Download or read book Funny Bones written by Duncan Tonatiuh and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2015-08-25 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Funny Bones tells the story of how the amusing calaveras—skeletons performing various everyday or festive activities—came to be. They are the creation of Mexican artist José Guadalupe (Lupe) Posada (1852–1913). In a country that was not known for freedom of speech, he first drew political cartoons, much to the amusement of the local population but not the politicians. He continued to draw cartoons throughout much of his life, but he is best known today for his calavera drawings. They have become synonymous with Mexico’s Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) festival. Juxtaposing his own art with that of Lupe’s, author Duncan Tonatiuh brings to light the remarkable life and work of a man whose art is beloved by many but whose name has remained in obscurity. The book includes an author’s note, bibliography, glossary, and index.
Download or read book Calaveras written by Lisa Michelle and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-21 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deep in the backwoods of Calaveras County accidents happen. For gritty rancher and soon-to-be grandmother Kate Dunnigan, these deaths are mostly good old cowboy justice--until the day that justice hits home. Kate's idyllic façade is destroyed when Emma Lee, her pregnant daughter, is wanted for murder. On the run and fighting to survive, Emma Lee is haunted by filthy family secrets, but Kate will stop at nothing to save her from life in prison, even if it means using herself as bait.
Download or read book The Festival of Bones El Festival de Las Calaveras written by Luis San Vicente and published by . This book was released on 2014-09-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirty thousand hardbacks sold On Mexico's Day of the Dead, the skeletons jump for sheer joy. And no wonder: they've been cooped up the whole year and now they're ready to party. Watch the calaveras shake, rattle, and roll as they celebrate the biggest event of the graveyard's social calendar
Download or read book Creative Haven Animal Calaveras Coloring Book written by Mary Agredo and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2016-07-20 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirty-one full-page pictures to color, rendered in the style of Day of the Dead artwork, feature ornately decorated faces of a bull, bear, jaguar, and other creatures.
Download or read book Calavera Abecedario written by Jeanette Winter and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2004 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An alphabet fiesta like no other.
Download or read book The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County written by Mark Twain and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2021-10-29 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1867.
Download or read book The Calaveras of Don Mois s Espino del Castillo written by Moisés Espino del Castillo and published by Arte Público Press. This book was released on 2015-04-30 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of “calaveras,” folk poetry in the Mexican tradition of Day of the Dead celebrations, satirizes public figures, reminding them that their time on earth is limited despite their fame. In addition to the replicas of the “calaveras” originally published in newspapers and magazines, this volume includes background information about this particular poetic genre, biographical information and interviews with Don Moisés and analysis of the poetry. No one escaped Espino’s eye, including Richard Nixon, Fidel Castro and Muhammad Ali! Compiled and edited by University of Texas at San Antonio professor Ellen Clark, this ebook contains Espino’s complete collection.
Download or read book Calaveras written by Julian Rothenstein and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of postcard reproductions of Mexican prints created to celebrate the Day of the Dead, showing skeletons in everyday situations.
Download or read book Calaveras Gold written by Ronald H. Limbaugh and published by University of Nevada Press. This book was released on 2003-10-01 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: California’s Calaveras County—made famous by Mark Twain and his celebrated Jumping Frog—is the focus of this comprehensive study of Mother Lode mining. Most histories of the California Mother Lode have focused on the mines around the American and Yuba Rivers. However, the “Southern Mines”—those centered around Calaveras County in the central Sierra—were also important in the development of California’s mineral wealth. Calaveras Gold offers a detailed and meticulously researched history of mining and its economic impact in this region from the first discoveries in the 1840s until the present. Mining in Calaveras County covered the full spectrum of technology from the earliest placer efforts through drift and hydraulic mining to advanced hard-rock industrial mining. Subsidiary industries such as agriculture, transportation, lumbering, and water supply, as well as a complex social and political structure, developed around the mines. The authors examine the roles of race, gender, and class in this frontier society; the generation and distribution of capital; and the impact of the mines on the development of political and cultural institutions. They also look at the impact of mining on the Native American population, the realities of day-to-day life in the mining camps, the development of agriculture and commerce, the occurrence of crime and violence, and the cosmopolitan nature of the population. Calaveras County mining continued well into the twentieth century, and the authors examine the ways that mining practices changed as the ores were depleted and how the communities evolved from mining camps into permanent towns with new economic foundations and directions. Mining is no longer the basis of Calaveras’s economy, but memories of the great days of the Mother Lode still attract tourists who bring a new form of wealth to the region.
Download or read book Rosie the Ribeter written by Darcy Pattison and published by . This book was released on 2018-04-12 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rosie the Ribeter, a female bullfrog, sets the world record in the Calaveras County frog-jumping contest.
Download or read book The Legend of Capit n Calavera Santiago of the Seas written by Melissa Lagonegro and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2022-01-25 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set sail for adventure with Santiago and his pirate crew from Nickelodeon's new animated show Santiago of the Seas in this full-color storybook with a card game! A day at the beach becomes magical when Santiago from Nickelodeon's Santiago of the Seas discovers the lost treasure of the legendary Capitán Calavera. It turns him and his friends Tomás and Lorelai into the new Pirate Protectors of their home, Isla Encanto-but can they protect the treasure from selfish pirate Bonnie Bones? Children ages 3 to 7 will be thrilled by this exciting storybook with card game! Santiago of the Seas is an interactive action-adventure series for preschoolers starring Santiago Montes, an 8-year old boy who discovers the mystical compass of fabled pirate Capitán Calavera, making him the next Pirate Protector of the High Seas. Along with his crew, cousin Tomás and Lorelai the mermaid, Santiago goes on heroic quests against nefarious villains and proves that kindness and good deeds can always save the day!
Download or read book Corridos and Calaveras written by Edward Larocque Tinker and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joins Mexican folk poetry, the corridos being ballads that once took the place of non-existent newspapers, while the calaveras are satires, often associated with the Mexican observance of All Saints' and All Souls' Day.
Download or read book Calaveras Big Trees written by Carol Kramer and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2010-09-06 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Augustus T. Dowd could scarcely believe his eyes when he stumbled upon one of nature’s majestic wonders in 1852. Hunting down a wounded bear in the hills above the mining camp of Murphys, Dowd instead found a tree of mammoth proportions. After initial skepticism about the size of these trees, news of Dowd’s discovery quickly spread. Local businessmen soon acquired the grove of 100 mammoth trees, or giant sequoia, and built accommodations for travelers. Thus began one of California’s earliest tourist attractions in 1853. Dedicated as a California State Park in 1931, Calaveras Big Trees State Park hosts 250,000 annual visitors who come from around the world to marvel at these wondrous giants in their magnificent natural surroundings.
Download or read book Stanislaus National Forest N F Motorized Travel Management written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mining Methods at the Carson Hill Mine Calaveras County Calif written by John A. Burgess and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Silent Wife written by Kerry Fisher and published by Bookouture. This book was released on 2017-02-24 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Energy and Water Development Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2005 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
