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Forgotten Tales of Philadelphia

Author : Thomas White
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1614235422
Total Pages : 99 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (142 download)

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Download or read book Forgotten Tales of Philadelphia written by Thomas White and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2011-09-30 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A twelve-foot bull shark in the Delaware, the 1856 tornado that tore through Kensington and the four-elephant battle royal that rolled into Fair Hill Junction are among the bizarre tales that are too often overlooked in the history of Penn's Holy Experiment. Authors Thomas and Edward White have intrepidly stormed the stacks to unearth this offbeat collection of strange stories and weird lore with accounts of body snatchers, witch trials and a snake-wielding lunatic. From the outlawing of tambourine beating to the posse that caught a "ghost" and everything in between, the Brothers White take a wickedly gleeful romp through the freak happenings, dastardly deeds and unbelievable characters that lurk in the lost chronicles of the City of Brotherly Love.

Forgotten Tales of Pennsylvania

Author : Thomas White
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625843267
Total Pages : 115 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (258 download)

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Download or read book Forgotten Tales of Pennsylvania written by Thomas White and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2009-10-01 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do you really know about the Keystone State? William Penn, the Revolutionary figures of Philadelphia, and the strength of Pittsburgh's steel all loom large in Pennsylvania's history, but author Thomas White brings together a collection of tales that have been cast in the shadows of these giant icons. From the 1869 storm that pelted Chester County with snails to the bloody end of the Cooley gang, White selects events with an eye for the humorous and strange. Mostly true accounts of cannibalistic feats, goat-rescuing lawmen, heroic goldfish, the funeral of a gypsy queen, and a Pittsburgh canine whose obituary was featured in the New York Times all leap from the lost pages of history.

Forgotten Tales of Long Ago

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 425 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (837 download)

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Forgotten Tales of Long Ago

Author : Edward Verall Lucas
Publisher : Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781498085267
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (852 download)

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Download or read book Forgotten Tales of Long Ago written by Edward Verall Lucas and published by Literary Licensing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is A New Release Of The Original 1907 Edition.

Forgotten Tales of Pittsburgh

Author : Thomas White
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1614235406
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (142 download)

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Download or read book Forgotten Tales of Pittsburgh written by Thomas White and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2010-11-09 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Such was the wisdom of the Pittsburgh Daily Gazette and Advertiser in 1866 when describing a railway boss's threat to decapitate a former employee. Pittsburgh has many such stories of strange but mostly true events. Local author Thomas White delves into these lost tales, from Lewis and Clark's inauspicious start involving an intoxicated boat builder to the death ray of inventor Nikola Tesla. A 1907 lion attack at Luna Park, death by spontaneous combustion, Jack the Ripper's rumored visit to the city and an umpire who was rescued from an angry crowd by Pirates players are all part of the forgotten history of the Steel City.

Forgotten Tales of New York

Author : Melanie Zimmer
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1614235414
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (142 download)

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Download or read book Forgotten Tales of New York written by Melanie Zimmer and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2009-08-28 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn the Empire State’s little known history—from bone-stealing dogs to the world’s largest puzzle—by the author of Curiosities of the Finger Lakes. Few New Yorkers remember the night when firemen, in tuxedos and top hats, were dragged from a ball to extinguish a Waterloo blaze, or the typographical error that reported Theodore Roosevelt taking a “bath” instead of his presidential “oath.” Still fewer remember Cephas Bennett, a missionary from Utica and printer of the first Burmese Bible, or H. L. Mencken’s humorous article on the history of the bathtub, still quoted today as factual although entirely invented. Seasoned storyteller Melanie Zimmer seamlessly weaves together these hard-to-believe, yet entirely true, tales. From the monster of Seneca Lake to the man who inspired the American icon Uncle Sam, discover the lost secrets of the Empire State. Includes photos!

The Forgotten Bottom Remembered

Author : August Tarrier
Publisher : New City Community Press
ISBN 13 : 9780971299641
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (996 download)

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Download or read book The Forgotten Bottom Remembered written by August Tarrier and published by New City Community Press. This book was released on 2012-05 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories from an important, if little noticed, neighborhood of Philadelphia

Forgotten Tales of Long Ago

Author : Edward Verrall Lucas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (746 download)

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Download or read book Forgotten Tales of Long Ago written by Edward Verrall Lucas and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Forgotten Tales of Long Ago

Author : E. V. Lucas
Publisher : Alpha Edition
ISBN 13 : 9789356086395
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (863 download)

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Download or read book Forgotten Tales of Long Ago written by E. V. Lucas and published by Alpha Edition. This book was released on 2022-04-11 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book "" Forgotten Tales of Long Ago "" has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies and hence the text is clear and readable.

Forgotten Tales of Long Ago

Author : E 1868-1938 Lucas
Publisher : Palala Press
ISBN 13 : 9781355208846
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Forgotten Tales of Long Ago written by E 1868-1938 Lucas and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2016-05-02 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Forgotten Tales of Indiana

Author : Keven McQueen
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625843259
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (258 download)

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Download or read book Forgotten Tales of Indiana written by Keven McQueen and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2009-09-01 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author Keven McQueen recalls a time when skunk farms, which allegedly produced a cure for rheumatism, were speckled throughout the countryside and a miserable woman tied her husband to a fence post, coated him with salt and intended to let the cows "lick him to death." Meet the King of the Ghouls, an accomplished grave robber and notorious murderer, and a man so convinced he was an ox that he often joined neighborhood cattle for a bite of grass, and discover ghosts, monsters, giant skeletons and more in this collection of outlandish tales from the Hoosier State.

