Legendary Trains

Author : Keagan LeJeune
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 0807162590
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Legendary Louisiana Outlaws written by Keagan LeJeune and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2016-03-21 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the infamous pirate Jean Laffite and the storied couple Bonnie and Clyde, to less familiar bandits like train-robber Eugene Bunch and suspected murderer Leather Britches Smith, Legendary Louisiana Outlaws explores Louisiana's most fascinating fugitives. In this entertaining volume, Keagan LeJeune draws from historical accounts and current folklore to examine the specific moments and legal climate that spawned these memorable characters. He shows how Laffite embodied Louisiana's shift from an entrenched French and Spanish legal system to an American one, and relates how the notorious groups like the West and Kimbrell Clan served as community leaders and law officers but covertly preyed on Louisiana's Neutral Strip residents until citizens took the law into their own hands. Likewise, the bootlegging Dunn brothers in Vinton, he explains, demonstrate folk justice's distinction between an acceptable criminal act (operating an illegal moonshine still) and an unacceptable one (cold-blooded murder). Recounting each outlaw's life, LeJeune also considers their motives for breaking the law as well as their attempts at evading capture. Running from authorities and trying to escape imprisonment or even death, these men and women often relied on the support of ordinary citizens, sympathetic in the face of oppressive and unfair laws. Through the lens of folk life, LeJeune's engaging narrative demonstrates how a justice system functions and changes and highlights Louisiana's particular challenges in adapting a system of law and order to work for everyone.

Author : Philip Steele
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0753464659
Total Pages : 47 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Legendary Journeys: Trains written by Philip Steele and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2010-09-14 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uncover the romance of train travel in this eye-catching, hands-on exploration of the Iron Horse. Amazing die-cuts, sliders, and see-through panels bring the details to life as readers see inside some of the world's most iconic trains. Full color.

Author : Donna Strother Deekens
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625845952
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Virginia's Legendary Santa Trains written by Donna Strother Deekens and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013-10-08 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning in the 1950s, department stores around the Commonwealth teamed up with rail lines to create a magical Christmas adventure: the Santa Train. Delight-filled children from Richmond and Alexandria to Roanoke flocked to see and ride the trains sponsored by Miller & Rhoads, Cox's Department Store, J.C. Penney and many others. These majestic trains rode the rails across Virginia with old Saint Nick himself. Join railroad author Doug Riddell and former Miller & Rhoads Snow Queen Donna Strother Deekens as they recount heartwarming memories of Christmases past and chronicle the history of Virginia's Kris Kringle trains.

Author : DuMont
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783832071158
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Legendary Trains written by DuMont and published by . This book was released on 2002-07-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Thomas Hornung
Publisher : Dumont Monte
ISBN 13 : 9783770170814
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Legendary Trains written by Thomas Hornung and published by Dumont Monte. This book was released on 2001 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This superb book is devoted to trains past and present, all over the world. It is superbly illustrated with numerous magnificent photographs of locomotives then and now. The history of railways is comprehensively covered, from horse-drawn streetcars and George Stephenson's steam-powered 'Rocket' of 1829, through the glory days of steam, the development of diesel and electric locomotives, to the technical wonders of today's high-speed trains, such as the TGV and the Transrapid.

Author : Nathaniel Adams
Publisher : Little Gestalten
ISBN 13 : 9783899558456
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tales of the Rails written by Nathaniel Adams and published by Little Gestalten. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jump on board a visual journey that will draw readers young and old into the magic of traveling by train, the sense of adventure and discovery as you look around at the world passing by. Learn about the trains like the bullet train Shinkansen and the most ambitious, daring and important train routes ever constructed. From Australia to Wales, each route is unique. Find out why as we travel the globe and explore the stories of the people who built, designed and ride the railways. Discover how these routes came to be and the impact they have had on history and people's lives today.

Author : John Grams
Publisher : Kalmbach Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 0871162113
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Legendary Lionel Trains written by John Grams and published by Kalmbach Publishing Company. This book was released on 2004 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For both collectors and enthusiasts, this book highlights the highly collectible and beloved toy trains.

Author : Robert Schleicher
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781616731458
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lionel Legend written by Robert Schleicher and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 756 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Trains written by and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Legendary Trains written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: