Author: Richard Henry Greene
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Category : New York (State)
Languages : en
Pages : 721
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The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record
Author: Richard Henry Greene
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Category : New York (State)
Languages : en
Pages : 721
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Category : New York (State)
Languages : en
Pages : 721
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Genealogical and Biographical History of the Swiger Family in the United States of America
Author: Ira L. Swiger
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Languages : en
Pages : 394
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John William Swiger, his wife, Mary, and probably their oldest son, Christopher, emigrated from Germany, ca. 1755 and settled in first Loudoun County, Virginia. They had five other children born in Virginia and one born in Pennsylvania. After John William's death, Mary Swiger married Joshua Barnes Allen. The family then migrated to land in what is now Barbour County, West Virginia. Descendants lived in West Virginia and elsewhere.
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Languages : en
Pages : 394
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John William Swiger, his wife, Mary, and probably their oldest son, Christopher, emigrated from Germany, ca. 1755 and settled in first Loudoun County, Virginia. They had five other children born in Virginia and one born in Pennsylvania. After John William's death, Mary Swiger married Joshua Barnes Allen. The family then migrated to land in what is now Barbour County, West Virginia. Descendants lived in West Virginia and elsewhere.
The Secret History of the Jersey Devil
Author: Brian Regal
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN: 1421436353
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 160
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A provocative look at the mystery surrounding the Jersey Devil, a beast born of colonial times that haunts the corners of the Pine Barrens—and the American imagination—to this day. Legend has it that in 1735, a witch named Mother Leeds gave birth to a horrifying monster—a deformed flying horse with glowing red eyes—that flew up the chimney of her New Jersey home and disappeared into the Pine Barrens. Ever since, this nightmarish beast has haunted those woods, presaging catastrophe and frightening innocent passersby—or so the story goes. In The Secret History of the Jersey Devil, Brian Regal and Frank J. Esposito examine the genesis of this popular myth, which is one of the oldest monster legends in the United States. According to Regal and Esposito, everything you think you know about the Jersey Devil is wrong. The real story of the Jersey Devil's birth is far more interesting, complex, and important than most people—believers and skeptics alike—realize. Leaving the Pine Barrens, Regal and Esposito turn instead to the varied political and cultural roots of the Devil's creation. Fascinating and lively, this book finds the origins of New Jersey's favorite monster not in witchcraft or an unnatural liaison between woman and devil but in the bare-knuckled political fights and religious upheavals of colonial America. A product of innuendo and rumor, as well as scandal and media hype, the Jersey Devil enjoys a rich history involving land grabs, astrological predictions, mermaids and dinosaur bones, sideshows, Napoleon Bonaparte's brother, a cross-dressing royal governor, and Founding Father Benjamin Franklin.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN: 1421436353
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
A provocative look at the mystery surrounding the Jersey Devil, a beast born of colonial times that haunts the corners of the Pine Barrens—and the American imagination—to this day. Legend has it that in 1735, a witch named Mother Leeds gave birth to a horrifying monster—a deformed flying horse with glowing red eyes—that flew up the chimney of her New Jersey home and disappeared into the Pine Barrens. Ever since, this nightmarish beast has haunted those woods, presaging catastrophe and frightening innocent passersby—or so the story goes. In The Secret History of the Jersey Devil, Brian Regal and Frank J. Esposito examine the genesis of this popular myth, which is one of the oldest monster legends in the United States. According to Regal and Esposito, everything you think you know about the Jersey Devil is wrong. The real story of the Jersey Devil's birth is far more interesting, complex, and important than most people—believers and skeptics alike—realize. Leaving the Pine Barrens, Regal and Esposito turn instead to the varied political and cultural roots of the Devil's creation. Fascinating and lively, this book finds the origins of New Jersey's favorite monster not in witchcraft or an unnatural liaison between woman and devil but in the bare-knuckled political fights and religious upheavals of colonial America. A product of innuendo and rumor, as well as scandal and media hype, the Jersey Devil enjoys a rich history involving land grabs, astrological predictions, mermaids and dinosaur bones, sideshows, Napoleon Bonaparte's brother, a cross-dressing royal governor, and Founding Father Benjamin Franklin.
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Languages : en
Pages : 1394
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Pages : 1394
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American and English genealogies in the Library of Congress. Preliminary catalogue. Compiled under the direction of the chief of the catalogue division
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 824
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 824
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American and English Genealogies in the Library of Congress
Author: Library of Congress
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 824
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 824
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Biennial Report of the Historical Department of Iowa
Author: Iowa. Historical Department
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Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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Classified Catalogue of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. 1902-1906
Author: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
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Category : Catalogs, Classified (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 1068
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Category : Catalogs, Classified (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 1068
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Classified Catalog of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. 1895-1902. In Three Volumes
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Category : Classified catalogs (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 916
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Category : Classified catalogs (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 916
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Classified Catalogue of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Author: Pittsburgh, Pa. Carnegie Free Library of Alleghany
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Category : Classified catalogs (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 1072
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Category : Classified catalogs (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 1072
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