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Last and Near-Last Words of the Famous, Infamous and Those In-Between

Author : Joseph W. Lewis, Jr. M. D.
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781524647889
Total Pages : 764 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (478 download)

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Download or read book Last and Near-Last Words of the Famous, Infamous and Those In-Between written by Joseph W. Lewis, Jr. M. D. and published by . This book was released on 2016-10-28 with total page 764 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author has assembled a collection of 3,676 last words from a select group of individuals as they faced their approaching demise. This compilation illuminates a group of beings ranging from convicted criminals to the most holy. Some serenely committed their souls to a higher being while others railed against oncoming death. Many are famous, some are notorious, and others blur into a less well-defined subgroup. The majority of entries consist of final spoken words, but a few wills, epitaphs, diaries, and last letters are also included in this collection. A brief sketch of each person includes birth and death dates, country of origin, and a short biographical sketch. Farewells spoken after the turn of the twenty-first century ensure that this compilation has some of the most up-to-date material in this genre.

Last and Near-Last Words of the Famous, Infamous and Those In-Between

Author : Joseph W. Lewis Jr. M.D.
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 152464787X
Total Pages : 710 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (246 download)

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Download or read book Last and Near-Last Words of the Famous, Infamous and Those In-Between written by Joseph W. Lewis Jr. M.D. and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2016-10-28 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author has assembled a collection of 3,676 last words from a select group of individuals as they faced their approaching demise. This compilation illuminates a group of beings ranging from convicted criminals to the most holy. Some serenely committed their souls to a higher being while others railed against oncoming death. Many are famous, some are notorious, and others blur into a less well-defined subgroup. The majority of entries consist of final spoken words, but a few wills, epitaphs, diaries, and last letters are also included in this collection. A brief sketch of each person includes birth and death dates, country of origin, and a short biographical sketch. Farewells spoken after the turn of the twenty-first century ensure that this compilation has some of the most up-to-date material in this genre.

Amazing Alabama: a Potpourri of Fascinating Facts, Tall Tales and Storied Stories

Author : Joseph W. Lewis Jr. M.D.
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1665503394
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (655 download)

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Download or read book Amazing Alabama: a Potpourri of Fascinating Facts, Tall Tales and Storied Stories written by Joseph W. Lewis Jr. M.D. and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2020-10-19 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amazing Alabama: A Potpourri of Fascinating Facts, Tall Tales and Storied Stories chronicles a brief history of the state, famous personages associated with Alabama, a discussion of state firsts, unique occurrences, antiquated laws and other fascinating topics.

Did They Rest in Peace?

Author : Joseph William Lewis Jr. M.D.
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1546261095
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (462 download)

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Book Synopsis Did They Rest in Peace? by : Joseph William Lewis Jr. M.D.

Download or read book Did They Rest in Peace? written by Joseph William Lewis Jr. M.D. and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2018-10-18 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. By what miracle can an assortment of seemingly unrelated particles come together and correctly assemble to form a human being? Amazingly, once aggregated, these atoms, molecules, and compounds manage to interact reasonably coherently during our lives but seek to return to their dusty state when death occurs. Of the billions of our species who have existed on earth over the millennia, most have quietly and inexorably returned to ashes and dust when their term of life expired. This book tracks some of the misadventures of selected corpses, including burials that went awry to body snatching, exhumations, human-relic collection, and assorted desecrations. Over the years, it seems that a remarkable number of bodies have failed to enjoy the admonition to “Rest in Peace.” Whether these aberrations in the burial process have disturbed the afterlife of the departed, everyone is dying to discover the answer.

Last Words of Saints and Sinners

Author : Herbert Lockyer
Publisher : Kregel Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780825496455
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (964 download)

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Download or read book Last Words of Saints and Sinners written by Herbert Lockyer and published by Kregel Publications. This book was released on with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of 700 quotes includes the last words of commoners, atheists, poets, and politicians along with noted Christians and martyrs. Ready reference source for the pastor or public speaker.

