“Off with the Crack of a Whip!”
Title | “Off with the Crack of a Whip!” PDF eBook |
Author | Lee H. Whittlesey |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Pages | 508 |
Release | 2024-03-26 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1493081632 |
Stagecoaches carried visitors to and through Yellowstone National Park for thirty-eight years, from 1878 to 1916, and helped establish Yellowstone as a world-famous travel destination. This Volume One of a two-volume set by preeminent Yellowstone historian Lee Whittlesey is an engaging account of stagecoaching’s first years in the park. In lively, often humorous prose, Whittlesey describes the evolution of stagecoach travel in Yellowstone, the colorful men—and women—who ran the stagecoach companies, and the types of stagecoaches that carried tourists in the park, including the famed “Tally-ho” design. Along the way, Whittlesey profiles the stagecoach drivers who were “rough and profane but men of undoubted nerve,” and he shares stories from passengers who were appalled by their drivers, the “mind-shattering and bone-rattling” roads, the armed hold-ups, and the relentless dust, yet who were entranced by the wonders of this new Wonderland. "A new book by Yellowstone’s premier historian is always cause for celebration. Lee Whittlesey’s “Off with the Crack of a Whip!” is both a lively, colorful paean to the park’s legendary stagecoach days and an astonishing achievement of research on an encyclopedic scale. An amazing book.” — Paul Schullery, author of Searching for Yellowstone and The Bear Doesn’t Know “This book is an excellent source for anyone doing research on Yellowstone history, because stagecoach tourism, as Lee Whittlesey shows, was intertwined with almost every aspect of Yellowstone’s development. Thoroughly well-documented, “Off with the Crack of a Whip!” is a fascinating ride into Yellowstone’s stagecoaching past.” — Dr. Judith Meyer, Professor Emeritus, Missouri State University-Springfield (retired), and author of The Spirit of Yellowstone
Let's Get Cracking! (Second Edition)
Title | Let's Get Cracking! (Second Edition) PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Dante |
Publisher | Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Pages | 136 |
Release | 2016-09-02 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781537458021 |
In this second edition of his widely read book, bullwhip expert (and 4-time Guinness World Record holder) Robert Dante teaches whip cracking for beginners to advanced performers, from A to Z, covering the dynamics of safe bullwhip handling, basic cracks, elementary tricks and stunts, advanced whip cracking routines and flashes, performing, whips as exercise for fitness, whip maintenance, teaching, two-handed whips, blacklight nylon whips, and much more. Includes photos of some superstars of the world-wide bullwhip community. With Sylvia Rosat. Illustrated, with appendices.
Lyskarion
Title | Lyskarion PDF eBook |
Author | J. A. Cullum |
Publisher | EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing |
Pages | 313 |
Release | 2014-12-10 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1770530711 |
Hundreds of years before the story takes place, the Great Wizards created the Karionin, eight living crystals which substantially increase the bearer’s power. When a conflict breaks out among the great wizards, this increased power results in mass destruction and death. Now people fear the wizard’s potential for destruction, and few children train to become wizards. Plagued by racial and religious hatred, Tamar is home to nine races-humans live side by side with races who have the ability to shift their shape from human to animal form, including dolphins (Ingvalar), tigers (Linlar), and lizards (Isklar). The dolphins and humans get along; yet prejudices exist. The tigers and lizards have been attacking human settlements, and a devastating war seems inevitable. Cormor, the last of the great wizards, knows that the only chance for peace is for a legion of powerful wizards to reign once again. The fate of Tamar falls upon three youths - each with great potential, each with a reason for resistance. These young wizards-in-training must learn to overcome their differences and restore peace once again or humanity will be destroyed. Lyskarion is the first book of the Chronicles of the Karionin trilogy. Books in this series: Lyskarion: The Song of the Wind Cinkarion: The Heart of Fire Vyrkarion: The Talisman of Anor
By Blow and Kiss
Title | By Blow and Kiss PDF eBook |
Author | Boyd Cable |
Publisher | BoD – Books on Demand |
Pages | 245 |
Release | 2018-09-21 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 3734042453 |
Reproduction of the original: By Blow and Kiss by Boyd Cable
Sun Going Down
Title | Sun Going Down PDF eBook |
Author | Jack Todd |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 594 |
Release | 2009-08-04 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1439165076 |
From an award-winning author whose ancestors lived the adventures in this novel comes a spectacular new epic about the American West. Part history, part romance, and part action-adventure novel, Sun Going Down follows the fortunes of Ebenezer Paint and his descendants—rough and tough individuals who are caught up in Civil War river battles, epic cattle drives through drought and blizzards, the horrors of Wounded Knee, the desperation of the dust bowl, and the prosperity of the roaring 1920s.
The Works of Charles Dickens
Title | The Works of Charles Dickens PDF eBook |
Author | Charles Dickens |
Publisher | |
Pages | 830 |
Release | 1874 |
Genre | Child labor |
ISBN |
Remix 2: Unforseen Consequences
Title | Remix 2: Unforseen Consequences PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas Allebrandi |
Publisher | Thomas Allebrandi |
Pages | 47 |
Release | 2018-05-11 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN |
Twenty years after the events of Remix 1, the next generation takes over the fight as a new threat arises and a previous threat re-emerges. Join Kari and Kaitlyn as they attempt to finish what their parents started, once and for all.