Author: Publisher: Caxton Press
ISBN: 0870045652
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
From the Grave: A Roadside Guide to Colorado's Pioneer Cemeteries
Author: Publisher: Caxton Press
ISBN: 0870045652
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
Armor
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Armored vehicles, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
The magazine of mobile warfare.
Final Environmental Impact Statement: Public comments
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Intercontinental ballistic missile bases
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Geological Survey Professional Paper
Author: History of Carroll County, Tennessee
Author: TurnerPublisher: Turner Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780938021018
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
Spine title: Christian County, Kentucky.
Red Light Women of the Rocky Mountains
Author: Jan MacKellPublisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 082634612X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
Throughout the development of the American West, prostitution grew and flourished within the mining camps, small towns, and cities of the nineteenth-century Rocky Mountains. Whether escaping a bad home life, lured by false advertising, or seeking to subsidize their income, thousands of women chose or were forced to enter an industry where they faced segregation and persecution, fines and jailing, and battled the hazards of disease, drug addiction, physical abuse, pregnancy, and abortion. They dreamed of escape through marriage or retirement, but more often found relief only in death. An integral part of western history, the stories of these women continue to fascinate readers and captivate the minds of historians today. Expanding on the research she did for Brothels, Bordellos, and Bad Girls (UNM Press), historian Jan MacKell moves beyond the mining towns of Colorado to explore the history of prostitution in the Rocky Mountain states of Arizona, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. Each state had its share of working girls and madams like Big Nose Kate or Calamity Jane who remain celebrities in the annals of history, but MacKell also includes the stories of lesser-known women whose role in this illicit trade nonetheless shaped our understanding of the American West.
Haunted — Incredible True Stories of Ghostly Encounters 2-Book Bundle
Author: Dorah L. WilliamsPublisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 1459729951
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 413
Book Description
It was an irrational decision. Despite having just moved into a beautiful new house, the Williams family gave in to an odd, overwhelming desire to purchase and move into a Victorian home they had come upon by chance. They were curious, of course, as to why the house had in the past had such a high vacancy rate. But that curiosity didn’t last long, because shortly after moving in, strange things began to happen. At first the family tried telling themselves there were logical explanations for the strange things they all were witnessing. But before long they came to accept the fact that they were sharing their home with ghosts. Haunted is the Williams family’s story from the point of view of the mother, Dorah. Through her chilling reminiscences, we witness the all-too-real goings-on in the house. Upon writing Haunted, Dorah thought her situation was unique. What she didn’t realize was how many others would relate to how it feels to be haunted, too. After being flooded by emails from people with similar experiences, Dorah began to realize this wasn’t uncommon at all. So Haunted Too came to be. Not only will it entertain the reader, as good ghost stories always have, but it will also help the reader to better understand this phenomenon, with the inclusion of shared experiences, opinions, and advice of professionals in this field.
Shady Ladies
Author: Suzann LedbetterPublisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780765308276
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
A compendium of short biographical pieces about some of history's most rebellious women includes profiles of such figures as determined widow Elsa Jane Guerin, late-nineteenth-century photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston, and "the Unsinkable" Molly Brown.
A Running Man
Author: H. Berkeley RourkePublisher: Next Chapter
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 157
Book Description
A heinous murder of a young girl breaks the peace of a community in Yuma, Arizona. It's 1890. The town is growing and changing, with many emerging farms and ranches. But some of its people are not changing in concert with the times. After the brutal murder of a young girl, the killer escapes from prison with the help of his father. Determined to bring Jenny's killer to justice, Ralph Forney and his best friend Ross Hendershot enter into a deadly chase to capture the killer. But even at the 19th century, the West is a dangerous, unforgiving place. Can the law keepers catch the criminals before it's too late? A Running Man is the third novel in H. Berkeley Rourke's Hendershot Series.
Filming Pancho
Author: Margarita de OrellanaPublisher: Verso Books
ISBN: 1789605199
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
On January 3, 1914 Pancho Villa became Hollywood's first Mexican superstar. In signing an exclusive movie contract, Villa agreed to keep other film companies from his battlefield, to fight in daylight wherever possible, and to reconstruct battles if the footage needed reshooting. Through memoir and newspaper reports, Margarita De Orellana looks at the documentary film-makers who went down to cover events in Mexico. Feature film-makers in Hollywood portrayed the border as the dividing line between order and chaos, in the process developing a series of lasting Mexican stereotypes-the greaser, the bandit, the beautiful seorita, the exotic Aztec. Filming Pancho reveals how Mexico was constructed in the American imagination and how movies reinforced and justified both American expansionism and racial and social prejudice.