Author: Thomas Bangs ThorpePublisher: Irvington Publishers
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 216
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The Mysteries of the Backwoods
Author: Thomas Bangs ThorpePublisher: Irvington Publishers
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
The Mysteries of the Backwoods, Or, Sketches of the Southwest
Author: Thomas Bangs ThorpePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Last Road to the Backwoods
Author: Matt SoffePublisher:
ISBN: 9780578916156
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Small towns are built to harbor secrets. They feel sentient. Alive. A thing made of a hundred eyes and whispered rumor.Archangel, Pennsylvania is no different.An unspeakable crime is committed near the banks of the picturesque Susquehanna River in 1934, and the suspects are everyone and no one.When local historian Ben Lucas learns what has transpired on the outskirts of town, it unlocks something buried deep within him; an itch he can't scratch. With the help of bookstore owner and friend Beth Schroeder, he starts asking questions few are willing to answer, and begins to exhume fragments of long lost memories.Enter Bureau of Investigation agent John Elyard. A seasoned agent, Elyard has visited Archangel before - an experience that left a bad taste in his mouth. Reluctant to go back but drawn there nonetheless, he soon comes head-to-head with the things that haunt him. Both helped and hindered along the way by the secretive inhabitants of this isolated community, the mystery is slowly unraveled, revealing more than any of them could have possibly prepared for.The ancient woods are watchful and hungry.
The Mysteries of the Cities
Author: Stephen KnightPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786488441
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
A popular crime genre in the nineteenth century, urban mysteries have largely been ignored ever since. This historical and critical text examines the origins of the innovative genre, which grappled with the rise of enormous, anonymous cities, beginning in France in 1842, then spreading rapidly across the continent and to America and Australia. Writers covered include Eugene Sue, George Reynolds, Paul Feval, George Lippard, "Ned Buntline" and Donald Cameron.
The Backwoods
Author: Edward LeePublisher: Necro Publications
ISBN: 1939065488
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
A backwater prostitute strangled half to death and buried alive. Children scampering into the woods to play–and never return. Women raped and murdered, men strung up and butchered in place–all for sport. Corpses buried and corpses dug up, and bodies found...with parts missing. Welcome home, Patricia... But it's more than home that awaits Patricia when she returns to the quiet backwoods town where she grew up. Lust-driven frenzy and sultry dreams spark the most erotic obsessions, while something wanton stalks her from the darkest heart of the night. As the bodies pile up and the blood pours, the blackest secrets are revealed. Has the town she calls home really been cursed? No. It's been blessed. By a nameless evil older than sin. Welcome to... THE BACKWOODS!
The Mysteries of the City; Or, Under the Surface of Society
Author: James M'LevyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Criminology
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
The Hive of "The Bee-hunter"
Author: Thomas Bangs ThorpePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Crackerbox Philosophers in American Humor and Satire
Author: Jennette Reid TandyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Essays on American Humor
Author: Walter BlairPublisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 9780299136246
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Walter Blair was the literary scholar who almost single-handedly gave the study of American humor significance in the academic world. By categorizing the writings of American literary humorists into such diverse styles as the Old Southwest, Local Color, and Literary Comedian humor -- each having serious social import--Blair abolished the notion that they were all practicing the same kind of intellectual irreverence. Moving through more than six decades of Walter Blair's works, Essays on American Humor: Blair through the Ages provides a comprehensive introduction to the discipline he developed. Hamlin Hill has selected and ordered this collection to show the scope of Blair's expertise, which encompasses the careers of tall-tale characters like Baron Munchausen as well as the achievements of such real-life humorists as E. B. White. The pieces range in time from Blair's introduction to the 1928 edition of Julia A. Moore's poetry to his 1989 introduction to a work commemorating Davy Crockett's two-hundredth anniversary. Historical and biographical essays, source-and-influence studies, and analyses of texts constitute the bulk of the book. An entire section is devoted to discourses on Mark Twain, Blair's major subject.
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