Download or read book Hidden History of Bristol Stories from the State Line written by V. N. Phillips and published by History Press Library Editions. This book was released on 2010-12 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Legend has it that in 1842 a local slave, Silas Goodson, dreamed of a large city spreading over the hills, and ten years later Bristol was founded on the border of Tennessee and Virginia. Much of Bristol's most unusual history is long forgotten, but local author Bud Phillips's collection of his Bristol Herald Courier columns brings light to the overlooked pages of the past. With stories of a jilted suitor's porcine revenge, the legendary fiddler Nora Cross and the Devil's Hideout and the search for the gold of Rosetta Bachelor, readers will delight in the history that they always wish they knew. Join Phillips as he explores the fascinating, and occasionally uproarious, lost tales of Bristol.
Download or read book Weird Bristol written by Charlie Revelle-Smith and published by . This book was released on 2018-11-15 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know that a hoard of gold is probably buried somewhere under Bristol? Did you know that a statue in Bristol actually depicts the moment a king is about to die? Based on the popular Twitter feed from acclaimed author Charlie Revelle-Smith, Weird Bristol is an adventure through the dark, mysterious and secret history of an ancient city. From plagues, wars, ghosts and pirates to inventors, fraudsters, suffragettes and radicals. Only one thing is certain, you'll never look at Bristol in quite the same way again...
Download or read book Secret Bristol written by James MacVeigh and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2016-06-15 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore Bristol's secret history through a fascinating selection of stories, facts and photographs.
Download or read book Ghosts of Bristol written by V.N. "Bud" Phillips and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2010-08-27 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A whirlwind ride through the spooky and supernatural, including a ghostly Civil War leftover” (SWVA Today). The nighttime glow of the Cameo Theatre illuminates an apparition of the infamous madam Pocahontas Hale, and the ghost of a young Confederate soldier rises from Cedar Hill to gaze mournfully on his lost homestead—these are the haunts of the Twin Cities. Local author Bud Phillips takes readers on an eerie, and sometimes humorous, journey through the ghostly lore of Bristol, Virginia and Tennessee. From the terrifying specter of a headless hobo and the spirits of a young couple parted through violence and reunited in death to the organist who played the Sunday after her funeral, Phillips’s collection of tales raises the otherworldly residents of Bristol from the shadows. Includes photos!
Download or read book Bristol Merlin Revealing Secrets Medi written by Leah Tether and published by . This book was released on 2022-04-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seven manuscript fragments of the Old French Suite Vulgate du Merlin discovered in a set of early-printed books in the Bristol Central Library hit global headlines in 2019: this is a comprehensive study with accompanying transliteration of these fascinating Arthurian fragments.
Download or read book Bristol s history written by Charles Wells (of Bristol.) and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Little Book of Bristol written by Maurice Fells and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2015-07-06 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rich, and indeed sometimes bizarre, thread of history weaves its way through the Bristol story. Find out all manner of things, from why a 'Bristol Diamond' would never be found in a jewellery shop to why local by-laws restrict carpet beating to certain hours. Along with a fresh look at city life past and present, these and many more anecdotes will surprise even those Bristolians who thought they really knew their city.
Download or read book Hidden Alaska written by Dave Atcheson and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2011 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In more than 80 photographs... Hidden Alaska celebrates one of America's last great natural wonders, from its spectacular mountains and watersheds to its native peoples and wealth of wildlife. Encompassing 40,000 square mile and eight river system, Bristol Bay is a remote realm"--Jacket.
Download or read book The Hidden History of St Andrews Bristol written by Michael Manson and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A treatise of the Victorian suburb of St Andrews in Bristol. It evokes the spirit of the place. It also digs below the Victorian landscape to reveal a history dating back hundreds of years.
Download or read book Shirehampton Sketches written by RICHARD. COATES and published by . This book was released on 2021-11-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Book of Kings written by V. N. Phillips and published by The Overmountain Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much more than a simple portrait of a pioneer family, this chronicle is actually a history of Bristol from a different perspective. It would be virtually impossible to write a complete history of this city without including a record of the pioneer King family. Likewise, it would be very difficult to write of this family and not become involved in general Bristol history.
Download or read book Secret Underground Bristol and Beyond written by Sally Watson and published by Broadcast Books. This book was released on 2002-10-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bristol written by Peter Aughton and published by Carnegie Pub.. This book was released on 2003 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first full history of Bristol for two generations, this beautiful book tells the story of one of the most important maritime cities in the UK. Certain to appeal to Bristolians the world over. over the Avon, at a place known as the ?Bridge Place?. Only 200 years later Bristol had become the largest and most prosperous town in the West of England, and it subsequently grew to become the second city in the kingdom. will know that the number of books on the shelf is so bewildering, and the books so specialised, that there is simply no place for the beginner to start! Peter Aughton's book solves this problem. last fifty years but this is the first full history of Bristol to appear in two generations. The city played a major part in the discovery and colonisation of America; she has been a great centre of industry; as well as being one of the world's leading mercantile ports. She still retains a strong nautical atmosphere and the old-world charm of an ancient English city. is new in the text. Most of Bristol's previous historians, for instance, have shied away from analysing the true impact of the slave trade, but here it is given a chapter in its correct context as a critical part of eighteenth-century Bristol. The author brings the railway, the steamship and the development of the docks into the narrative as an essential part of Bristol's Victorian development.
Download or read book Hidden History of the Toe River Valley written by Michael C. Hardy and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Secrets of Winterhouse written by Ben Guterson and published by Henry Holt and Company (BYR). This book was released on 2018-12-31 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bookish puzzles, phantom mysteries, and evil curses await as Elizabeth returns to Winterhouse in Book 2 of this magical series. Back at the Winterhouse hotel for another holiday season, Elizabeth and Freddy dig deeper into the mystery surrounding Riley S. Granger, a hotel guest who left behind odd artifacts—one being a magical book that the evil Gracella Winters once attempted to use to gain destructive power over the entire Falls lineage. The two friends follow a trail of clues, inadvertently attracting the attention of a suspicious new hotel guest: Elana Vesper. The clock is ticking as Elizabeth and Freddy struggle to figure out whether Elana is merely a pawn or a player in the plot to revive the spirit of Gracella. If that wasn’t enough, Elizabeth suspects she is coming into her own special powers—and she’s fearful it might lead her right into Gracella’s vicious web. Mystery, adventure, and a winning friendship combine in this much anticipated sequel. Christy Ottaviano Books
Download or read book Children s History of Bristol written by Janine Amos and published by . This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hidden History of Arlington County written by Charlie Clark and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2017 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For over two centuries, Arlington County has been a steadfast center for government institutions and a vibrant part of the Washington, D.C., community. Many notable figures made their home in the area, like Supreme Court chief justice Warren Burger, General George Blood 'n' Guts Patton and a beauty queen who almost married crooner Dean Martin. The drama of Virginia's first school integration unfolded in Arlington beginning in the late 1950s. In the 1960s, two motorcycle gangs clashed in public at a suburban shopping center. Local author, historian and Our Man in Arlington Charlie Clark uncovers the vivid, and hidden, history of a capital community.
