Oklahoma Tall Tales Uncovered

Author : Joe M. Cummings
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 143967664X
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Oklahoma Tall Tales Uncovered written by Joe M. Cummings and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2022-11-07 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Amelia Earhart's arrest to the croquet mallet that foiled Bonnie and Clyde, Joe M. Cummings reveals the hidden depths of Oklahoma's tall tales. Oklahoma has no shortage of tall tales chock full of truth, however unlikely it might seem. Puzzle over Geronimo's three skulls. Examine the beer bottle that suckered town leaders on April Fools' Day or join the mad rush of a hundred thousand person race. Accompany the governor who went to the White House and boxed the President. Untangle the hideouts and shootouts of notorious outlaws like the Dalton Gang. Retrieve the kind of lore that is buried alongside Oklahoma's legends.

Author : Joe M. Cummings
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467153117
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Oklahoma Tall Tales Uncovered written by Joe M. Cummings and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2022-11-07 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Amelia Earhart's arrest to the croquet mallet that foiled Bonnie and Clyde, Joe M. Cummings reveals the hidden depths of Oklahoma's tall tales. Oklahoma has no shortage of tall tales chock full of truth, however unlikely it might seem. Puzzle over Geronimo's three skulls. Examine the beer bottle that suckered town leaders on April Fools' Day or join the mad rush of a hundred thousand person race. Accompany the governor who went to the White House and boxed the President. Untangle the hideouts and shootouts of notorious outlaws like the Dalton Gang. Retrieve the kind of lore that is buried alongside Oklahoma's legends.

Author : Jack Shakely
Publisher : Strider Nolan Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781932045734
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pretty Boy Floyd's Clarinet and Other Tall Tales of Oklahoma written by Jack Shakely and published by Strider Nolan Publishing. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning author Jack Shakely presents a collection of nineteen stories and essays. Although many are set in or around Oklahoma, this collection presents a nostalgic look at America - and Americana - through the decades. From the Civil War to the Iraq War, from Creek Indians to young orphans from New York City, these tall tales, fact-based anecdotes, and real life memoirs present a time capsule of the history of the United States.

Author : Marilyn A. Hudson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780977885039
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Annie Oklahoma written by Marilyn A. Hudson and published by . This book was released on 2007-11-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Richard Young
Publisher : August House Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ozark Tall Tales written by Richard Young and published by August House Publishers. This book was released on 1989 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Authentic mountain tales such as hill folk have told for centuries, including such favorites as The One-Bullet Hunt, as well as jokes and pen-and-ink drawings by W.E. Hall.

Author : Steve Wilson
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 9780806121741
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Oklahoma Treasures and Treasure Tales written by Steve Wilson and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 1989-05-01 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains stories; some true, some legendary, about caches of lost treasure.

Author : Mary Pope Osborne
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Tall Tales written by Mary Pope Osborne and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1991 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of tall tales about such American folk heroes as Paul Bunyan, Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind, Pecos Bill, and John Henry.

Author : Gene Aldrich
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book True Tales in Oklahoma written by Gene Aldrich and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection of accounts of actual happenings in Oklahoma.

Author : Jerry Enzler
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806169796
Total Pages : 511 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jim Bridger written by Jerry Enzler and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2021-04-29 with total page 511 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even among iconic frontiersmen like John C. Frémont, Kit Carson, and Jedediah Smith, Jim Bridger stands out. A mountain man of the American West, straddling the fur trade era and the age of exploration, he lived the life legends are made of. His adventures are fit for remaking into the tall tales Bridger himself liked to tell. Here, in a biography that finally gives this outsize character his due, Jerry Enzler takes this frontiersman’s full measure for the first time—and tells a story that would do Jim Bridger proud. Born in 1804 and orphaned at thirteen, Bridger made his first western foray in 1822, traveling up the Missouri River with Mike Fink and a hundred enterprising young men to trap beaver. At twenty he “discovered” the Great Salt Lake. At twenty-one he was the first to paddle the Bighorn River’s Bad Pass. At twenty-two he explored the wonders of Yellowstone. In the following years, he led trapping brigades into Blackfeet territory; guided expeditions of Smithsonian scientists, topographical engineers, and army leaders; and, though he could neither read nor write, mapped the tribal boundaries for the Great Indian Treaty of 1851. Enzler charts Bridger’s path from the fort he built on the Oregon Trail to the route he blazed for Montana gold miners to avert war with Red Cloud and his Lakota coalition. Along the way he married into the Flathead, Ute, and Shoshone tribes and produced seven children. Tapping sources uncovered in the six decades since the last documented Bridger biography, Enzler’s book fully conveys the drama and details of the larger-than-life history of the “King of the Mountain Men.” This is the definitive story of an extraordinary life.

Author : David Dary
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 9780806151397
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stories of Old-Time Oklahoma written by David Dary and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2013-08-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you know how Oklahoma came to have a panhandle? Did you know that Washington Irving once visited what is now Oklahoma? Can you name the official state rock, or list the courses in the official state meal? The answers to these questions, and others you may not have thought to ask, can be found in this engaging collection of tales by renowned journalist-historian David Dary. Most of the stories gathered here first appeared as newspaper articles during the state centennial in 2007. For this volume Dary has revised and expanded them—and added new ones. He begins with an overview of Oklahoma’s rich and varied history and geography, describing the origins of its trails, rails, and waterways and recounting the many tales of buried treasure that are part of Oklahoma lore. But the heart of any state is its people, and Dary introduces us to Oklahomans ranging from Indian leaders Quanah Parker and Satanta, to lawmen Bass Reeves and Bill Tilghman, to twentieth-century performing artists Woody Guthrie, Will Rogers, and Gene Autry. Dary also writes about forts and stagecoaches, cattle ranching and oil, outlaws and lawmen, inventors and politicians, and the names and pronunciation of Oklahoma towns. And he salutes such intellectual and artistic heroes as distinguished teacher and writer Angie Debo and artist and educator Oscar Jacobson, one of the first to focus world attention on Indian art. Reading this book is like listening to a knowledgeable old-timer regale his audience with historical anecdotes, “so it was said” tall tales, and musings on what it all means. Whether you’re a native of the Sooner State or a newcomer, you are sure to learn much from these accounts of the people, places, history, and folklore of Oklahoma.