Author: Robert Clark Kedzie
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781502703170
Category : Arsenic
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This version of 'Shadows from the Walls of Death' is a tribute to Robert Clark Kedzie, who produced the originals of which there are now only two left in existence. They are located at the University of Michigan and Michigan State University. The originals are approximately 22 x 30 inches containing a title page and an 8 page preface followed by 86 samples cut from rolls of arsenic impregnated wallpaper. The book is sealed in a protective container and each individual page is encapsulated. This particular edition does not actually contain any arsenic. Further to that the content of this volume including both text and images are for entertainment purposes.
Shadows from the Walls of Death
Author: Robert Clark Kedzie
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781502703170
Category : Arsenic
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This version of 'Shadows from the Walls of Death' is a tribute to Robert Clark Kedzie, who produced the originals of which there are now only two left in existence. They are located at the University of Michigan and Michigan State University. The originals are approximately 22 x 30 inches containing a title page and an 8 page preface followed by 86 samples cut from rolls of arsenic impregnated wallpaper. The book is sealed in a protective container and each individual page is encapsulated. This particular edition does not actually contain any arsenic. Further to that the content of this volume including both text and images are for entertainment purposes.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781502703170
Category : Arsenic
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This version of 'Shadows from the Walls of Death' is a tribute to Robert Clark Kedzie, who produced the originals of which there are now only two left in existence. They are located at the University of Michigan and Michigan State University. The originals are approximately 22 x 30 inches containing a title page and an 8 page preface followed by 86 samples cut from rolls of arsenic impregnated wallpaper. The book is sealed in a protective container and each individual page is encapsulated. This particular edition does not actually contain any arsenic. Further to that the content of this volume including both text and images are for entertainment purposes.
Eiger
Author: Arthur Roth
Publisher: Ulverscroft
ISBN: 9780708918067
Category : Eiger (Switzerland)
Languages : en
Pages : 736
Book Description
Publisher: Ulverscroft
ISBN: 9780708918067
Category : Eiger (Switzerland)
Languages : en
Pages : 736
Book Description
Riding the Wall of Death
Author: Allan Ford
Publisher: Tempus Publishing, Limited
ISBN: 9780752437910
Category : Sideshows
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Wall of Death, a circus sidewhow, has thrilled and entertained audiences in the United Kingdom since the 1920s. This work offers an insight into a part of entertainment folklore.
Publisher: Tempus Publishing, Limited
ISBN: 9780752437910
Category : Sideshows
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Wall of Death, a circus sidewhow, has thrilled and entertained audiences in the United Kingdom since the 1920s. This work offers an insight into a part of entertainment folklore.
The Wall of Death: Carnival Motordromes
Author: David Gaylin
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 146712706X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
In 1911, the operators of Coney Island's Luna Park premiered a miniature, radically banked racetrack for staged automobile races that seemed to defy gravity. For a fee, patrons would watch from the perimeter of the 85-foot wooden saucer as daredevil drivers raced on the steep angle of the tiny track. The attraction created a sensation and was quickly copied with a show that featured motorcycle riders performing breathtaking stunts. When portable versions were made available, every traveling carnival owner in the United States rushed to have one. Motordromes with perfectly vertical walls soon followed, which permitted riders on their Indian motorcycles to climb, sometimes to a height of 20 feet, with nothing but centrifugal force between them and a trip to the trauma ward. And when full-grown lions were added to pursue riders in the arena, no one could resist buying a ticket! The Wall of Death, a name these shows received in 1917, remained a staple attraction on American carnival midways until the 1970s.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 146712706X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
In 1911, the operators of Coney Island's Luna Park premiered a miniature, radically banked racetrack for staged automobile races that seemed to defy gravity. For a fee, patrons would watch from the perimeter of the 85-foot wooden saucer as daredevil drivers raced on the steep angle of the tiny track. The attraction created a sensation and was quickly copied with a show that featured motorcycle riders performing breathtaking stunts. When portable versions were made available, every traveling carnival owner in the United States rushed to have one. Motordromes with perfectly vertical walls soon followed, which permitted riders on their Indian motorcycles to climb, sometimes to a height of 20 feet, with nothing but centrifugal force between them and a trip to the trauma ward. And when full-grown lions were added to pursue riders in the arena, no one could resist buying a ticket! The Wall of Death, a name these shows received in 1917, remained a staple attraction on American carnival midways until the 1970s.
WALL OF DEATH.
Author: ANN. WRIGHT
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781857568738
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781857568738
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
You Can't Wear Out an Indian Scout
Author: Allan Ford
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445624427
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
The fascinating history of the Indian Scout motorcycle and the Wall of Death, revised and updated for 2016.
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445624427
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
The fascinating history of the Indian Scout motorcycle and the Wall of Death, revised and updated for 2016.
The Wall of Death
Author: Victor Rousseau
Publisher: eStar Books
ISBN: 161210066X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 15
Book Description
Out of the Antarctic it came-a wall of viscid, grey, half-human jelly, absorbing and destroying all life that it encountered.
Publisher: eStar Books
ISBN: 161210066X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 15
Book Description
Out of the Antarctic it came-a wall of viscid, grey, half-human jelly, absorbing and destroying all life that it encountered.
The Book of Honor
Author: Ted Gup
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0385495412
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
A national bestseller, this extraordinary work of investigative reporting uncovers the identities, and the remarkable stories, of the CIA secret agents who died anonymously in the service of their country. In the entrance of the CIA headquarters looms a huge marble wall into which seventy-one stars are carved-each representing an agent who has died in the line of duty. Official CIA records only name thirty-five of them, however. Undeterred by claims that revealing the identities of these "nameless stars" might compromise national security, Ted Gup sorted through thousands of documents and interviewed over 400 CIA officers in his attempt to bring their long-hidden stories to light. The result of this extraordinary work of investigation is a surprising glimpse at the real lives of secret agents, and an unprecedented history of the most compelling—and controversial—department of the US government.
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0385495412
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
A national bestseller, this extraordinary work of investigative reporting uncovers the identities, and the remarkable stories, of the CIA secret agents who died anonymously in the service of their country. In the entrance of the CIA headquarters looms a huge marble wall into which seventy-one stars are carved-each representing an agent who has died in the line of duty. Official CIA records only name thirty-five of them, however. Undeterred by claims that revealing the identities of these "nameless stars" might compromise national security, Ted Gup sorted through thousands of documents and interviewed over 400 CIA officers in his attempt to bring their long-hidden stories to light. The result of this extraordinary work of investigation is a surprising glimpse at the real lives of secret agents, and an unprecedented history of the most compelling—and controversial—department of the US government.
Death at the Berlin Wall
Author: Pertti Ahonen
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0199546304
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Death at the Berlin Wall tells the stories of twelve individuals who lost their lives at the Wall between 1961 and 1989, and relates these tragedies to the evolving Cold War tensions between West and East Germany.
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0199546304
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Death at the Berlin Wall tells the stories of twelve individuals who lost their lives at the Wall between 1961 and 1989, and relates these tragedies to the evolving Cold War tensions between West and East Germany.
Off the Wall
Author: Michael Patrick Ghiglieri
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
Accounts of all known fatal mishaps in Yosemite National Park.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
Accounts of all known fatal mishaps in Yosemite National Park.