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Ferguson's Gang

Author : Polly Bagnall
Publisher : National Trust
ISBN 13 : 1909881864
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (98 download)

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Download or read book Ferguson's Gang written by Polly Bagnall and published by National Trust. This book was released on 2015-11-26 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1927. Britain’s heritage is vanishing. Beautiful landscapes are being bulldozed. Historic buildings are being blown up. Stonehenge is collapsing. Enter Ferguson’s Gang, a mysterious and eccentric group of women who help the National Trust to fight back. The Gang raise huge sums, which they deliver in delightfully strange ways: Victorian coins inside a fake pineapple, a one hundred pound note stuffed inside a cigar, five hundred pounds with a bottle of homemade sloe gin. Their stunts are avidly reported in the press, and when they make a national appeal for the Trust, the response is overwhelming. Ferguson’s Gang is instrumental in saving places from Cornwall to the Lake District, a legacy of incalculable value. Yet somehow these women stay anonymous, hiding behind masks and bizarre pseudonyms such as Bill Stickers, Red Biddy, the Bludy Beershop and Sister Agatha. They carefully record their exploits, their rituals, even their elaborate picnics, but they take their real names to the grave. Now Sally Beck and Polly Bagnall can reveal the identities of these unlikely national heroes and tell the stories of their fascinating and often unconventional lives. With the help of relatives, colleagues and friends, we can finally get to know the women who combined a serious mission with such a sense of mischief.

Ferguson's Gang - The Maidens behind the Masks

Author : Anna Hutton-North
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1291538941
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (915 download)

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Download or read book Ferguson's Gang - The Maidens behind the Masks written by Anna Hutton-North and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-08-27 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a group of friends formed 'Ferguson's Gang' they had no idea of the notoriety their antics would produce. Society was astounded by the daring tricks the Gang used to raise money but these were no common robbers. They presented the booty in the carcass of a goose or wrapped round a cigar; pledging undying support to the National Trust. Their greatest feat was preserving their anonymity; now almost a century later the fascinating story of Ferguson's Gang is finally revealed in this book. It is a world now forgotten; of genteel tea parties, debutantes' balls and stately homes with armies of servants. Yet amongst this wealth and splendour lurked a group of rebels. The personal stories of the masked maidens are startling; mixing with Royalty, they belonged to the leading political dynasties and rubbed shoulders with the literary elite. It is no wonder these women kept their identities so heavily concealed.

Ferguson's Gang to the Rescue

Author : Polly Bagnall
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781527230170
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Ferguson's Gang to the Rescue written by Polly Bagnall and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Ferguson's Gang

Author : Polly Bagnall
Publisher : National Trust
ISBN 13 : 9781909881211
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (812 download)

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Download or read book Ferguson's Gang written by Polly Bagnall and published by National Trust. This book was released on 2015-11-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ferguson’s Gang was a mysterious and deeply eccentric group of women operating in the 1930s who combined anarchic stunts and fine dining with saving the English countryside. Disturbed by the growing destruction of British landscape and historic buildings in the UK, they began to raising money for the National Trust, which a masked member would deliver in bizarre ways—Victorian coins sewn into a goose's carcass, a one hundred pound note wrapped around a cigar, or cash stuffed into miniature bottles. Fuelled by delicious food hampers from Fortnum & Mason, they travelled the country finding property and land under threat. Their escapades were followed religiously by the national press, and when "Ferguson" broadcast a BBC radio appeal on behalf of the Trust, they netted six hundred new members and hundreds of pounds. The Gang helped to save many properties and tracts of the Cornish coast, and supported appeals to buy land in the Lake District, Devon, and Wiltshire. To preserve their anonymity they wore masks and adopted pseudonyms (including "Bill Stickers", "Red Biddy", "The Bloody Beershop", and "The Artichoke"). They remained anonymous until their deaths, but with the help of their relatives, colleagues and friends of the Gang, Polly Bagnall and Sally Beck provide the true facts and reveal this group of eccentric English women in all their glory for the first time.

