Author: Jack Keefe
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1662444656
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
In Echoes of Purple and Gold, Jack Keefe stacks local history like cordwood, telling forgotten tales and making odd connections that people no longer suspect. What school kid hasn't heard--or heard about--the story of Ichabod Crane in "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"? He was both fictional and real. The fictional Crane is the one everyone knows about. But there were also two real ones. One was a military man in the nineteenth century; the other had a lot of influence on central Illinois. How many times has anyone ever heard the surname Magoun? The name is all but gone now from the city he called home. But he was once a household name until his bank went under. Arguably, it killed him. What about General Custer and Seventh Cavalry? They didn't just magically appear in Montana to make history. First, they had to water their horses in Illinois. The general even had to do some birthday shopping there. Most people already know colors don't make a noise. But when you read the title chapter of this book, you'll understand the phrase. Echoes of Purple and Gold has stories you might think you know: high school colors, sinking ships, a hanging, and a central Illinois man who put Zane Grey on the literary map. Add a toddler who was run over by a train and still telling about it a lifetime later, the city's fattest men enjoying an enormous meal the night before Thanksgiving, plus the magic of railroads coming to town. They have never been presented as they are in this book. All these things make for history, memories...and echoes.
Echoes of Purple and Gold
Author: Jack Keefe
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1662444656
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
In Echoes of Purple and Gold, Jack Keefe stacks local history like cordwood, telling forgotten tales and making odd connections that people no longer suspect. What school kid hasn't heard--or heard about--the story of Ichabod Crane in "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"? He was both fictional and real. The fictional Crane is the one everyone knows about. But there were also two real ones. One was a military man in the nineteenth century; the other had a lot of influence on central Illinois. How many times has anyone ever heard the surname Magoun? The name is all but gone now from the city he called home. But he was once a household name until his bank went under. Arguably, it killed him. What about General Custer and Seventh Cavalry? They didn't just magically appear in Montana to make history. First, they had to water their horses in Illinois. The general even had to do some birthday shopping there. Most people already know colors don't make a noise. But when you read the title chapter of this book, you'll understand the phrase. Echoes of Purple and Gold has stories you might think you know: high school colors, sinking ships, a hanging, and a central Illinois man who put Zane Grey on the literary map. Add a toddler who was run over by a train and still telling about it a lifetime later, the city's fattest men enjoying an enormous meal the night before Thanksgiving, plus the magic of railroads coming to town. They have never been presented as they are in this book. All these things make for history, memories...and echoes.
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1662444656
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
In Echoes of Purple and Gold, Jack Keefe stacks local history like cordwood, telling forgotten tales and making odd connections that people no longer suspect. What school kid hasn't heard--or heard about--the story of Ichabod Crane in "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"? He was both fictional and real. The fictional Crane is the one everyone knows about. But there were also two real ones. One was a military man in the nineteenth century; the other had a lot of influence on central Illinois. How many times has anyone ever heard the surname Magoun? The name is all but gone now from the city he called home. But he was once a household name until his bank went under. Arguably, it killed him. What about General Custer and Seventh Cavalry? They didn't just magically appear in Montana to make history. First, they had to water their horses in Illinois. The general even had to do some birthday shopping there. Most people already know colors don't make a noise. But when you read the title chapter of this book, you'll understand the phrase. Echoes of Purple and Gold has stories you might think you know: high school colors, sinking ships, a hanging, and a central Illinois man who put Zane Grey on the literary map. Add a toddler who was run over by a train and still telling about it a lifetime later, the city's fattest men enjoying an enormous meal the night before Thanksgiving, plus the magic of railroads coming to town. They have never been presented as they are in this book. All these things make for history, memories...and echoes.
The Purple And Gold; Volume 25
Author: Chi Psi
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781022392830
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781022392830
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In Purple and Gold (1868)
Author: C. B.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781436896825
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781436896825
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Niagara Index
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Category : College student newspapers and periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 328
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Category : College student newspapers and periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 328
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Outing
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Category : Sports
Languages : en
Pages : 832
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Category : Sports
Languages : en
Pages : 832
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Plant Marriages
Author: Jeff Cox
Publisher: ABRAMS
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Many gardeners simply plant as many of their favorite plants as possible, giving no thought to how different species will look together. Plant Marriages proposes the idea that certain plants complement each other and that by pairing them tastefully and artfully, gardeners can change the whole look of their gardens. 150 full-color photos.
Publisher: ABRAMS
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Many gardeners simply plant as many of their favorite plants as possible, giving no thought to how different species will look together. Plant Marriages proposes the idea that certain plants complement each other and that by pairing them tastefully and artfully, gardeners can change the whole look of their gardens. 150 full-color photos.
The Gold-gated West
Author: Sam L. Simpson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 336
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Public Space in the Late Antique City (2 vols.)
Author: Luke Lavan
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004423826
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1737
Book Description
This book looks at secular urban space in the Mediterranean city, A.D. 284-650, focusing on places where people from different religious and social group were obliged to mingle. It looks at streets, processions, fora/ agorai, market buildings, and shops.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004423826
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1737
Book Description
This book looks at secular urban space in the Mediterranean city, A.D. 284-650, focusing on places where people from different religious and social group were obliged to mingle. It looks at streets, processions, fora/ agorai, market buildings, and shops.
Echoes of Life
Author: Mrs. Grace Townsend
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Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 642
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Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 642
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Purple and Gold
Author: Frank Samuel Williamson
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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