Last Words

Author : Karl S. Guthke
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400820715
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Last Words written by Karl S. Guthke and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1992-10-30 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether Goethe actually cried "More light!" on his deathbed, or whether Conrad Hilton checked out of this world after uttering "Leave the shower curtain on the inside of the tub," last words, regardless of authenticity, have long captured the imagination of Western society. In this playfully serious investigation based on factual accounts, anecdotes, literary works, and films, Karl Guthke explores the cultural importance of those words spoken at the border between this world and the next. The exit lines of both famous and ordinary people embody for us a sense of drama and truthfulness and reveal much about our thoughts on living and dying. Why this interest in last words? Presenting statements from such figures as Socrates, Nathan Hale, Marie Antoinette, and Oscar Wilde ("I am dying as I have lived, beyond my means"), Guthke examines our fascination in terms of our need for closure, our desire for immortality, and our attraction to the mystique of death scenes. The author considers both authentic and invented final statements as he looks at the formation of symbols and legends and their function in our culture. Last words, handed down from generation to generation like cultural heirlooms, have a good chance of surviving in our collective memory. They are shown to epitomize a life, convey a sense of irony, or play to an audience, as in the case of the assassinated Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa, who is said to have died imploring journalists: "Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something." Originally published in 1992. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Famous Last Words

Author : Laura Ward
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9781856487085
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (87 download)

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Download or read book Famous Last Words written by Laura Ward and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2004 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains an anthology of famous last words, quotes, deathbed scenes, epitaphs, and obituaries from a number of notable individuals including Bob Hope, Alexander Blackwell, and Roman Emperor Vespasian.

Word Play

Author : Gyles Brandreth
Publisher : Coronet
ISBN 13 : 1473620317
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (736 download)

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Download or read book Word Play written by Gyles Brandreth and published by Coronet. This book was released on 2015-08-06 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'No matter how eloquently a dog may bark, he cannot tell you that his parents were poor but honest.' Only words can do that. Words are magic. Words are fun. Join Gyles Brandreth - wit and word-meister, Just A Minute regular, One Show reporter, denizen of Countdown's Dictionary Corner, founder of the National Scrabble Championships, patron of The Queen's English Society, QI, Room 101, Have I Got News For You and Pointless survivor - on an uproarious and unexpected magic carpet ride around the awesome world of words and wordplay. Puns, palindromes, pangrams, Malaprops, euphemisms, mnemonics, acronyms, anagrams, alphabeticals, Tweets, verbiage, verbarrhea - if you can name it, you should find it here, along with the longest, shortest, wittiest, wildest, oldest, latest, oddest, most interesting and most memorable words in the English language - the richest, most remarkable language ever known.

Famous Last Words

Author : Chris Wood
Publisher : Pen and Sword History
ISBN 13 : 1526770903
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book Famous Last Words written by Chris Wood and published by Pen and Sword History. This book was released on 2021-06-09 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One last thing before I go . . . True stories of doomed figures from British history—and what they announced to the world as the Grim Reaper drew near. Nothing focuses the mind more starkly than impending death. In this book, you can mount the scaffold and share in the final utterings of the condemned, and join the stricken in their deathbeds as their deeply entrenched secrets are finally unshackled. Famous Last Words collects a fascinating selection of destinies, culminating in their often flamboyant, always captivating comments just before they shuffled off this mortal coil. Revealed inside are tales of sangfroid bravery, astonishing ironies, and overdue confessions often betraying grave miscarriages of justice. Writer and poet Sir Walter Raleigh had some typically forthright and goading words for his executioner as the hesitant axeman displayed fear and reluctance to perform his stately duties. The final words of convicted murderer Ernest Brown may have been a candid confession to another killing he had committed deep in the Northumberland Moors some two years previously. And what of Britain’s first actor to have had a knighthood bestowed upon him? Discover the staggering irony that saw his final words on stage prophetically turn out to be his last in life . . .

