Isle Of Misfortune

Author : Geoffrey Leavenworth
Publisher : TCU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780875652696
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Isle of Misfortune written by Geoffrey Leavenworth and published by TCU Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Gordo, a freelance writer, is married to Ana, an attorney. The couple has built a genteel life in the Oleander City. Sons Jake and Sam attend private schools, the family is active in the community, life is good.".

Author : Taryn Plumb
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1608939707
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Haunted Maine Lighthouses written by Taryn Plumb and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-09-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is it about lighthouses that make them bastions of spiritual activity? Built for strength and permanence, they are nonetheless vulnerable, protecting lives yet isolated and remote. Unforgiving of human frailty, these outposts inevitably become the settings for tragedy—and for the spirits that linger on at the site of their ruined hopes, their sufferings, their obsessions. With its incessant fogs and infamously craggy coast, Maine has the second highest number of lighthouses in the country. Many of these 64 beacons are shrouded in wisps of rumor and mystery. There are ongoing strange and eerie events and occurrences that recall past violence or sadness—stranded crews who resorted to cannibalism, keepers driven to madness by unending days of blinding fog, children drowned in shipwrecks. Author Taryn Plumb explores the ghostly tales and mysteries surrounding Maine lighthouses. Some hauntings can be directly tied to a known historical event, while others seem to have no origin, yet all will enthrall you with their spookiness.

Author : Donald E. Chipman
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292793154
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Explorers and Settlers of Spanish Texas written by Donald E. Chipman and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Notable Men and Women of Spanish Texas, Donald Chipman and Harriett Joseph combined dramatic, real-life incidents, biographical sketches, and historical background to reveal the real human beings behind the legendary figures who discovered, explored, and settled Spanish Texas from 1528 to 1821. Drawing from their earlier book and adapting the language and subject matter to the reading level and interests of middle and high school students, the authors here present the men and women of Spanish Texas for young adult readers and their teachers. These biographies demonstrate how much we have in common with our early forebears. Profiled in this book are: Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca: Ragged Castaway Francisco Vázquez de Coronado: Golden Conquistador María de Agreda: Lady in Blue Alonso de León: Texas Pathfinder Domingo Terán de los Ríos / Francisco Hidalgo: Angry Governor and Man with a Mission Louis St. Denis / Manuela Sánchez: Cavalier and His Bride Antonio Margil de Jesús: God's Donkey Marqués de San Miguel de Aguayo: Chicken War Redeemer Felipe de Rábago y Terán: Sinful Captain José de Escandón y Elguera: Father of South Texas Athanase de Mézières: Troubled Indian Agent Domingo Cabello: Comanche Peacemaker Marqués de Rubí / Antonio Gil Ibarvo: Harsh Inspector and Father of East Texas Bernardo Gutiérrez de Lara / Joaquín de Arredondo: Rebel Captain and Vengeful Royalist Women in Colonial Texas: Pioneer Settlers Women and the Law: Rights and Responsibilities

Author : José Antonio López
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1543414176
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Friendly Betrayal written by José Antonio López and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2017-04-19 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a different perspective than that found in mainstream US and Texas history because it acquaints readers with pre-1836 people, places, and events. The title Friendly Betrayal aims to capture the Spanish Mexican Texans disappointment when they (1) first welcomed US immigrants to Mexico (Texas) as fellow Mexicans and (2) how (after 1836) the growing Anglo Saxon majority treated our ancestors as foreigners in their own homeland. Part I contains a fictionalized storyline that delves into the initial blending of Native American and Spanish European cultures that produced todays mestizo people. Due to their genetic cultural (not political) ties to Mexico, this group (generally called Mexican Americans in the United States) continues to strongly maintain, defend, and preserve their unique identity, history, and heritage on this side of the border. Part II contains supporting background information.

Author : Peter Whitfield
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415920261
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New Found Lands written by Peter Whitfield and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 588 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lady of the Isle, Or, The Island Princess written by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : William Mahan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Padre Island, Treasure Kingdom of the World written by William Mahan and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is one of the very few works where one finds that unique balance between historical accuracy and the rip-roaring drama of true life adventures. In this narrative, there is developed the intricate study of early inhabitants on Padre from both physical and cultural standpoints. Then comes the white man with the changes he effected in the land. This work carries you along with the awakening of man's curiousity in Europe and the rise of Spain with her exploratory leadership. This is a narrative that thunders with realism and the intensity of true historical adventure.

Author : James Wilson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1018 pages
Book Rating : 4.1Q/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Voyage Round the Coasts of Scotland and the Isles written by James Wilson and published by . This book was released on 1842 with total page 1018 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : James Wilson
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3385129109
Total Pages : 518 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Voyage Round the Coasts of Scotland and the Isles written by James Wilson and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-05-25 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1842.

Author : Dorothy Burtz Fiedel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book True Ghost Stories of Lancaster County Pennsylvania written by Dorothy Burtz Fiedel and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of true accounts of ghosts and other mysteries in the heart of the Pennsylvania Dutch Country, including the Manor Street mystery, the beast in the basement, the Hempfield haunting, the Marietta ghost walk and others.