author:
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 506

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Palmetto-leaves

Palmetto-leaves PDF Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 344

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"In 1867, the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin settled in a small cottage in Mandarin, Florida, overlooking the St. Johns River. She had promised her Boston publisher another novel, but was so taken with northeast Florida that she produced instead this book-a series of sketches of the land and the people, which she submitted in 1872."

Cultivated Palms

Cultivated Palms PDF Author: R. Bruce Ledin
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Category : Landscape gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 218

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Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and Agricultural

Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and Agricultural PDF Author: Francis Peyre Porcher
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Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 640

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Journal of a Lady of Quality

Journal of a Lady of Quality PDF Author: Janet Schaw
Publisher: Applewood Books
ISBN: 1429016949
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 366

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Alexander and Janet Schaw, Scottish siblings, began a journey in 1774 that would take them from Edinburgh to the Caribbean Islands and then to America. Part of the early wave of Scottish colonization, the pair visited family and friends who had already established themselves in the colonies. ""Journal of a Lady of Quality"" is Janet Schaw's account of this voyage through letters to a friend in Scotland. The letters describe the sights, scenery, and social life she encountered, but they also reveal the political atmosphere of an America on the verge of revolution. Stephen Carl Arch provides a new introduction for this Bison Books edition.

Illustrated Times

Illustrated Times PDF Author:
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Languages : en
Pages : 436

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American Slavery as it is

American Slavery as it is PDF Author:
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Category : Antigua
Languages : en
Pages : 228

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