Download or read book Rim Country Legends written by Stanley Brown and published by . This book was released on 2022-02-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historical vignettes of the Payson, Arizona Rimn Country

Download or read book Rim Country written by James A. Janke and published by BookLocker.com, Inc.. This book was released on 2024-05-20 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1879 Marcus Irons is the young deputy marshal of the small town of Madera Verde in Arizona Territory. He is deadly with a gun, expert with his fists, likes whiskey, poker, and women, and exudes a physically intimidating air of authority. Earlier, during the Civil War, an attack by Apaches forced a party of the subversive Knights of the Golden Circle to bury a strongbox of gold coins in the ruins of an ancient pueblo in northeast Arizona Territory. Beautiful Ophelia Grayson has just learned of the treasure, and she hires Irons to help her and her crew try to find it. Archibald Hardwick, the erudite editor of the local newspaper, joins the search, eager for a good story. It’s a three-day ride up the long, steep escarpment leading from the Verde Valley to the Colorado Plateau and its scattered ruins of pueblos, and they must traverse the challenging Mogollon [MO-gee-yon] Rim to get there. The journey and the search for the gold are beset by deadly threats and startling revelations. For that matter, can Charlie Number Two, the Navajo scouting for buffalo soldiers, even find the desired pueblo? Marcus Irons will be lucky to simply survive the quest!

Download or read book Tom Horn in Life and Legend written by Larry D. Ball and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2014-05-19 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some of the legendary gunmen of the Old West were lawmen, but more, like Billy the Kid and Jesse James, were outlaws. Tom Horn (1860–1903) was both. Lawman, soldier, hired gunman, detective, outlaw, and assassin, this darkly enigmatic figure has fascinated Americans ever since his death by hanging the day before his forty-third birthday. In this masterful historical biography, Larry Ball, a distinguished historian of western lawmen and outlaws, presents the definitive account of Horn’s career. Horn became a civilian in the Apache wars when he was still in his early twenties. He fought in the last major battle with the Apaches on U.S. soil and chased the Indians into Mexico with General George Crook. He bragged about murdering renegades, and the brutality of his approach to law and order foreshadows his controversial career as a Pinkerton detective and his trial for murder in Wyoming. Having worked as a hired gun and a range detective in the years after the Johnson County War, he was eventually tried and hanged for killing a fourteen-year-old boy. Horn’s guilt is still debated. To an extent no previous scholar has managed to achieve, Ball distinguishes the truth about Horn from the numerous legends. Both the facts and their distortions are revealing, especially since so many of the untruths come from Horn’s own autobiography. As a teller of tall tales, Horn burnished his own reputation throughout his life. In spite of his services as a civilian scout and packer, his behavior frightened even his lawless companions. Although some writers have tried to elevate him to the top rung of frontier gun wielders, questions still shadow Horn’s reputation. Ball’s study concludes with a survey of Horn as described by historians, novelists, and screenwriters since his own time. These portrayals, as mixed as the facts on which they are based, show a continuing fascination with the life and legend of Tom Horn.

Download or read book Murder in Rim Country written by Stanley C. Brown and published by Rim Country Press. This book was released on 2016-01-30 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Wild West is full of stories about outlaws, shootouts, and feuds and the remote area of central Arizona certainly has its share. There were hangings, conflicts with Apache Indians, family feuds and feuds between sheepmen and cattlemen. There were the stereotypical shootouts on Main Street and bizarre accidents. The diffculty lies in sorting out the fact from the fiction. Time has passed, documentation is scarce and witnesses were unreliable. This book provides details on the incidents that sometimes confirm local legends and sometimes contradict information that has been passed down for generations. The Wild West truly was wild!

Download or read book Gila Country Legend written by Nancy Coggeshall and published by University of New Mexico Press. This book was released on 2014-10-29 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The compelling biography of a unique western rancher constantly adjusting to the inroads of modernity into his traditional way of life.

Download or read book Hell on the Range written by Daniel Justin Herman and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2010-11-18 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this lively account of Arizona's Rim Country War of the 1880s--what others have called "The Pleasant Valley War"--Historian Daniel Justin Herman explores a web of conflict involving Mormons, Texas cowboys, New Mexican sheepherders, Jewish merchants, and mixed-blood ranchers. At the heart of Arizona's range war, argues Herman, was a conflict between cowboys' code of honor and Mormons' code of conscience.

Download or read book MYTHOLOGY LEGENDS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE written by Andreas Sofroniou and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-03-24 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is dealing with the study of mythology around the world, relating to and dealing with the interpretation of myths, legends, and occasionally extending to logos, speech. It explains myths and their allegorical narrative pertaining to the gods, demigods, and legendary heroes of a particular people and their branch of knowledge that deals with a popular belief or assumption that has grown up around someone or something. Myths explained as traditional stories about the past, often including religious or fantastic elements; as they can be found in all societies, although they may function in different ways. They may be attempts to explain the origins of the universe and of mankind, the development of political institutions, or the reasons for ritual practices, or they may simply be told for the love of a good story.

