Forgotten Tales of Philadelphia

Forgotten Tales of Philadelphia PDF

Author: Thomas White

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2011-09-30

Total Pages: 99

ISBN-13: 1614235422

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A twelve-foot bull shark in the Delaware, the 1856 tornado that tore through Kensington and the four-elephant battle royal that rolled into Fair Hill Junction are among the bizarre tales that are too often overlooked in the history of Penn's Holy Experiment. Authors Thomas and Edward White have intrepidly stormed the stacks to unearth this offbeat collection of strange stories and weird lore with accounts of body snatchers, witch trials and a snake-wielding lunatic. From the outlawing of tambourine beating to the posse that caught a "ghost" and everything in between, the Brothers White take a wickedly gleeful romp through the freak happenings, dastardly deeds and unbelievable characters that lurk in the lost chronicles of the City of Brotherly Love.

Forgotten Tales of Pennsylvania

Forgotten Tales of Pennsylvania PDF

Author: Thomas White

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2009-10-01

Total Pages: 115

ISBN-13: 1625843267

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What do you really know about the Keystone State? William Penn, the Revolutionary figures of Philadelphia, and the strength of Pittsburgh's steel all loom large in Pennsylvania's history, but author Thomas White brings together a collection of tales that have been cast in the shadows of these giant icons. From the 1869 storm that pelted Chester County with snails to the bloody end of the Cooley gang, White selects events with an eye for the humorous and strange. Mostly true accounts of cannibalistic feats, goat-rescuing lawmen, heroic goldfish, the funeral of a gypsy queen, and a Pittsburgh canine whose obituary was featured in the New York Times all leap from the lost pages of history.

The Forgotten Bottom Remembered

The Forgotten Bottom Remembered PDF

Author: August Tarrier

Publisher: New City Community Press

Published: 2012-05

Total Pages: 202

ISBN-13: 9780971299641

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Stories from an important, if little noticed, neighborhood of Philadelphia

Forgotten Tales of New York

Forgotten Tales of New York PDF

Author: Melanie Zimmer

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2009-08-28

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 1614235414

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Learn the Empire State’s little known history—from bone-stealing dogs to the world’s largest puzzle—by the author of Curiosities of the Finger Lakes. Few New Yorkers remember the night when firemen, in tuxedos and top hats, were dragged from a ball to extinguish a Waterloo blaze, or the typographical error that reported Theodore Roosevelt taking a “bath” instead of his presidential “oath.” Still fewer remember Cephas Bennett, a missionary from Utica and printer of the first Burmese Bible, or H. L. Mencken’s humorous article on the history of the bathtub, still quoted today as factual although entirely invented. Seasoned storyteller Melanie Zimmer seamlessly weaves together these hard-to-believe, yet entirely true, tales. From the monster of Seneca Lake to the man who inspired the American icon Uncle Sam, discover the lost secrets of the Empire State. Includes photos!

Forgotten Tales of Long Ago

Forgotten Tales of Long Ago PDF

Author: E. V. Lucas

Publisher: Alpha Edition

Published: 2022-04-11

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 9789356086395

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Forgotten Tales of Long Ago

Forgotten Tales of Long Ago PDF

Author: E 1868-1938 Lucas

Publisher: Palala Press

Published: 2016-05-02

Total Pages: 458

ISBN-13: 9781355208846

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Forgotten Tales of Indiana

Forgotten Tales of Indiana PDF

Author: Keven McQueen

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2009-09-01

Total Pages: 110

ISBN-13: 1625843259

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Author Keven McQueen recalls a time when skunk farms, which allegedly produced a cure for rheumatism, were speckled throughout the countryside and a miserable woman tied her husband to a fence post, coated him with salt and intended to let the cows "lick him to death." Meet the King of the Ghouls, an accomplished grave robber and notorious murderer, and a man so convinced he was an ox that he often joined neighborhood cattle for a bite of grass, and discover ghosts, monsters, giant skeletons and more in this collection of outlandish tales from the Hoosier State.