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Secret Oklahoma City: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure

Author : Jeff Provine
Publisher : Reedy Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 1681063360
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book Secret Oklahoma City: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure written by Jeff Provine and published by Reedy Press LLC. This book was released on 2021-09-15 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oklahoma City was called “A City Born Grown” after it went from a population of a handful at Oklahoma Depot to over 10,000 on its first day. Nobody seems to mention how the streets were laid crooked and took 80 years to fix by tearing up half of downtown and that two rival city governments aimed guns at one another until the Supreme Court sorted out who was in charge. And that was only its first six months! Secret Oklahoma City: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure shares the places and stories that you won’t hear in History class, though you probably should! Learn about the Chinese Tunnels that housed hundreds of immigrant workers underground. Visit the Overholser Mansion and see if the lady of the house is still in, sixty years after her death! Gain new respect for animal heroes at the American Pigeon Museum. Find out what a giant milk bottle is doing on top of an old grocery store off 23rd. Speaking of groceries, did you know the grocery cart was invented on the south side of town? Or that the parking meter got its start in downtown Oklahoma City? Oklahoma farm kid-turned-professor Jeff Provine has spent more than a decade learning the lesserknown tales of OKC. Come with him on a tour of the unexpected side of Oklahoma City.

Weird Oklahoma

Author : Wesley Treat
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781402754364
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (543 download)

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Download or read book Weird Oklahoma written by Wesley Treat and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of stories from all over the state of Oklahoma, relating some of the state's strange and unexplained phenomena.

The Great Oklahoma Swindle

Author : Russell Cobb
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 149623040X
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (962 download)

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Download or read book The Great Oklahoma Swindle written by Russell Cobb and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2022-03 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Russell Cobb’s The Great Oklahoma Swindle is a rousing and incisive examination of the regional culture and history of “Flyover Country” that demystifies the political conditions of the American Heartland.

Weird Wild West

Author : Keven McQueen
Publisher : Quarry Books
ISBN 13 : 0253043689
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book Weird Wild West written by Keven McQueen and published by Quarry Books. This book was released on 2019-09-01 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Wild West is infamous for its outrageous stories, cowboys, and gun battles. But the region is also known for its ghost stories, unexplained deaths, bizarre murders, and peculiar burials. In Weird Wild West, author Keven McQueen brings together a fabulous collection of tales of the darker and stranger side of Texas, Oklahoma, Nevada, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Idaho, Montana, Colorado, Wyoming, Oregon, and Washington. Exploring mysterious deaths, true crime stories, and paranormal activity, this eerie collection uncovers long buried and disturbing stories of the region. Included are the unforgettable tales of the body-snatching of Billy the Kid, the revenge curse of a former deputy district attorney in Colorado, and the weird tale of Mr. Moon, who couldn’t keep his dearly departed wife in the ground despite his best efforts. An intriguing, frightful, and entertaining exploration of the strange and gothic side of the Western states, Weird Wild West promises to send chills down your spine.

Weird U.S.

Author : Mark Moran
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9781402766886
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book Weird U.S. written by Mark Moran and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2009-05 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering all 50 states, "Weird U.S." takes an unconventional look at the oddities, outcasts, and just plain strange things to see or do in America.

Weird Texas

Author : Wesley Treat
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9781402766879
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book Weird Texas written by Wesley Treat and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2009-05 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "If your taste extends to the odd side of traveling, [this is your ticket]."--"Booklist."

Boom Town

Author : Sam Anderson
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0804137323
Total Pages : 513 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book Boom Town written by Sam Anderson and published by Crown. This book was released on 2018-08-21 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brilliant, kaleidoscopic narrative of Oklahoma City—a great American story of civics, basketball, and destiny, from award-winning journalist Sam Anderson NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • NPR • Chicago Tribune • San Francisco Chronicle • The Economist • Deadspin Oklahoma City was born from chaos. It was founded in a bizarre but momentous “Land Run” in 1889, when thousands of people lined up along the borders of Oklahoma Territory and rushed in at noon to stake their claims. Since then, it has been a city torn between the wild energy that drives its outsized ambitions, and the forces of order that seek sustainable progress. Nowhere was this dynamic better realized than in the drama of the Oklahoma City Thunder basketball team’s 2012-13 season, when the Thunder’s brilliant general manager, Sam Presti, ignited a firestorm by trading future superstar James Harden just days before the first game. Presti’s all-in gamble on “the Process”—the patient, methodical management style that dictated the trade as the team’s best hope for long-term greatness—kicked off a pivotal year in the city’s history, one that would include pitched battles over urban planning, a series of cataclysmic tornadoes, and the frenzied hope that an NBA championship might finally deliver the glory of which the city had always dreamed. Boom Town announces the arrival of an exciting literary voice. Sam Anderson, former book critic for New York magazine and now a staff writer at the New York Times magazine, unfolds an idiosyncratic mix of American history, sports reporting, urban studies, gonzo memoir, and much more to tell the strange but compelling story of an American city whose unique mix of geography and history make it a fascinating microcosm of the democratic experiment. Filled with characters ranging from NBA superstars Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook; to Flaming Lips oddball frontman Wayne Coyne; to legendary Great Plains meteorologist Gary England; to Stanley Draper, Oklahoma City's would-be Robert Moses; to civil rights activist Clara Luper; to the citizens and public servants who survived the notorious 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah federal building, Boom Town offers a remarkable look at the urban tapestry woven from control and chaos, sports and civics.

