More Tales Behind The Tombstones

Author : Chris Enss
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493017888
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book More Tales Behind the Tombstones written by Chris Enss and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-07-16 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More Tales Behind the Tombstones tells the stories behind the deaths (or supposed deaths) and burials of even more of the Old West's most nefarious outlaws, notorious women, and celebrated lawmen. Readers will learn the stories behind these legendary characters and visit the sites of tombs long forgotten while legends have lived on. Read about the lives (and deaths) of fearless, famous lawmen such as Bass Reeves, Chalk Beeson, Bill Tilghman, and Pat Garrett; learn about the dauntless women who blazed new paths for their sex in medicine, journalism, entertainment, and voting rights; and discover the intriguing facts and myths that continue to circulate about these and other infamous characters long after their grave markers have become worn down or simply lost to time.

Author : Chris Enss
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 076275186X
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Tales Behind the Tombstones written by Chris Enss and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2007-07-01 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tales Behind the Tombstones tells the stories behind the deaths (or supposed deaths) and burials of the Old West's most nefarious outlaws, notorious women, and celebrated lawmen. Readers will learn the story behind Calamity Jane's wish to be buried next to Wild Bill Hickok, discover how and where the Earp brothers came to be buried, and visit the sites of tombs long forgotten while legends have lived on.

Author : June Hadden Hobbs
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476686386
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Tales and Tombstones of Sunset Cemetery written by June Hadden Hobbs and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2021-11-18 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book relates the stories and describes the memorials of the people buried in Shelby, North Carolina's historic Sunset Cemetery, a microcosm of the Southeastern United States. The authors, an academic and a journalist, detail the lives and memories of people who are buried here, from Civil War soldiers to those who created the Jim Crow South and promoted the narrative of the Lost Cause. Featured are authors W.J. Cash and Thomas Dixon, whose racist novel was the basis for The Birth of a Nation. Drawn from historical research and local memory, it includes the tales of musicians Don Gibson and Bobby "Pepper Head" London, as well as a paratrooper who died in the Battle of the Bulge and other ordinary folks who rest in the cemetery. A bigger responsibility is to give a voice to the silenced, enslaved people of color buried in unmarked graves. Cemeteries are sacred places where artistry and memory meet--to understand, we need both the tales and the tombstones.

Author : H. D. Cooper
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781925962659
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Tales Behind the Tombstones written by H. D. Cooper and published by . This book was released on 2019-08 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Lawrence Lederman
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 9780374278458
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Tombstones written by Lawrence Lederman and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 1992-03-01 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Wall Street lingo, tombstones are the black-bordered newspaper notices of corporate mergers. Lederman, who created the recapitalization technique while a partner at Wachtell Lipton, presents richly detailed stories from the takeover wars of the 1980's, informed by his intimate knowledge of the strategies and personalities involved.

Author : Lambert Florin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Tales the Western Tombstones Tell written by Lambert Florin and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Sherry Monahan
Publisher : UNM Press
ISBN 13 : 0826341772
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Tombstone's Treasure written by Sherry Monahan and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 2010-11-23 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sherry Monahan is an authority on "the city that wouldn't die" and its history. In Tombstone's Treasure, she focuses on the silver mines, one reason for the city's founding, and the saloons, the other reason the city grew so quickly. When the discovery of silver at Tombstone first became known in mid-1880, there were about twenty-six saloons and breweries. By July of the following year, the number of saloons in Tombstone had doubled. The most popular saloon games of the time were faro, monte, and poker, with some offering keno, roulette, and twenty-one. Monahan shares true tales about Tombstone's mining and gambling history and describes a different time and locale where wealthy businesspeople and rugged miners rubbed elbows at the bar and gambled side by side. It is both shocking and enlightening to learn just how sophisticated Tombstone really was when the Earps, Doc Holliday, Johnny Ringo, and Curly Bill strode the boardwalks. Tombstone actually had telephones, ice cream parlors, coffee shops, a bowling alley, and a swimming pool. Wow! It is so contrary to the Hollywood version of the town . . . but it's absolutely true."--from the Foreword by Bob Boze Bell Read Sherry Monahan's interview on AMC on the Wild West and the film Wild Bill

Author : Chris Enss
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493045938
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The Lady and the Mountain Man written by Chris Enss and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-08-01 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: **2022 Will Rogers Medallion Award Gold Winner for Western Biographies and Memoirs** The love they shared for an untamed land brought them together. Isabella Bird was a proper Victorian lady, a minster’s daughter, a writer who traveled the globe. She was expected to marry a man of means and position instead she was drawn to a gruff mountain man, a desperado named Jim Nugent. The unlikely pair met in Estes Park, Colorado in 1873. Jim was enchanted by Isabella and she was infatuated with him. In a published version of Isabella’s letter to her sister, she said of Jim that “he was a man any woman might love but no sane woman would marry.” On a climb to the top of Longs Peak their friendship blossomed into more than expected. This book reveals the true story of Bird’s relationship with Nugent as they traveled through the dramatic wilderness of the Rocky Mountains.

Author : Douglas Keister
Publisher : Gibbs Smith
ISBN 13 : 1423611004
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Stories in Stone written by Douglas Keister and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 2004-04-05 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Certain symbols abound in modern Western culture that are instantly recognizable: the cross signifies Christianity, the six-pointed Star of David is revered by Jews, the golden arches frequently means it's time for lunch. Other symbols, however, require a bit of decoding-particularly those found in cemeteries. Cemeteries are virtual encyclopedias of symbolism. Engravings on tombstones, mausoleums and memorials tell us just about everything there is to know about a person- date of birth and death as well as religion, ethnicity, occupation, community interests, and much more. In the fascinating new book Stories in Stone: The Complete Guide to Cemetery Symbolism by noted author Douglas Keister, the secrets of cemetery symbolism are finally revealed. For instance, did you know that it is quite rare to see a sunflower on a tombstone? Did you know that the human foot symbolizes humility and service since it consistently touches the earth? Or the humble sheaf of wheat-while it is often used to denote someone who has lived a long and fruitful life, do you know other meanings it might carry? Stories in Stone provides history along with images of a wide variety of common and not-so-common cemetery symbols, and offers an in-depth examination of stone relics and the personal and intimate details they display-flora and fauna, religious icons, society symbols, and final impressions of how the deceased wished to be remembered. Douglas Keister has created a practical field guide that is compact and portable, perfect for those interested in family histories and genealogical research, and is the only book of its kind that unlocks the language of symbols in a comprehensive and easy-to-understand manner. Douglas Keister has photographed fourteen award-winning, critically acclaimed books (including Red Tile Style: America's Spanish Revival Architecture, The Bungalow: America's Arts & Crafts Home, and Storybook Style: America's Whimsical Homes of the Twenties) earning him the title "America's most noted photographer of historic architecture." He also writes and illustrates magazine articles and contributes photographs and essays to other books, calendars, posters, and greeting cards. Doug lives in Chico, California, and travels frequently to photograph and lecture on historic architecture and photography.

Author : Lawrence Block
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061760315
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Walk Among the Tombstones written by Lawrence Block and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-03-17 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book description to come.