Author: John Henry FlemingPublisher:
ISBN: 9780991453009
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
The Legend of the Barefoot Mailman
Author: John Henry FlemingPublisher:
ISBN: 9780991453009
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
The Legend of the Barefoot Mailman
Author: John Henry FlemingPublisher:
ISBN: 9780571198795
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
A postmaster and a New York journalist embellish the experiences of the local immigrant mail carrier in order to create a tourist trade in a small post-Civil War Florida town
The Barefoot Mailman
Author: Theodore PrattPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Florida
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Adventures and love of a man who carried the mail on foot from Palm Beach to Miami in the 1880s.
The Legend of Josef Steinmetz, Barefoot Mailman
Author: John Henry FlemingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Letter carriers
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
The Barefoot Mailman
Author: Harvey Oyer, 3rdPublisher:
ISBN: 9780996408653
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Charlie Pierce isn't looking for adventure when he agrees to help out his friend, Ed Hamilton. Hamilton's job is to walk the US mail from Palm Beach to Miami and back, following a dangerous route over land and water. When Hamilton goes missing, its up to Charlie and his sister Lillie to find out what happened to the missing Barefoot Mailman.
Notes on the Barefoot Mailman
Author: Fearsome Creatures of Florida
Author: John Henry FlemingPublisher:
ISBN: 9781929763405
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
They're known as Storm Devils and Peat Fairies, Skunk Apes and Were-Panthers. They sinuate through ficus hedges and tunnel under beach towels. They lurk in the mangroves and springs. Some you can smell a mile away. Others you don't notice until they grab at your ankles. They're the wildly imaginative bestiary that populates John Henry Fleming's Fearsome Creatures of Florida. Fleming offers an eerie portrayal of the parallel lives of modern-day Floridians and the living landscape that surrounds them. Matched with haunting illustrations by David Hazouri, these tales may forever change your view of the Sunshine State. Voted one of Top Ten Cryptozoology Books of 2009,
Florida Lore
Author: Caren Schnur NeilePublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439663521
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
This fascinating collection of myths, legends and folktales celebrates the diversity of characters and cultures across the Sunshine State. Florida boasts mysterious tales that stretch back more than twelve thousand years. In Florida Lore, storyteller Caren Schnur Neile shares a treasure trove of colorful, curious tales that capture her home state’s history, mystery, and unique personality. Delve into the lives of the proud Wakulla Pocahontas and the Ghost of Bellamy Bridge. Meet local lawbreakers like John Ashley, as well as transplants like Ma Barker and Al Capone. Stalk stumpy gators or Hogzilla as they prowl Florida's swamps and suburbs. Discover the quintessential Cracker cowboy and the Barefoot Mailman, plus the origin of names like Boca Raton and Orlando.
Florida Lore: The Barefoot Mailman, Cowboy Bone Mizell, the Tallahassee Witch and Other Tales
Author: Caren Schnur NeilePublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467137820
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1
Book Description
Florida boasts mysterious tales that stretch back more than twelve thousand years. Dive into the lives of the proud Wakulla Pocahontas and the Ghost of Bellamy Bridge. Meet local lawbreakers like John Ashley, as well as transplants like Ma Barker and Al Capone. Stalk stumpy gators or Hogzilla as they prowl Florida's swamps and suburbs. Discover the quintessential Cracker cowboy and the Barefoot Mailman, plus the origin of names like Boca Raton and Orlando. Storyteller Caren Neile, PhD, shares myths, legends and folktales that reflect the diversity of characters and cultures that make Florida such a fascinating place.
Rocket Men
Author: Craig NelsonPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101057734
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
A New York Times Bestseller "Celebrates a bold era when voyaging beyond the Earth was deemed crucial to national security and pride." -The Wall Street Journal Restoring the drama, majesty, and sheer improbability of an American triumph, this is award-winning historian Craig Nelson's definitive and thrilling story of man's first trip to the moon. At 9:32 a.m. on July 16, 1969, the Apollo 11 rocket launched in the presence of more than a million spectators who had gathered to witness a truly historic event. Through interviews, 23,000 pages of NASA oral histories, and declassified CIA documents on the space race, Rocket Men presents a vivid narrative of the moon mission, taking readers on the journey to one of the last frontiers of the human imagination.