Last Words of the Executed

Author : Robert K. Elder
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226202690
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (262 download)

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Download or read book Last Words of the Executed written by Robert K. Elder and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2010-05-15 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some beg for forgiveness. Others claim innocence. At least three cheer for their favorite football teams. Death waits for us all, but only those sentenced to death know the day and the hour—and only they can be sure that their last words will be recorded for posterity. Last Words of the Executed presents an oral history of American capital punishment, as heard from the gallows, the chair, and the gurney. The product of seven years of extensive research by journalist Robert K. Elder, the book explores the cultural value of these final statements and asks what we can learn from them. We hear from both the famous—such as Nathan Hale, Joe Hill, Ted Bundy, and John Brown—and the forgotten, and their words give us unprecedented glimpses into their lives, their crimes, and the world they inhabited. Organized by era and method of execution, these final statements range from heartfelt to horrific. Some are calls for peace or cries against injustice; others are accepting, confessional, or consoling; still others are venomous, rage-fueled diatribes. Even the chills evoked by some of these last words are brought on in part by the shared humanity we can’t ignore, their reminder that we all come to the same end, regardless of how we arrive there. Last Words of the Executed is not a political book. Rather, Elder simply asks readers to listen closely to these voices that echo history. The result is a riveting, moving testament from the darkest corners of society.

Brave New Weird

Author : Alex Woodroe
Publisher : Tenebrous Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (859 download)

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Download or read book Brave New Weird written by Alex Woodroe and published by Tenebrous Press. This book was released on 2023-02-03 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The End is Weird. In the event of cosmic fallout, it is vital that you adhere to the following: Secure your own persona, and a backup if available. A neighbor’s is acceptable. Your skin may attempt to abscond. This is normal in these situations. Do not panic. Ignore all notifications from your mobile devices. They are not to be trusted. Pay no mind to the details of that photograph. Yes, that one. Should your body accrue any additional limbs, please keep proper inventory; they will need to be accounted for. Avoid celebrity advice. Do not feed the bears. You will feel dizzy. You will feel nausea. Do not panic. This will pass. Do not panic. This will not pass. Step bravely. Do not panic. BRAVE NEW WEIRD: The Best New Weird Horror, Volume One, encompasses the finest Weird fiction previously published in 2022. Edited by Alex Woodroe. Table of Contents: Banhus—M.E. Bronstein User Warning—Charlotte Ariel Finn The Bear Across the Way—Emily Rigole En el Patio de la Casa del Callejón—Tania Chen In Haskins—Carson Winter The Imperfection—Mae Murray Blame—Warren Bennedetto Low Tide Jenny—Bitter Karella Machine (r)Evolution—Colleen Anderson Skin—Isha Karki Eat Your Colors—Sonora Taylor Paradise—Sloane Leong There is No Easy Way Towards Earth—jonah wu Notes on the Forum of the Simulacra—Cadwell Turnbull Blood Calumny—Joe Koch Lemmings—Kirstyn McDermott Water Goes, Sand Remains—Jolie Toomajan The Mules—Jennifer Jeanne McArdle Stage Five Clinger—Nikki R. Leigh The Day When the Last War is Over—Sergey Gerasimov Mother; Microbes—H.V. Patterson The Mythologization of Tymber Prescott in Five Selected Photos—Luciano Marano

Southern Observer

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book Southern Observer written by and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

I Believe in Heaven

Author : Cecil Murphey
Publisher : Revell
ISBN 13 : 1441268499
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (412 download)

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Download or read book I Believe in Heaven written by Cecil Murphey and published by Revell. This book was released on 2013-05-31 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is heaven like? When I die, will I go immediately to heaven? Will I see my loved ones there? Have you ever asked these questions? Maybe you can only imagine the answers, but now you can better know what to expect. I Believe in Heaven contains inspirational, true stories from the Bible, history and today that will give you hope, comfort and assurance about the place that awaits you. You'll read . . . • Firsthand accounts of people who died and returned to tell their stories • Biblical and historical evidence of life beyond this life • Consistent reports of overwhelming peace, love and joy in another realm • Insights into what happens in our final days and hours here on earth • Trustworthy answers to questions people have about the after-life

Last Words

Author : George Black
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 : 9781792725937
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (259 download)

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Download or read book Last Words written by George Black and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-12-28 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Last words...It sounds romantic and tragic to hear these two words spoken out loud, but behind these last words, spoken by a dying persons often lies a deeper story.This book lists some of the most famous, infamous and little known last words.Everyone has something to say before they pass away. From Julius Caesar to Napoleon, from Coco Chanel to Bob Marley, from John Wayne Gacy to Ned Kelly. Their last words are an important relic to our modern world. Last words can be happy or sad, ironic or honest, but they are always an inspiration to all of us. An inspiration to find out more about the people and stories behind them.

Famous Last Words

Author : Alan Bisbort
Publisher : Pomegranate
ISBN 13 : 9780764917387
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book Famous Last Words written by Alan Bisbort and published by Pomegranate. This book was released on 2001 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether Inspiring, Incomprehensible, insightful, bleak, or absurd, last words can be spoken by the living as well as the dying. Among the dying, last words are truly final, as was the case with Dylan Thomas, who uttered "I've just had eighteen straight whiskeys. I think that's the record." Famous Last Words records the parting shots of dozens of folks no longer with us, from those dead for political reasons to those who themselves decided to end it all. And it records the words of those who went on with their lives after uttering a memorable farewell but whose reputation was made by their words, often to their lasting frustration, such as the infamous Richard Milhous Nixon: "You won't have me to kick around anymore, because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference." Famous Last Words also preserves the last words of those inhabiting the world of fiction, whether in a book, on the stage, in a movie or on TV. Blanche DuBois's "I have always depended on the kindness of strangers" ranks right alongside Charles Foster Kane's "Rosebud" and Sidney Carton's "It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done. . . ." The mutterings of the imagined are always floating around in our culture's consciousness, kicking lustily. Author Alan Bisbort consulted unimpeachable sources and original texts in compiling this compendium of 140 choice good-byes. But not only the farewells capture our attention: Bisbort's concise, witty, and informative text adds revealing context to the quoted words. Famous Last Words is fascinating, illuminating, and immensely rewarding. Reading through the pages may reveal some unifying impulse behind all those bye-byes; if so, you have truly stumbled uponthe meaning of life.

The American Legion Magazine

Author : American Legion
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The American Legion Magazine written by American Legion and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Little Book of Famous Last Words

Author : Orange Hippo!
Publisher : OH
ISBN 13 : 1800695667
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book The Little Book of Famous Last Words written by Orange Hippo! and published by OH. This book was released on 2024-06-01 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Last words can come in all shapes and sizes. From comic quips to profound deathbed wit, shocking and surprising final revelations, delicious puns and too-good turns of phrase, gravestone gags and premature celebrations... or even just awkward and unfortunate quotes the speaker ended up eating. Indeed, this tiny tome is stacked to the rafters with notable people, past, present, who are still very much alive and quipping - though not for long. From the long-time dead to the recently deceased (or simply dying of embarassment; see Liz Truss), Nostradamus to Leonardo da Vinci, Henry VIII to Princess Diana, these famous last words span centuries and continents and will no doubt echo through eternity. If you're look to have the last laugh, The Little Book of Famous Last Words will have you laughing out loud till the very last page. For those about to die, we salute you! 'I'm a fighter, not a quitter,'* Liz Truss, UK Prime Minister, October 19, 2022. *Poor ol' Liz quit the next day. Her calamitous career as PM lasted for just 44 days.