Secret Route 66: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure

Author : Jim Ross
Publisher : Reedy Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 1681061074
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book Secret Route 66: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure written by Jim Ross and published by Reedy Press LLC. This book was released on 2017-09-15 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a tour of Route 66 unlike any other, discovering the secrets, memorable characters, and little known stories behind many of the route’s enduring icons. Find the answer to the question, “Who was Ella Jones?” and pay a visit to a secluded cemetery that few road warriors even know exists. Learn why Hooker, Missouri, disappeared, and who murdered Billie Grayson in Chandler, Oklahoma. Did you know that a strongbox full of gold still lies buried near the Colorado River, or that tragedy hounds a tiny place in Arizona named after a cartoon? Is it true that ghosts and monsters lurk along the highway’s reaches? Do you know what a Walldog is, or whether nuclear weapons were once used to blast a path for the route? Get the answers in Secret Route 66: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure. Two of the historic highway’s most recognized authorities, Jim Ross and Shellee Graham, chronicle these and dozens of other tales as they peel away the layers of history to expose the weird, wonderful, and obscure of America’s Mother Road.

3 books to know Weird West

Author : H. P. Lovecraft
Publisher : Tacet Books
ISBN 13 : 3967995305
Total Pages : 127 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (679 download)

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Download or read book 3 books to know Weird West written by H. P. Lovecraft and published by Tacet Books. This book was released on 2020-05-02 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to the3 Books To Knowseries, our idea is to help readers learn about fascinating topics through three essential and relevant books. These carefully selected works can be fiction, non-fiction, historical documents or even biographies. We will always select for you three great works to instigate your mind, this time the topic is:Weird West. - The Mound - H. P. Lovecraft - The Horror from the Mound by Robert E. Howard - The Dead Remember by Robert E. HowardWeird West is a subgenre that combines elements of the Western with another genre, usually horror, occult, fantasy, or science fiction. When supernatural menaces of horror fiction are injected into a Western setting, it creates the horror Western. Writer G.W. Thomas has described how the two combine: "Unlike many other cross-genre tales, the weird Western uses both elements but with very little loss of distinction. The Western setting is decidedly 'Western' and the horror elements are obviously 'horror.'" This is one of many books in the series 3 Books To Know. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the topics.

Strange State

Author : Cullan Hudson
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781463745080
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (45 download)

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Download or read book Strange State written by Cullan Hudson and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oklahoma's legends and mysteries are examined. Included are UFO's, Spook Lights, Bigfoot, Hauntings, Hidden Treasures, Historic Mysteries, Voodoo, Witchcraft and others.

Oklahoma City

Author : Andrew Gumbel
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062100920
Total Pages : 628 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (621 download)

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Download or read book Oklahoma City written by Andrew Gumbel and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2012-04-24 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early morning of April 19, 1995, Timothy McVeigh drove into downtown Oklahoma City in a rented Ryder truck containing a deadly fertilizer bomb that he and his army buddy Terry Nichols had made the previous day. He parked in a handicapped-parking zone, hopped out of the truck, and walked away into a series of alleys and streets. Shortly after 9:00 A.M., the bomb obliterated one-third of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, killing 168 people, including 19 infants and toddlers. McVeigh claimed he'd worked only with Nichols, and at least officially, the government believed him. But McVeigh's was just one version of events. And much of it was wrong. In Oklahoma City, veteran investigative journalists Andrew Gumbel and Roger G. Charles puncture the myth about what happened on that day—one that has persisted in the minds of the American public for nearly two decades. Working with unprecedented access to government documents, a voluminous correspondence with Terry Nichols, and more than 150 interviews with those immediately involved, Gumbel and Charles demonstrate how much was missed beyond the guilt of the two principal defendants: in particular, the dysfunction within the country's law enforcement agencies, which squandered opportunities to penetrate the radical right and prevent the bombing, and the unanswered question of who inspired the plot and who else might have been involved. To this day, the FBI heralds the Oklahoma City investigation as one of its great triumphs. In reality, though, its handling of the bombing foreshadowed many of the problems that made the country vulnerable to attack again on 9/11. Law enforcement agencies could not see past their own rivalries and underestimated the seriousness of the deadly rhetoric coming from the radical far right. In Oklahoma City, Gumbel and Charles give the fullest, most honest account to date of both the plot and the investigation, drawing a vivid portrait of the unfailingly compelling—driven, eccentric, fractious, funny, and wildly paranoid—characters involved.