Romances of the Backwoods; and Perils of the Uncleared Territories, Etc

Author : Romances
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 566 pages
Book Rating : 4.V/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Romances of the Backwoods; and Perils of the Uncleared Territories, Etc written by Romances and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Cumberland Blood

Author : Thomas D. Mays
Publisher : SIU Press
ISBN 13 : 0809387034
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Cumberland Blood written by Thomas D. Mays and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 2008-08-13 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the end of the Civil War, Champ Ferguson had become a notorious criminal whose likeness covered the front pages of Harper’s Weekly, Leslie’s Illustrated, and other newspapers across the country. His crime? Using the war as an excuse to steal, plunder, and murder Union civilians and soldiers. Cumberland Blood: Champ Ferguson’s Civil War offers insights into Ferguson's lawless brutality and a lesser-known aspect of the Civil War, the bitter guerrilla conflict in the Appalachian highlands, extending from the Carolinas through Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia. This compelling volume delves into the violent story of Champ Ferguson, who acted independently of the Confederate army in a personal war that eventually garnered the censure of Confederate officials. Author Thomas D. Mays traces Ferguson's life in the Cumberland highlands of southern Kentucky, where—even before the Civil War began—he had a reputation as a vicious killer. Ferguson, a rising slave owner, sided with the Confederacy while many of his neighbors and family members took up arms for the Union. For Ferguson and others in the highlands, the war would not be decided on the distant fields of Shiloh or Gettysburg: it would be local—and personal. Cumberland Blood describes how Unionists drove Ferguson from his home in Kentucky into Tennessee, where he banded together with other like-minded Southerners to drive the Unionists from the region. Northern sympathizers responded, and a full-scale guerrilla war erupted along the border in 1862. Mays notes that Ferguson's status in the army was never clear, and he skillfully details how raiders picked up Ferguson's gang to work as guides and scouts. In 1864, Ferguson and his gang were incorporated into the Confederate army, but the rogue soldier continued operating as an outlaw, murdering captured Union prisoners after the Battle of Saltville, Virginia. Cumberland Blood, enhanced by twenty-one illustrations, is an illuminating assessment of one of the Civil War's most ruthless men. Ferguson's arrest, trial, and execution after the war captured the attention of the nation in 1865, but his story has been largely forgotten. Cumberland Blood: Champ Ferguson's Civil War returns the story of Ferguson's private civil war to its place in history.

The Countryman

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 984 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book The Countryman written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 984 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

House documents

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1118 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book House documents written by and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 1118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

United States of America V. Hall

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 22 pages
Book Rating : 4.W/5 ( download)

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Download or read book United States of America V. Hall written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Of Ferguson's Gang

Author : Andrew Thackery
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Book Of Ferguson's Gang written by Andrew Thackery and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-14 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ferguson's Gang, formed during a picnic at Tothill Fields in London in 1927, was an anonymous and somewhat enigmatic group that raised funds for the National Trust during the period from 1930 until 1947. The inner circle of the group was six women, who hid their identities behind masks, unusual pseudonyms, and mock-Cockney communiqués. They took the following pseudonyms: Bill Stickers, Sister Agatha, Kate O'Brien The Nark, Red Biddy, The Lord Beershop of the Gladstone Islands, and Mercator's Projection (The Bloody Beer shop, or Is B) and Shot Biddy. When a group of friends formed 'Ferguson's Gang' they had no idea of the notoriety their antics would produce. Society was astounded by the daring tricks the Gang used to raise money, but these were no common robbers, they presented the booty in the carcass of a goose or wrapped around a cigar. Pledging undying support to the National Trust, the Gang passionately fought against the spread of urbanization and destruction of our English heritage.

Cornwall

Author : Peggy Pollard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Cornwall written by Peggy Pollard and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Guide to the National Trust in Devon & Cornwall

Author : Peter Laws
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Guide to the National Trust in Devon & Cornwall written by Peter Laws and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

War Expenditures: Camps. 3 v

Author : United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Expenditures in the War Dept
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1530 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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War Expenditures

Author : United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Expenditures in the War Department
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1542 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book War Expenditures written by United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Expenditures in the War Department and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 1542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The life and times of Daniel O'Connell. Cameron & Ferguson ed

Author : Thomas Clarke Luby
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The life and times of Daniel O'Connell. Cameron & Ferguson ed written by Thomas Clarke Luby and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Ferguson v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co., 169 MICH 260 (1912)

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 16 pages
Book Rating : 4.L/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ferguson v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co., 169 MICH 260 (1912) written by and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 89

California. Court of Appeal (2nd Appellate District). Records and Briefs

Author : California (State).
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)

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Download or read book California. Court of Appeal (2nd Appellate District). Records and Briefs written by California (State). and published by . This book was released on with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: