Author: James Kelly
Publisher: James Kelly
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
The Thimbleriggers
Author: James Kelly
Publisher: James Kelly
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Publisher: James Kelly
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 316
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The Crack in the Lens
Author: Darlene A. Cypser
Publisher: Foolscap & Quill LLC
ISBN: 0971855269
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
If someone had asked Sherlock Holmes later in the year, there is little doubt that he would have said his life began that spring day in 1871 when he met Violet Rushdale upon the moors and ended in the winter some months distant. His mother would have disputed the former claim, and many, both friend and foe, would come to deny the latter. Yet what happened that year nearly cost him his life and his sanity, and strongly influenced the man he was to become.It is well known that the toughest steel that makes the sharpest swords must be plunged into the fire, then beaten and reshaped. So it is as well with the best and wisest of men.
Publisher: Foolscap & Quill LLC
ISBN: 0971855269
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
If someone had asked Sherlock Holmes later in the year, there is little doubt that he would have said his life began that spring day in 1871 when he met Violet Rushdale upon the moors and ended in the winter some months distant. His mother would have disputed the former claim, and many, both friend and foe, would come to deny the latter. Yet what happened that year nearly cost him his life and his sanity, and strongly influenced the man he was to become.It is well known that the toughest steel that makes the sharpest swords must be plunged into the fire, then beaten and reshaped. So it is as well with the best and wisest of men.
The Argosy
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 776
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Languages : en
Pages : 776
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Old West Swindlers
Author: Laurence J. Yadon
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1455615781
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
True stories of nineteenth-century crooks, con artists, and quacks—including the man who “sold” the Brooklyn Bridge. Gunslingers and outlaws weren’t the only ones who made the West wild. The nineteenth century was the golden era of riverboat gamblers, crooked railroad contractors, and filthy-rich medical quacks. These crooks made a living deceiving people who took a stranger at face value and left their doors unlocked. Throw in some get-rich-quick schemes and a generous mixture of whiskey and there was never a shortage of suckers. Conman George Parker was able to stay in business for forty years by “selling” public structures such as Madison Square Garden and the Statue of Liberty. He even “sold” the Brooklyn Bridge as often as twice a week. For most, the Salted Gold Mine or the Magic Wallet cons were enough to satisfy their greed. However, the more ambitious grifters tried the Big Store, an illegal underground betting parlor like the one seen in the movie The Sting. With an honest-looking face and a lack of morals, these scammers played a big role in giving the frontier its lawless reputation—and this book tells their stories.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1455615781
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
True stories of nineteenth-century crooks, con artists, and quacks—including the man who “sold” the Brooklyn Bridge. Gunslingers and outlaws weren’t the only ones who made the West wild. The nineteenth century was the golden era of riverboat gamblers, crooked railroad contractors, and filthy-rich medical quacks. These crooks made a living deceiving people who took a stranger at face value and left their doors unlocked. Throw in some get-rich-quick schemes and a generous mixture of whiskey and there was never a shortage of suckers. Conman George Parker was able to stay in business for forty years by “selling” public structures such as Madison Square Garden and the Statue of Liberty. He even “sold” the Brooklyn Bridge as often as twice a week. For most, the Salted Gold Mine or the Magic Wallet cons were enough to satisfy their greed. However, the more ambitious grifters tried the Big Store, an illegal underground betting parlor like the one seen in the movie The Sting. With an honest-looking face and a lack of morals, these scammers played a big role in giving the frontier its lawless reputation—and this book tells their stories.
A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles
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Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 824
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Publisher:
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Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 824
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The history of a pilgrim: with some account of the shrine to which he journeyed [by R.G. Noble.].
Author: History
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Once a Week
Author: Eneas Sweetland Dallas
Publisher:
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 714
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 714
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Mirror of our Sorrows
Author: Pierre Lemaitre
Publisher: MacLehose Press
ISBN: 1529416930
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 473
Book Description
"Tremendous and enjoyable" - La Libre Belgique "A great success" - La Croix April, 1940. Louise Belmont runs naked down the boulevard du Montparnasse. To understand the traumatic scene she has just witnessed, she will have to plunge headlong into the madness of the Phoney War, as France, seized by the panic of a new European conflict, descends into chaos. Louise navigates this period of enormous upheaval in parallel with her fellow citizens - including Maginot Line conscripts Raoul and Gabriel, bistro-owner Monsieur Jules and confidence trickster Désiré Migault. The looming threat of German occupation uncovers long-buried secrets and makes for strange bedfellows, as one extraordinary twist of fate follows another. With characteristic wit and verve, Pierre Lemaitre chronicles the fall of a nation crushed by circumstance. The final novel in his award-winning trilogy is an incandescent tale that veers from the tragic to the burlesque. Translated from the French by Frank Wynne
Publisher: MacLehose Press
ISBN: 1529416930
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 473
Book Description
"Tremendous and enjoyable" - La Libre Belgique "A great success" - La Croix April, 1940. Louise Belmont runs naked down the boulevard du Montparnasse. To understand the traumatic scene she has just witnessed, she will have to plunge headlong into the madness of the Phoney War, as France, seized by the panic of a new European conflict, descends into chaos. Louise navigates this period of enormous upheaval in parallel with her fellow citizens - including Maginot Line conscripts Raoul and Gabriel, bistro-owner Monsieur Jules and confidence trickster Désiré Migault. The looming threat of German occupation uncovers long-buried secrets and makes for strange bedfellows, as one extraordinary twist of fate follows another. With characteristic wit and verve, Pierre Lemaitre chronicles the fall of a nation crushed by circumstance. The final novel in his award-winning trilogy is an incandescent tale that veers from the tragic to the burlesque. Translated from the French by Frank Wynne
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary ... prepared under the superintendence of William Dwight Whitney ... rev. & enl. under the superintendence of Benjamin E. Smith
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Category : Atlases
Languages : en
Pages : 888
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Atlases
Languages : en
Pages : 888
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The Sportsman
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 664
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 664
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