Haunted Oklahoma

Author : Jeff Provine
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493047183
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Haunted Oklahoma written by Jeff Provine and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-07-15 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oklahoma’s ghostly legends are as varied as its history and culture. The state boasts hauntings by ancient Native Americans, Spanish miners, soldiers, outlaws, ranchers, performers, students, repairmen, and many more. Oklahoma’s stately mansions, theaters, and old hotels still have previous residents dwelling in a spectral form. One parallel that may be surprising is Oklahoma’s uncanny number of headless ghosts. Haunted Oklahoma explores King Tut’s Tomb on the Arkansas, Mr. Apple’s Mausoleum and the Spooksville Triangle to name just a few. Eerie occurrences, spooky events, unsolved mysteries, and terrifying specters make for a scary journey through Oklahoma’s haunted past.

Weird U.S.

Author : Mark Sceurman
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9781402745447
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (454 download)

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Download or read book Weird U.S. written by Mark Sceurman and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2008 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores ghosts and haunted places, local legends, cursed roads, crazy characters, and unusual roadside attractions found in the United States.

Weird Stuff

Author : John Ketcher
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781706221234
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (212 download)

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Download or read book Weird Stuff written by John Ketcher and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-17 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the dawn of time humans have seen strange lights in the skies, strange creatures lurking about in the woods, and atrocities that people inflict upon each other. The ancient people have recorded these events through drawings/pictograms in caves and on rock walls and through story telling. But, in today's culture many people refuse to acknowledge what they have seen for fear of being labeled crazy, a liar, or fear of retribution. However, there are a few individuals who will bear witness to these events and tell their stories no matter the consequences.In the following stories, Unwanted Visitors, Blood Vengeance, Don't Kick my Dog, Bigfoot Family, Lights in the Sky & Tommy on the Run, you will meet normal people and how they respond to the paranormal activities in rural Oklahoma.

Weird Moments in Cleveland Sports

Author : Vince Guerrieri
Publisher : Gray & Company, Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1598511246
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (985 download)

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Download or read book Weird Moments in Cleveland Sports written by Vince Guerrieri and published by Gray & Company, Publishers. This book was released on 2022-11-01 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cleveland sports fans: If you can’t laugh about it, what else are you gonna do? Cleveland sports teams have set records for futility in baseball, football, and basketball. But even beyond that, Cleveland sports fans have witnessed more than their share of weird, wild, random, and odd occurrences, from front office ineptitude to absurd losses to bizarre injuries and more. Like the Cavs player who accidentally scored a layup in the wrong basket (and another who shot at his own basket on purpose) … The testy Tribe manager who got into a fight during an exhibition game with the Triple-A farm team … The Browns owner who took advice from a random stranger on the street and blew a first-round draft pick on “Johnny Football” … The rookie pitcher shot in the leg while riding on the team bus wearing a cheerleader outfit and go-go boots … The team owner once called “the dumbest man in pro sports” … One Browns star whose season-ending injury came while popping a wheelie and another whose eye was nearly put out by a referee’s flag … The Indians player who was traded for himself … A victory owed to a timely swarm of insects … The Cavaliers’ first draft, planned using bubble-gum cards … When Tribe mascot Slider fell off the outfield wall into live action during a playoff game … Phew! And we’re just getting started. (We haven’t even mentioned 10-Cent Beer Night yet.) If you’re a Cleveland sports fan, you’ll enjoy this offbeat collection.

Weird N. J.

Author : Mark Moran
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9781402766855
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book Weird N. J. written by Mark Moran and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2009-05 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores haunted places, local legends, crazy characters, and unusual roadside attractions found in New Jersey.

Weird Georgia

Author : Jim Miles
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1402733887
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (27 download)

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Download or read book Weird Georgia written by Jim Miles and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2006-04-24 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: