Tombstone Tales
Author : Gary Ledoux
Publisher : Goose Flats Graphics
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 27,82 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Tombstone (Ariz.)
ISBN :
Preacher
Author : Roger A. Bruns
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 40,67 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780252070754
Book Description
Born in Iowa during the Civil War, Billy Sunday rose to fame as the fastest man in baseball during his career with the Chicago White Stockings in the 1880s. In this account of Billy Sunday's life, the author unfolds the story of modern evangelism.
Entertainment in the Old West
Author : Jeremy Agnew
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 39,29 MB
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : History
ISBN : 0786486457
Book Description
Miners, loggers, railroad men, and others flooded into the American West after the discovery of gold in 1848, and entertainers seeking to fill the demand for distraction from the workers' daily toil soon followed. Actors, actresses and traveling troupes crisscrossed the American frontier, performing in tents, saloons, fancy theaters, and the open air. This exploration of the heyday of popular theater in the Old West chronicles its emergence and growth from 1850 to the early twentieth century. Here is the story of the men and women who provided myriad types of entertainment in the Old West, and brought excitement, laughter and tears to generations of pioneers.
Alcohol and Opium in the Old West
Author : Jeremy Agnew
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 48,9 MB
Release : 2013-10-17
Category : History
ISBN : 1476612552
Book Description
This book explores the role and influence of drink and drugs (primarily opium) in the Old West, which for this book is considered to be America west of the Mississippi from the California gold rush of the 1840s to the closing of the Western Frontier in roughly 1900. This period was the first time in American history that heavy drinking and drug abuse became a major social concern. Drinking was considered to be an accepted pursuit for men at the time. Smoking opium was considered to be deviant and associated with groups on the fringes of mainstream society, but opium use and addiction by women was commonplace. This book presents the background of both substances and how their use spread across the West, at first for medicinal purposes--but how overuse and abuse led to the Temperance Movement and eventually to National Prohibition. This book reports the historical reality of alcohol and opium use in the Old West without bias.
Tombstone
Author : Jane Eppinga
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 38,69 MB
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 9780738579337
Book Description
In the 1800s, Tombstone was a rowdy silver-mining camp and the scene of a famous gunfight that enhanced its wicked reputation. When the rich silver mines were tapped out, Tombstone managed to survive and lived up to its motto, "The Town Too Tough to Die." The movie industry enhanced this wild reputation by portraying legendary gunfights at the O.K. Corral--which never actually took place at that location. For many years, the town has used its history to attract visitors by giving them a sense of life in the Old West. This volume includes many of the postcards tourists mailed home depicting romanticized and legendary views of Tombstone.
Speaking With the Spirits of the Old Southwest
Author : Dan Baldwin
Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 27,51 MB
Release : 2018-05-08
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 0738757470
Book Description
Discover the Chilling, True Stories of the Spirits Who Haunt the Otherworldly Landscape of the American Southwest Out in the Arizona desert, among the crumbling adobe and nearly forgotten ghost towns, the restless spirits of unfortunate souls still lurk, trapped between this world and the next. For years, Dan Baldwin and Dwight and Rhonda Hull have made it their mission to communicate with the spirits, using pendulums and psychic abilities to discover their ghostly secrets and help them pass to the other side. Discover the secluded spirits of the Courtland Jail in Cochise County, Arizona. Learn about the tragic fate of the miners in the Santa Rita Mountains. Feel the thrill of the investigators' conversation with the ghost of Mattie Earp, the common-law wife of the famous Tombstone lawman. Speaking with the Spirits of the Old Southwest is filled with spine-tingling stories and fascinating historical insights into one of the most spiritually active regions of the world. The authors also share files of the EVPs discussed in the book on their website. Includes photos of the authors' investigations in Arizona
All Music Guide to Country
Author : Michael Erlewine
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 644 pages
File Size : 34,37 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780879304751
Book Description
Reviews and rates the best recordings of country artists and groups, provides biographies of the artists, and charts the evolution of country music
Honky-tonks
Author : Eileen Sisk
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 11,32 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN :
Book Description
Book gives you the complete inside scoop-right down to what to wear, house etiquette, and dance styles-just about everything you need to know to survive in a cowboy bar. Complete guide to the finest honky-tonks in the West and across the country.
Historical Dictionary of American Theater
Author : James Fisher
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 571 pages
File Size : 19,43 MB
Release : 2015-04-16
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 081087833X
Book Description
Historical Dictionary of American Theater: Beginnings covers the history of theater as well as the literature of America from 1538 to 1880. The years covered by this volume features the rise of the popular stage in American during the colonial era and the first century of the United States of America, with an emphasis on its practitioners, including such figures as Lewis Hallam, David Douglass, Mercy Otis Warren, Edwin Forrest, Charlotte Cushman, Joseph Jefferson, Ida Aldridge, Dion Boucicault, Edwin Booth, and many others. The Historical Dictionary of American Theater: Beginnings covers the history of early American Theatre through a chronology, an introductory essay, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 1000 cross-referenced entries on actors and actresses, directors, playwrights, producers, genres, notable plays and theatres. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the early American Theater.
Magnificent Devices: A steampunk adventure novel with smart women inventors
Author : Shelley Adina
Publisher : Moonshell Books, Inc.
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 48,32 MB
Release : 2019-12-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1939087015
Book Description
An air voyage to remember turns into a disaster no one may survive. With her orphaned charges, Lady Claire Trevelyan joins the Earl of Dunsmuir’s family on an airship voyage to the steampunk Americas. If she can stay out of Lord James Selwyn’s way until her eighteenth birthday, she will be of age and cannot be forced into marriage. What she doesn’t know is that Lord James is in the Americas, too, with Andrew Malvern closing in on him—and the wonderful device he stole. But when a storm cripples the airship and air pirates swoop in like carrion birds, Claire and the children must live by their wits to make their way across a harsh landscape. Will Andrew ever see her again and right the wrong he believes he has done? Will Lord James succeed in his monumental thievery? And how exactly does Rosie the chicken evade the soup pot? “The Magnificent Devices series continues to wow me book after book—this time around with pirates, automatons, trains and explosions and the wild, wild west!” —Amy’s Book Den, on Magnificent Devices Magnificent Devices is the third novel in the Magnificent Devices steampunk series. No strong language, just a very proper kiss or two and a satisfying solution. If you like books by Gail Carriger, Lindsay Buroker, or Emma Jane Holloway, you’re in the right place. Enjoy!
