The Night Riders

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Publisher : McSweeneys Books
ISBN 13 : 9781938073724
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.2X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Night Riders written by and published by McSweeneys Books. This book was released on 2013-09-26 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Matt Furie's glorious first picture book — now in paperback, too! A nocturnal frog and rat wake at midnight, share a salad of lettuce and bugs, and strike off on an epic dirtbike adventure toward the sunrise. As the friends make their way from forest to bat cave to ghost town to ocean to shore and beyond, new friends are discovered, a huge crab is narrowly avoided, and a world is revealed. Packed with colorful characters and surprising details on every hand-drawn page, The Night Riders is the ideal book for anyone who has ever wanted to surf to the mountains on the back of a dolphin.

Author : Gladys-Marie Fry
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 9780807849637
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Night Riders in Black Folk History written by Gladys-Marie Fry and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2001 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During and after the days of slavery in the United States, one way in which slaveowners, overseers, and other whites sought to control the black population was to encourage and exploit a fear of the supernatural. By planting rumors of evil spirits, haunte

Author : Paul Vanderwood
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
ISBN 13 : 081735039X
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Night Riders of Reelfoot Lake written by Paul Vanderwood and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2003-06-23 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A notable and tragic case of the struggle between legal and social justice Reelfoot Lake has been a hunting and fishing paradise from the time of its creation in 1812, when the New Madrid earthquake caused the Mississippi River to flow backward into low-lying lands. Situated in the northwestern corner of the state of Tennessee, it attracted westward-moving pioneers, enticing some to settle permanently on its shores. Threatened in 1908 with the loss of their homes and livelihoods to aggressive, outsider capitalists, rural folk whose families had lived for generations on the bountiful lake donned hoods and gowns and engaged in “night riding,” spreading mayhem and death throughout the region as they sought vigilante justice. They had come to regard the lake as their own, by “squatters’ rights,” but now a group of entrepreneurs from St. Louis had bought the titles to the land beneath the shallow lake and were laying legal claim to Reelfoot in its entirety. People were hanged, beaten, and threatened and property destroyed before the state militia finally quelled the uprising. A compromise that made the lake public property did not entirely heal the wounds which continue to this day. Paul Vanderwood reconstructs these harrowing events from newspapers and other accounts of the time. He also obtained personal interviews with participants and family members who earlier had remained mum, still fearing prosecution. The Journal of American History declares his book “the complete and authentic treatment” of the horrific dispute and its troubled aftermath.

Author : Todhunter Ballard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Night Riders written by Todhunter Ballard and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Leigh Greenwood
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1402263961
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Texas Pride written by Leigh Greenwood and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2012 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "USA Today"-bestselling author and top Western romance author Greenwood is back with this installment in her Night Riders series. Original.

Author : Christopher Waldrep
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780822313939
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Night Riders written by Christopher Waldrep and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reassessment of the vigilante bands that sought to force small, independent-minded tobacco growers to adhere to practices that would benefit the larger farmers in areas of Kentucky, Tennessee, Illinois, and Missouri. Argues that they were not against modernization, but wanted to maintain their elite status by engaging in the national market while keeping their black workers cheap and dependent. The chapters have been published previously as articles. Paper edition (unseen), $16.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : James O. Nall
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Tobacco Night Riders of Kentucky and Tennessee, 1905-1909 written by James O. Nall and published by . This book was released on 1939 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Leigh Greenwood
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1402264003
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Heart of a Texan written by Leigh Greenwood and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2012-11-06 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An emotional, fast-paced western tale, full of realistic characters, authentic settings, nonstop action, backstabbing villains and rough justice.";—RT Book Reviews When a group of masked bandits raid Roberta's ranch, killing her father, she is determined to discover who is behind the attack. But first she'll need to nurse the neighbor back to health. The one who came to help her; the one she shot in the chest! Roberta never meant to hurt anyone. But the night of the raid it was hard to tell friend from foe. She didn't know Nate Dolan was only trying to help when she shot him. And when he offers to help her catch the culprits, she only feels guiltier. The absolutely least she can do is take care of the rugged cowboy while he recuperates. Nate has been on the vengeance trail so long, he nearly forgot what a real home looked like. And Roberta is mighty fine incentive to stay put for a while-even if she has a stubborn streak as wide was the great state of Texas. She might be convinced she's healing the wound in his chest, but neither of them knows she's also soothing the hurt in his heart. Night Riders Series: Texas Pride Heart of a Texan What readers are saying about Heart of a Texan "Interweaving action, suspense and romance, HEART OF A TEXAN has you frantically turning pages..." "This was a book I could not stop reading or put down..." What reviewers are saying about Heart of a Texan "Strap yourself in for a wild ride with this cowboy and the stubborn love of his life."-Fresh Fiction "Rip-roaring, fast-paced high adventure... a delicious romance."-Historical Hilarity "An emotional, fast-paced western tale, full of realistic characters, authentic settings, nonstop action, backstabbing villains and rough justice."-RT Book Reviews What everyone is saying about RT Career Achievement Award Winner Leigh Greenwood "Greenwood keeps your interest and makes you care about his characters."-Long and Short Reviews "[Greenwood] writes a Texas romance like he's been there and lived it himself. His settings are vividly described, his characters drawn so effectively you're hooked after the first chapter and his story lines can keep you turning pages late into the night." "Leigh Greenwood always writes an amazing western. Always."-Books Like Breathing "You can't beat an historical Texas romance by Leigh Greenwood. He writes of Texas like no other author." The Good, The Bad, and the Unread. "Leigh Greenwood really has a way with bringing characters to life for readers. Whether it was the protagonists, the villains or subsidiary characters, each role was thoroughly thought out and effortlessly presented."-Romance Fiction on Suite 101 "If it's a Greenwood cowboy story, readers are guaranteed an emotional, rich, adventurous romance with strong heroes and courageous heroines"-RT Book Reviews

Author : Ray Slater
Publisher : Subterranean
ISBN 13 : 9780964989016
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Texas Night Riders written by Ray Slater and published by Subterranean. This book was released on 1997-02-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Bill Cunningham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On Bended Knees written by Bill Cunningham and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A non-fictional tale of the Kentucky and Tennessee tobacco wars and farmers' revolt against the impoverishing tobacco prices of the "Duke Trust." Story of James B. Duke's tobacco empire and Dr. David Amoss from Kentucky, who led the secret organiztion known as the "Night Riders.