More Amazing Tales From Indiana

Author : Fred D. Cavinder
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253216533
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book More Amazing Tales from Indiana written by Fred D. Cavinder and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2003-11-19 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stories in this book will provide entertainment for everyone and evoke wonder in the most jaded observer of the human condition. Some of the exploits that Fred D. Cavinder describes are half-hidden footnotes to national and international happenings. Others seem so typical of Indiana that they will appeal to anyone who understands the Hoosier spirit. But all of them are true—recorded in reliable accounts or by reliable witnesses from early times to the present. In "Saving Face," Cavinder introduces us to General Ambrose Burnside of Liberty. Burnside blundered his way through the Civil War, relocated to Rhode Island, and served three terms as governor and two terms as U.S. Senator. But what we really remember Burnside for is his unique facial hair—his "sideburns." Did you know that Indiana produced three of the movie Tarzans? In "AHHaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiieeeeeeeee!" you can find out who they were. With its sometimes quirky stories about the Hoosier state, More Amazing Tales from Indiana will be a ready companion for the bedside table and will provide a wellspring of anecdotes for speechmakers and pundits.

Author : Fred D. Cavinder
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253206589
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Amazing Tales from Indiana written by Fred D. Cavinder and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1990-09-22 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Submitted for your consideration: the blind man who designed and built an automobile, the "volunteertree growing out of a courthouse roof, and much, much more.

Author : Fred D. Cavinder
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253283207
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Indiana Book of Records, Firsts, and Fascinating Facts written by Fred D. Cavinder and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1985-11-22 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What the Guinness brothers have done for the records of the world, this book does for Indiana, whose resourceful inhabitants have blazed a bright trail of accomplishments in nearly every field. There is wonderful whimsy in this census of people who excel, excite, enthrall, and exceed the expectations of even the most eager Hoosierphile.

Author : Jerome Pohlen
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
ISBN 13 : 1613738528
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Oddball Indiana written by Jerome Pohlen and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2017-05-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indiana often calls itself the Crossroads of the Nation. It's not also perhaps the very nexus of US weirdness. Armed with Oddball Indiana, you'll soon discover the strange underbelly of the Hoosier State, from brain sandwiches to square donuts. Indiana has monuments to Michael Jackson, the comic strip character Joe Palooka, and the World's Largest Egg. It's where Alka-Seltzer and Wonder Bread were invented, where A Christmas Story actually took place, and where the good but angry citizens of Plainfield conspired to dump President Martin Van Buren in a mud puddle. Along with humorous histories and offbeat observations, Oddball Indiana provides addresses, websites, hours, fees, and driving directions for each of its 350+ entries.

Author : Ashley Petry
Publisher : Reedy Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 1681062402
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Secret Indianapolis: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure written by Ashley Petry and published by Reedy Press LLC. This book was released on 2019-09-15 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where in Indianapolis can you find a disappearing painting, a towering “ice tree,” or a giant pink elephant holding a martini? What caused the Great Squirrel Invasion of 1822, and why did Hollywood celebrities once flock to an Indianapolis cottage called Tuckaway? Where can you find a hidden museum dedicated to antique fire extinguishers? And what, exactly, is a Recordface? You’ll find the answers to these questions, and many others, in this guide to Indy’s overlooked, offbeat, and unknown. Secret Indianapolis profiles the city’s best-kept restaurant secrets, strangest parks and museums, creepiest urban legends, and weirdest works of art. It also tells the stories of forgotten local heroes, and it reveals the secrets behind beloved Indy landmarks. You’ll discover the only place in the world where it’s still possible to order Choc-Ola, explore the most haunted house in Indiana, and hear about the very dirty prank Hoosiers once pulled on a former president. Written by lifelong Hoosier and local author Ashley Petry, Secret Indianapolis offers a new way to explore the Circle City—from the quirks of local history to bizarre activities you can try today.

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Publisher : PediaPress
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Comic Strips Before 1918 written by and published by PediaPress. This book was released on with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Alan McPherson
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1434316440
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Journeys to the Past written by Alan McPherson and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2007 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An essential book for people in all stages of recovery as well as medical professionals and criminal justice officials, The Recovering Alcoholic Companion offers 29 simulated 12 step meetings on various topics and 36 short essays of experience, strength, and hope. These meetings' are simulated renditions only. All precautions have been taken to protect the anonymity of the program and its members. The purpose of this book is to serve as a companion to recovering alcoholics who are unable to get to a meeting by providing the material to conduct their own meeting. Because the foremost reason alcoholics relapse is they don't go to meetings, it should be presented by loved ones and recommended by probation officers, doctors, therapists, treatment centers, and incarceration facilities.

Author : Michael A. Homoya
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781947141469
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wake Up, Woods written by Michael A. Homoya and published by . This book was released on 2019-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early in the year, our North American forests come to life as native wildflowers start to push up through patches of snow. With longer days and sunlight streaming down through bare branches of towering trees, life on the forest floor awakens from its winter sleep. Plants such as green dragon, squirrel corn, and bloodroot interact with their pollinators and seed dispersers and rush to create new life before the trees above leaf out and block the sun's rays. Wake Up, Woods showcases the splendor of our warming forests and offers clues to nature's annual springtime floral show as we walk in our parks and wilderness areas, or even in shade gardens around our homes. Readers of Wake Up, Woods will see that Gillian Harris, Michael Homoya and Shane Gibson, through illustrations and text, present a captivating look into our forests' biodiversity, showing how species depend on plants for food and help assure plant reproduction. This book celebrates some of nature's most fascinating moments that happen in forests where we live and play.

Author : S. E. Schlosser
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 076278959X
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spooky Indiana written by S. E. Schlosser and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2012-08-07 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pull up a chair or gather round the campfire and get ready for creepy tales of ghostly hauntings, eerie happenings, and other strange occurrences in the Hoosier State. Whether read around the campfire on a dark and stormy night or from the backseat of the family van on the way to grandma's, this is a collection to treasure.

Author : Gerald R. Gems
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
ISBN 13 : 0815652542
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sport and the Shaping of Italian-American Identity written by Gerald R. Gems and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2013-12-16 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gems traces the experience of the Italian immigrant and illustrates the ways in which sports helped Italian-Americans adapt to a new culture, assert pride in an ethnic identity, and even achieve social advancement. Employing historical, sociological, and anthropological studies, Gems explores how sports were instrumental in helping notions of identity evolve from the individual to the community, from the racial to the ethnic. In doing so, Sport and the Shaping of Italian-American Identity transcends the study of a particular ethnic group to speak to foundational values and characteristics of the American ethos.