Digging in the City of Brotherly Love

Author : Rebecca Yamin
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300142641
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Digging in the City of Brotherly Love written by Rebecca Yamin and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2008-10-07 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beneath the modern city of Philadelphia lie countless clues to its history and the lives of residents long forgotten. This intriguing book explores eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Philadelphia through the findings of archaeological excavations, sharing with readers the excitement of digging into the past and reconstructing the lives of earlier inhabitants of the city.Urban archaeologist Rebecca Yamin describes the major excavations that have been undertaken since 1992 as part of the redevelopment of Independence Mall and surrounding areas, explaining how archaeologists gather and use raw data to learn more about the ordinary people whose lives were never recorded in history books. Focusing primarily on these unknown citizens-an accountant in the first Treasury Department, a coachmaker whose clients were politicians doing business at the State House, an African American founder of St. Thomas’s African Episcopal Church, and others-Yamin presents a colorful portrait of old Philadelphia. She also discusses political aspects of archaeology today-who supports particular projects and why, and what has been lost to bulldozers and heedlessness. Digging in the City of Brotherly Love tells the exhilarating story of doing archaeology in the real world and using its findings to understand the past.

Forgotten Tales of Missouri

Author : Mary Collins Barile
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1614238235
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (142 download)

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Download or read book Forgotten Tales of Missouri written by Mary Collins Barile and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2012-05-08 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Truth, after all, still remains stranger and more engaging than most legends. And Missouri, of course, leads every other place in truth. Hop aboard Long's dragon boat or take advantage of 1846 wind wagon technology to plunge into the forgotten tales of this fascinating place. Hobnob cautiously with Stagger Lee, Mike Fink and Calamity Jane and view the chamber pot war from a safe distance. Trade witticisms with Alphonse Wetmore and Mark Twain, the frontier folk who keep us civilized today. If you keep company with storyteller Mary Collins Barile, you'll even catch a glimpse of the Mississippi River running backward from an earthquake that was all Missouri's fault.

Forgotten Tales of Long Ago

Author : E V Lucas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (531 download)

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Download or read book Forgotten Tales of Long Ago written by E V Lucas and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-11 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Yes, father, ' said Richard; 'for I can count it all round. When both hands are at the top of theclock, then I know it is time to leave school.''Then go and see what time it is, ' said his father.Away ran Richard, and brought back word in a moment that it was exactly six o'clock.In a few minutes after came in a friend with a young lady, the former of whom asked Mr.Random why he was not ready to go with them to the concert that evening, as he hadpromised. Mr. Random replied that it was but six o'clock, which, however, he was soonconvinced was a mistake of Richard's, who, on being asked what he saw when he looked onthe clock, replied, 'I saw the two hands together close to the six, and that made me say itwas six, for I always call it twelve when they are right opposite.''Remember, my dear, ' said his father, 'that the long hand never tells the hour, except on thestroke of twelve. You ought to know that the minute hand overtakes its fellow somewhatlater every hour, till at noon and midnight they again start exactly even; and when a biggerboy I shall expect you to tell me how much difference is increased every time they comeinto conjunction. You now see, Dicky, that through such a mistake I must make my friendswait; pray, therefore, mind better another time.'In a few minutes after his father bid him go into the dining-room, and bring down a bottleof wine, which stood in the hither corner of the cellaret, that he might help the gentlemanand lady to a gla

Forgotten Tales of Alabama

Author : Kelly Kazek
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1614236356
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (142 download)

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Download or read book Forgotten Tales of Alabama written by Kelly Kazek and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2010-09-29 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alabama tales that have existed only in rumor, legend and lore are uncovered in this volume of strange, funny, far-fetched, unique and gripping stories from Muscle Shoals to Mobile. From Muscle Shoals to Montgomery to Mobile, there's just no place quite like Alabama. Take a journey off the beaten path through the Cotton State with author Kelly Kazek as she uncovers the stories that make Alabama one of a kind. Kazek, a longtime Alabama resident, unearths tales that have existed only in rumor, anecdote, legend and lore. This collection is packed with little-known stories of strange sites, like the world's largest Nehi bottle; curious critters, like the first monkey in space; and colorful characters, such as the outlaw Tom Clark. Whether funny, far-fetched, gripping or grisly, Forgotten Tales of Alabama is filled with stories you won't soon forget.

Forgotten Tales of Wisconsin

Author : Martin Hintz
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1614231877
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (142 download)

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Download or read book Forgotten Tales of Wisconsin written by Martin Hintz and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2010-05-13 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drift back to an era when the speed limit in Milwaukee was an edgy four miles per hour and Madison lawmakers could poke at hogs to punctuate the tedium of legislative sessions. Martin Hintz makes even the slow times of the Badger State fly by in this collection of Wisconsin's forgotten memories. Taste the world's first batch of pink lemonade (made with the dye of a circus performer's pants) and witness the tragic death of the world's last wild passenger pigeon. Track down ancient Algonkin legends like the great serpent that swam up the Mississippi looking for copper, and drop in on modern legends like Les Paul, whose guitar spun records into gold.

Forgotten Tales of Colorado

Author : Stephanie Waters
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 161423986X
Total Pages : 139 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (142 download)

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Download or read book Forgotten Tales of Colorado written by Stephanie Waters and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013-06-11 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wild characters, diverse cultures, spooky myths and slippery sales schemes color Colorado's past. In a place where shameless showdowns and dusty shootouts over money, drink and women were once standard procedure, storytelling around campfires became an integral part of a rich heritage. From the jackalope and vampires to Indian curses and snake oil salesmen, the Centennial State has it all. Weirder still are the strange but true stories like that of the first body buried in La Junta's Fairview Cemetery, a man who landed there for refusing alcohol to a kid, and that of the hotel in Telluride that once offered a promotion that included funeral costs with your stay. While history may have neglected these silly, seedy and salacious stories, author Stephanie Waters has rediscovered Colorado's best forgotten tales.