Skulls Along The River

Author : J. F. Langton
Publisher : Strategic Book Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1609116216
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book River of Skulls written by J. F. Langton and published by Strategic Book Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emily Fairfield sails to California in 1850 expecting her lawyer-turned-gold miner husband to meet her for a second honeymoon in San Francisco. Instead, she finds herself amidst a wild and lawless culture dominated by gold-fever. Feeling abandoned, Emily is nonetheless determined to find her husband. But when she is met by an old man on the waterfront, her determination turns to cold fear when he says that El Rio de las Calveras, where she may find her husband, translates to the River of Skulls. "A wonderful story of a brave, adventurous woman, her family, and events in the period which spans 1850 to 1906. The author vividly portrays the events and gorgeous scenery of the foothills in which she lives."---C. Leandro, Santa Margarita, CA "River of Skulls unfolds in an engrossing narrative of life in California's Gold Rush era. Careful research on the part of the author is reflected in the story's period setting and dialogue, fulfilling the reader's desire for authenticity. The life of a gutsy woman and her family makes this a page turner, right up to the end!" --M. J. Post, Portland, OR "I thought River of Skulls was a marvelous first novel for the author...a true delight to read." --Dori Hamilton, Beaverton

Author : Quincy Troupe
Publisher : Reed & Cannon Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Skulls Along the River written by Quincy Troupe and published by Reed & Cannon Company. This book was released on 1984 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the volume of poetry Skulls Along the River (1984), Troupe meditates on an array of subjects, including love, family, and the importance of a folkloric past"--Oxford Reference website, viewed November 21, 2023.

Author : Peter Kaufman
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
ISBN 13 : 1609382137
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Skull in the Ashes written by Peter Kaufman and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2013-09-15 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a February night in 1897, the general store in Walford, Iowa, burned down. The next morning, townspeople discovered a charred corpse in the ashes. Everyone knew that the store’s owner, Frank Novak, had been sleeping in the store as a safeguard against burglars. Now all that remained were a few of his personal items scattered under the body. At first, it seemed to be a tragic accident mitigated just a bit by Novak’s foresight in buying generous life insurance policies to provide for his family. But soon an investigation by the ambitious new county attorney, M. J. Tobin, turned up evidence suggesting that the dead man might actually be Edward Murray, a hard-drinking local laborer. Relying upon newly developed forensic techniques, Tobin gradually built a case implicating Novak in Murray’s murder. But all he had was circumstantial evidence, and up to that time few murder convictions had been won on that basis in the United States. Others besides Tobin were interested in the case, including several companies that had sold Novak life insurance policies. One agency hired detectives to track down every clue regarding the suspect’s whereabouts. Newspapers across the country ran sensational headlines with melodramatic coverage of the manhunt. Veteran detective Red Perrin’s determined trek over icy mountain paths and dangerous river rapids to the raw Yukon Territory town of Dawson City, which was booming with prospectors as the Klondike gold rush began, made for especially good copy. Skull in the Ashes traces the actions of Novak, Tobin, and Perrin, showing how the Walford fire played a pivotal role in each man’s life. Along the way, author Peter Kaufman gives readers a fascinating glimpse into forensics, detective work, trial strategies, and prison life at the close of the nineteenth century. As much as it is a chilling tale of a cold-blooded murder and its aftermath, this is also the story of three ambitious young men and their struggle to succeed in a rapidly modernizing world.

Author : George Marsh
Publisher : Philadelphia : Penn Publishing Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.SA/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The River of Skulls written by George Marsh and published by Philadelphia : Penn Publishing Company. This book was released on 1936 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Samuel George Morton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Catalogue of Skulls of Man and the Inferior Animals, in the Collection of Samuel George Morton ... written by Samuel George Morton and published by . This book was released on 1849 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jake McGowan-Lowe
Publisher : Ticktock Books, Limited
ISBN 13 : 9781848988521
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jake's Bones written by Jake McGowan-Lowe and published by Ticktock Books, Limited. This book was released on 2014-03-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jake McGowan-Lowe is a boy with a very unusual hobby. Since the age of 7, he has been photographing and blogging about his incredible finds and now has a worldwide following, including 100,000 visitors from the US and Canada. Follow Jake as he explores the animal world through this new 64-page book. He takes you on a world wide journey of his own collection, and introduces you to other amazing animals from the four corners of the globe. Find out what a cow's tooth, a rabbit's rib and a duck's quack look like and much, much more besides.

Author : William King
Publisher : Typhon Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Taker of Skulls written by William King and published by Typhon Press. This book was released on with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The King of High Adventure," Starlog. "Immediately convincing, classically brooding," Steve Tompkins, TheCimmerian.com To the world at large, he is a mercenary and assassin, a brutal killer with a deadly blade. In reality Kormak is a Guardian, one of an ancient order sworn to protect humanity from the servants of the gathering darkness. Kormak is a sword and sorcery hero in the tradition of Conan, Solomon Kane and Druss the Legend, a driven man with a mission to hunt down the ancient demons who slaughtered his family. His fast-paced, action-packed adventures take him from one end of his richly detailed fantasy world to the other. TAKER OF SKULLS Kormak is ordered to guard the enigmatic sorceress Karnea with his life as she ventures into the Dwarven city of Khazduroth. It is a quest that begs many questions. What awful knowledge is Karnea really seeking amid the ruins of an ancient civilisation? Why has the sinister and mighty Old One known as the Taker of Skulls chosen this moment to return to the place where he was once worshipped as a god? And will anyone survive the deadly journey into the forsaken homeland of the once proud Dwarves. Join Kormak as he battles his way through a gigantic underground city in search of one of the most dangerous secrets of the Old Ones.

Author : David Hurst Thomas
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 0786724366
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Skull Wars written by David Hurst Thomas and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2001-04-05 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1996 discovery, near Kennewick, Washington, of a 9,000-year-old Caucasoid skeleton brought more to the surface than bones. The explosive controversy and resulting lawsuit also raised a far more fundamental question: Who owns history? Many Indians see archeologists as desecrators of tribal rites and traditions; archeologists see their livelihoods and science threatened by the 1990 Federal reparation law, which gives tribes control over remains in their traditional territories. In this new work, Thomas charts the riveting story of this lawsuit, the archeologists' deteriorating relations with American Indians, and the rise of scientific archeology. His telling of the tale gains extra credence from his own reputation as a leader in building cooperation between the two sides.

Author : Albert Johan Dirk MEIRING
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The "Wilton" Skulls of the Matjes River Shelter, Etc. [With Plates.]. written by Albert Johan Dirk MEIRING and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 884 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bulletin ... written by and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 884 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: