The Night Riders


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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.




Night Riders in Black Folk History


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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




Night Riders of Reelfoot Lake


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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.




The Night Riders


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Bessie Smith and the Night Riders


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Black blues singer Bessie Smith single-handedly scares off Ku Klux Klan members who are trying to disrupt her show one hot July night in Concord, North Carolina. Includes historical note.




Texas Pride


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"USA Today"-bestselling author and top Western romance author Greenwood is back with this installment in her Night Riders series. Original.




Texas Night Riders


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Heart of a Texan


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"An emotional, fast-paced western tale, full of realistic characters, authentic settings, nonstop action, backstabbing villains and rough justice.";—RT Book Reviews From USA Today bestselling author Leigh Greenwood comes a historical western romance filled with gritty cowboys, strong-willed women, and a whole lot of heart in the Wild West 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 "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







The Legend of the Nightriders


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Between 1862 and 1870, nightriders rode, robbed, and murdered their way along the Natchez trace in North-Central Louisiana. The legend of these nightriders has persisted. Descendants say these outlaws killed countless migrants traveling from the southeastern states to Texas in search of a new start after the Civil War. These highwaymen were so successful they dug deep holes in the ground just to dispose of their victims' bodies. They continued to maraud until a famed Easter Sunday massacre, when vigilantes lynched much of their leadership. Afterward, vigilantes claimed to have found forty skeletons in one of the holes. Dan Dean and Laws Kimbrel were both Civil War prisoners. They knew each other. After they were released, Kimbrel returned to his extended family. The Kimbrel family robbed and murdered mercilessly. Dean too returned and did his share of killing, but he and Kimbrel developed differences. Dean grew disenchanted with his life of violence. Eventually a group of vigilantes - with Dean's help - challenged the outlaw nightriders, who included the Kimbrel family. And Dean and Laws Kimbrel faced each once again...