Death to the Traitor, Or, Claude Duval and the Poachers
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Total Pages | : 102 |
Release | : 1856 |
Genre | : Brigands and robbers |
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Total Pages | : 102 |
Release | : 1856 |
Genre | : Brigands and robbers |
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Author | : Mikita Brottman |
Publisher | : Macmillan + ORM |
Total Pages | : 222 |
Release | : 2018-11-06 |
Genre | : True Crime |
ISBN | : 1250169151 |
An Unexplained Death is an obsessive investigation into a mysterious death at the Belvedere—a once-grand hotel—and a poignant, gripping meditation on suicide and voyeurism “The poster is new. I notice it right away, taped to a utility pole. Beneath the word ‘Missing,’ printed in a bold, high-impact font, are two sepia-toned photographs of a man dressed in a bow tie and tux.” Most people would keep walking. Maybe they’d pay a bit closer attention to the local news that evening. Mikita Brottman spent ten years sifting through the details of the missing man’s life and disappearance, and his purported suicide by jumping from the roof of her own apartment building, the Belvedere. As Brottman delves into the murky circumstances surrounding Rey Rivera’s death—which begins to look more and more like a murder—she contemplates the nature of and motives behind suicide, and uncovers a haunting pattern of guests at the Belvedere, when it was still a historic hotel, taking their own lives on the premises. Finally, she fearlessly takes us to the edge of her own morbid curiosity and asks us to consider our own darker impulses and obsessions.
Author | : David Keith Hampton |
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Total Pages | : 342 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Cherokee Indians |
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Total Pages | : 108 |
Release | : 1869 |
Genre | : Brigands and robbers |
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Total Pages | : 1192 |
Release | : 1896 |
Genre | : Confederate States of America |
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Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 1899 |
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Author | : James M. Denham |
Publisher | : Univ of South Carolina Press |
Total Pages | : 570 |
Release | : 2015-07-15 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1611174678 |
The first full-length biography of the well-connected, but nearly forgotten frontier politician of antebellum America. The scion of a well-to-do Richmond, Virginia, family, William Pope DuVal (1784–1854) migrated to the Kentucky frontier as a youth in 1800. Settling in Bardstown, DuVal read law, served in Congress, and fought in the War of 1812. In 1822, largely because of the influence of his lifelong friend John C. Calhoun, President James Monroe appointed DuVal the first civil governor of the newly acquired Territory of Florida. Enjoying successive appointments from the Adams and Jackson administrations, DuVal founded Tallahassee and presided over the territory’s first twelve territorial legislative sessions, years that witnessed Middle Florida’s development into one of the Old Southwest’s most prosperous slave-based economies. Beginning with his personal confrontation with Miccosukee chief Neamathla in 1824 (an episode commemorated by Washington Irving), DuVal worked closely with Washington officials and oversaw the initial negotiations with the Seminoles. A perennial political appointee, DuVal was closely linked to national and territorial politics in antebellum America. Like other “Calhounites” who supported Andrew Jackson’s rise to the White House, DuVal became a casualty of the Peggy Eaton Affair and the Nullification Crisis. In fact he was replaced as Florida governor by Mrs. Eaton’s husband, John Eaton. After leaving the governor’s chair, DuVal migrated to Kentucky, lent his efforts to the cause of Texas Independence, and eventually returned to practice law and local politics in Florida. Throughout his career DuVal cultivated the arts of oratory and story-telling—skills essential to success in the courtrooms and free-for-all politics of the American South. Part frontiersman and part sophisticate, DuVal was at home in the wilds of Kentucky, Florida, Texas, and Washington City. He delighted in telling tall tales, jests, and anecdotes that epitomized America’s expansive, democratic vistas. Among those captivated by DuVal’s life and yarns were Washington Irving, who used DuVal’s tall tales as inspiration for his “The Early Experiences of Ralph Ringwood,” and James Kirke Paulding, whose “Nimrod Wildfire” shared Du Val’s brashness and bonhomie. “In large brushstrokes, but with great attention to detail, Denham embeds DuVal’s life in a wider portrait of the young Republic, and particularly in issues affecting the western states and the former Spanish borderlands Readers will find in this book a well-researched and well-written history that informs on many levels.” —The Historian “Relying on a variety of sources extending well beyond DuVal’s papers, Denham’s work provides an intriguing account of a southerner immersed in the dynamics of politics at both the local and national levels. The study will be a definitive must for any student of antebellum regional and national history.” —The Journal of Southern History
Author | : Chloris Boone |
Publisher | : Page Publishing Inc |
Total Pages | : 190 |
Release | : 2015-07-07 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 168139393X |
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Author | : Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton |
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Total Pages | : 734 |
Release | : 1874 |
Genre | : Paris (France) |
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Author | : Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton |
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Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 1891 |
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