Werewolves of Wisconsin and Other American Myths, Monsters and Ghosts
Title | Werewolves of Wisconsin and Other American Myths, Monsters and Ghosts PDF eBook |
Author | Andy Fish |
Publisher | McFarland |
Pages | 125 |
Release | 2011-11-22 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0786467983 |
The United States has a rich haunted history not often recounted in school. Beyond the Liberty Bell and right under the presidential noses on Mount Rushmore exists a dark and sinister world, which harbors secret creatures, beings both malevolent and benevolent, that inhabit the nation--ghosts and monsters unwilling or unable to abandon the American landscape. Hitchhike along on this transnational road trip with excursions to the most haunted American locations, including the home of Lizzie Borden, the Waverly Hills Sanatorium, and the Winchester Mystery House. Close your eyes through Ohio, purported to be the most haunted state in the nation. Watch out for the Frozen Bodies in Lake Tahoe, the Werewolves rumored to roam a lone stretch of road in Wisconsin, and the Bell Witch of Tennessee. And don't venture too close to the colonial era cemetery in Leicester, Massachusetts, for as the story goes, the only way out is through Hell.
Werewolves of Wisconsin and Other American Myths, Monsters and Ghosts
Title | Werewolves of Wisconsin and Other American Myths, Monsters and Ghosts PDF eBook |
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Pages | 124 |
Release | 2011 |
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The United States has a rich haunted history not often recounted in school. Beyond the Liberty Bell and right under the presidential noses on Mount Rushmore exists a dark and sinister world, which harbors secret creatures, beings both malevolent and benevolent, that inhabit the nation--ghosts and monsters unwilling or unable to abandon the American landscape. Hitchhike along on this transnational road trip with excursions to the most haunted American locations, including the home of Lizzie Borden, the Waverly Hills Sanatorium, and the Winchester Mystery House. Close your eyes through Ohio, purported to be the most haunted state in the nation. Watch out for the Frozen Bodies in Lake Tahoe, the Werewolves rumored to roam a lone stretch of road in Wisconsin, and the Bell Witch of Tennessee. And don't venture too close to the colonial era cemetery in Leicester, Massachusetts, for as the story goes, the only way out is through Hell.
Folktales Aloud
Title | Folktales Aloud PDF eBook |
Author | Janice M. Del Negro |
Publisher | American Library Association |
Pages | 225 |
Release | 2013-12-02 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 0838919855 |
For young listeners the folktale is a perfect gateway to the exciting worlds of culture and literature, and Del Negro’s book invites their engagement with proven techniques and original story scripts that can be used by experienced as well as beginning tellers.
Bonnie and Clyde--The Beginning
Title | Bonnie and Clyde--The Beginning PDF eBook |
Author | Gary Jeffrey |
Publisher | McFarland |
Pages | 223 |
Release | 2013-11-05 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0786465409 |
This graphic novel tracks the first year of Bonnie and Clyde's extraordinary crime spree. Beginning in April 1932 in Texas, an accelerating path of robberies and shoot-outs made the duo infamous. These pages reveal what drove Clyde Barrow to become so hardened, unrepentant and relentlessly violent. And what drove Bonnie, repeatedly, in spite of her best interest, to Clyde's side. Culminating in April 1933 in Missouri, the scene fades with the shoot-out that left a detective and police chief dead and Bonnie and Clyde at the brink of national notoriety.
Dracula's Army
Title | Dracula's Army PDF eBook |
Author | Andy Fish |
Publisher | McFarland |
Pages | 133 |
Release | 2013-11-19 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 078647582X |
This graphic novel adaption of Dracula brings to light storylines that only lurked in the shadows of the original. As Jonathan Harker journeys from a shy university graduate to a fierce vampire hunter his evolution is imperiled by shapeshifting demons. The men vying for the attentions of Lucy find further competition in Mina and sublimated lust and jealousy surface and fates twist. But at the heart of the tale is Dracula's relentless pursuit of his ultimate goal: to go to London and muster an army to secure world domination by vampires.
Bushers
Title | Bushers PDF eBook |
Author | Ed Attanasio |
Publisher | McFarland |
Pages | 133 |
Release | 2013-10-16 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 0786479000 |
Fifty fictional legendary baseball players and their illustrated biographies. Bushers takes a whimsical look at the Deadball Era, long before free agency, luxury boxes and enormous salaries. It's a wild collection of baseball's greatest goofballs, wannabes, could've-beens and never-wases, hailing from every state in the Union--representing actual towns like Nuttsville, Virginia; Parole, Maryland, and Sweet Lips, Tennessee. Bushers tells a tale of fame squandered by wrong-way baserunning, smelly feet, narcolepsy and uncontrollable sweat. With illustrations by Ed Attanasio and text written by Attanasio and Eric Gouldsberry, this graphic novel takes a funny look at baseball's early years through the eyes of two passionate lifelong fans.
Feminist Fables for the Twenty-First Century
Title | Feminist Fables for the Twenty-First Century PDF eBook |
Author | Maureen Burdock |
Publisher | McFarland |
Pages | 145 |
Release | 2016-03-31 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1476612943 |
This compendium of fables in visual form features women negotiating different types of gender-based violence and inequity in various cultures worldwide. Five graphic narratives expose such issues as femicide, child molestation and female genital mutilation without defining the affected women and girls by their unfortunate circumstances. Highlighting the power of intelligence, humor and decency and the willingness of people to work together to effect social change, these fables--each presented bilingually in English and the protagonist's native language of Spanish, German, Arabic or Swahili--transcend boundaries of gender, race, language and geography without ignoring differences. Subtle ink washes, brilliant colors and detailed crosshatching distinguish the acclaimed magical realist artwork through which the stories unfold.