American Legends

Name: Legends, Lore and True Tales of Utah
Brand: Mr. Lynn Arave
SKU: 9781467150675
Price: 12.0 USD
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Explore our American Legends history book series, from urban legends to the folklore of America! Paddle down Fort Lauderdale’s New River to the banks of a bloody massacre… then all aboard the phantom trains, rumored to chug down the abandoned railways of the Great Allegheny Passage. Uncover the history behind the USA legends of Daniel Boone, the headless hessian soldier of the American Revolution, Paul Bunyan, or raucous outlaw Billy the Kid. Each book reveals how these American tales reflect our country’s beliefs, values, and cultures throughout history.

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Legends, Lore and True Tales of Utah

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Poverty Point Legends & Lore

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Milwaukee Oddities

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Legends, Lore and True Tales of Utah

9781467150675

$23.99 $12.00 Save 50%

Legends, Lore and True Tales of Utah explores an eclectic past

Ordinary history books often fail to address the obscure or the unexplained, leaving questions buried in annals of yesteryear. Where were Utah’s mythical monsters, including Bigfoot, spotted? How did ‘Schoolmarm’s Bloomers’ become a state symbol? What created the Lagoon Amusement Park’s ‘dark side’? Why did ‘Frankenstein’ prowl through the Cache town of Clarkston? Does Sardine Canyon hide the state’s fishiest story? Exactly what was the ‘Lakemobile’ that rolled through the Great Salt Lake? When and why did BYU temporarily ban football? How is it that the first college basketball team to ever play in the state was all women, and they beat the men?

Retired journalist Lynn Arave presents this unique collection, including over a hundred photographs, of the Beehive State’s offbeat history.

Poverty Point Legends & Lore

9781467149839

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Archaeologists have been investigating the ruins of Poverty Point for decades, piecing together a fascinating picture of a 3,500-year-old hunter-gatherer way of life. But Poverty Point is more than an archaeological treasure-trove. It's also an eerie locus for southeastern native lore. Cold breezes on warm nights stir up spirit foxes and singing locusts. Otherworldly messages find their conduit in the drumming of trees and hooting of owls. Archaeologist and author Jon Gibson unearths the strange narratives that are as much a part of Poverty Point as the artifacts and earthworks themselves.

Milwaukee Oddities

9781467155861

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Milwaukee is full of weird borders, streets that do not line up right, creepy cemeteries and other curious things.

Many locals have heard about the crooked bridges downtown, the sewer Socialists and the attempt on Teddy Roosevelt’s life. Not as many know about the time Josette Juneau saved Milwaukee, the city’s link to The Exorcist or its ghost towns like Oakwood, Saint Martin’s and Root Creek. And yes, a lion really lived inside the library. Employees used bowling balls to play fetch with it.

Milwaukee-based historian James Nelsen shares joyous and amazing stories of the Cream City’s strange history.