Todd Carr follows the folklore of the horse thieves, pirates and highwaymen clinging to the shadows of the legendary river bluff.
Historical Accounts of the Famous Highwaymen and River Pirates who operated inPioneer Days upon the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and over the old Natchez Trace.
... Reuben Gold Thwaites A Woman's Story of Pioneer Illinois Christiana Holmes Tillson Edited by Milo Milton Quaife New Introduction by Kay J. Carr Autobiography of Silas Thompson Trowbridge, M.D. New Introduction by John S. Haller Jr.
Because he was one of the two state's witnesses who connected any of the defendants with the deathof Howard Hoffman, his testimonywas of crucial importance. Under Duty's questioning he related how hehad reachedMarion on the morning of ...
Americans left pictographs (prehistoric drawings or paintings) and petroglyphs (prehistoric carvings and inscriptions) on some Missouri cave walls. According to Carol Diaz-Granados and James R. Duncan, in The Petroglyphs and Pictographs ...
Beautifully illustrated account of a 3 week ride financed by National Geographic in 1975 of the Outlaw Trail, a trail from Canada to Mexico where from 1870 to 1910, outlaws...
This book is an exciting tale of one man's journey: his grit, his gumption, his loyalty to the land and family.
He seemed a little surprised when I told him that fellow alcoholic Taylor Nall was already dead. Certainly, Mrs. Nall did not indicate that her second husband had any connection with the shooting that claimed the life of her first ...
Running moonshine liquor during the prohibition years, a notorious trio of brothers continues their illicit business after Prohibition and plays a central role in a violent conspiracy trial--a story that is investigated in 1935 by a ...
Well-read adventure lovers are in for a treat looking for echoes of The Odyssey and Tom Sawyer.”—Kirkus Reviews “Tom’s adventures have several literary ancestors, including Tom and Huck in the cave, and the inventive Swiss Family ...