Download or read book Crowding the Rim written by Stefanie Orrick and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Weird Arizona written by Wesley Treat and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2007 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each fun and intriguing volume offers more than 250 illustrated pages of places where tourists usually don't venture, including oddball curiosities, local legends, crazy characters, and peculiar roadside attractions.

Download or read book Western Classics Historical Novels Tales of the Old West by B M Bower Illustrated written by B. M. Bower and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2024-01-16 with total page 5219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the collection of Western Classics, Historical Novels & Tales of the Old West by B. M. Bower (Illustrated), readers are transported into the rugged and unpredictable world of the American frontier. Bower masterfully captures the essence of the Old West through her compelling storytelling and vivid descriptions of the landscape, characters, and daily struggles of the time. The collection is a valuable literary contribution that offers insight into the historical and cultural context of the West, making it a must-read for fans of Western literature. Bower's attention to detail and authentic portrayal of the era immerse readers in a bygone age, showcasing the harsh realities and heartfelt moments that defined the Western experience.

Download or read book Journeys on the Silk Road Through Ages Romance Legend Reality written by Avijeet Bhattacharya and published by Zorba Books. This book was released on 2017-10-11 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journeys on the Silk Road Through Ages—Romance, Legend, Reality is a compelling narrative about the legendary Silk Road, down the ages. It takes us back to the nearly forgotten times when the dusty, long road was discovered by herders and nomads in search of pastures and oases. It was a long trek into the unknown. This gradually turned into the fabled ‘Silk Road’ spanning from China and across Central Asia, with its numerous trade routes, staging posts, caravanserais on the one hand, and the rugged landscape through steppes, across mountains, deserts and nations on the other. The Silk Road stood out like a great artery, that sustained for centuries. The Road with its routes conveyed not only commerce but also ideas and philosophy of the far-east China to the far-flung Roman Empire in the west, drawing from and contributing to other regions and countries that fell along the way – Turkestan, Afghanistan, India, Persia, Mesopotamia, Palestine, Phoenicia and Anatolia, thus, linking the ancient and the medieval worlds. It was an enterprise of gigantic proportions; the great highway witnessed trade in almost all products, with silk, precious stones, porcelain, metals, and horses as chief commodities. Of these, silk was the foremost merchandise that merchants transported on camel caravans and upon mules from the Land of Serica. Slaves too were traded. Monks and warriors also walked along the trodden path. Merchants exchanged goods which made trade possible bringing in a flow of wealth, while monks and warriors exchanged philosophy, ideas, and statecraft, despite conflicts and wars. The narrative travels back to the times when the road started making history by joining imperial Xi’an with imperial Rome – a distance of more than 8,000kms – during the period of China’s Han Dynasty, sometime around 200 BC. This strangely endured till the present days of Communist China and OBOR, deliberating the Chinese Puzzle. The book is an adventurous amalgamation of history, travel and the unanticipated, and not merely a clichéd travel account. It presents a fascinating story of realms, rulers, travellers and merchants, both ancient and modern, with captivating collection of anecdotes, lores and current realities, from far and wide. Its brilliant web makes the book immensely readable.

Download or read book Legend Of China The The History Of Pudong Development written by Guoping Xie and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2020-12-21 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pudong is a district located at east of the Huangpu River and is opposite to Puxi, west of the Huangpu River and the historic city center of Shanghai. Since the establishment of Pudong New Area in early 1990s, the backward Pudong has become a thriving financial hub of modern China and home to the Lujiazui Finance and the Pilot Free-Trade Zone, and the Shanghai Stock Exchange. This book sets Pudong in a broad historical background and records the historical changes and various details and legends in the Pudong's development process. It reflects the tortuous process of China's reform and is the first book detailing the complete history of Pudong. It offers suggestions that can be popularized and emulated to achieve significant development across China.

Download or read book Wandering Monsters written by Christine Pope and published by Dark Valentine Press. This book was released on 2021-10-18 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To save her wedding date, Selena must prove her fiancé’s innocence…and find a murderer. Wedding bells are ringing soon for Selena Marx and Calvin Standingbear, so with her plate already overloaded, a reality-show film crew tumbling into Globe, Arizona, barely registers on her radar, psychic or otherwise. The only thing Selena wishes she had is an extra hand to keep the show’s aggressively flirty host, Dillon James, at arm’s length. Her bestie, Josie Woodrow, is over the full moon, sure that Monster Hunt will put sleepy little Globe on the map. But the show’s search for the legendary Mogollon Monster — this region’s version of Bigfoot — isn’t what makes headlines. No, it’s the blood-spattered crime scene, starring Dillon James’ very dead body. The fact that something with huge claws ripped out his throat. And a strand of flimsy evidence that points a DNA finger squarely at Calvin. Selena leaves no Tarot card unturned in her desperation to save her fiancé — and her wedding date. But all her cards and her pendulum can tell her is that the real murderer is close enough to breathe down her neck…and this monster won’t hesitate to kill again.

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Download or read book Grand Canyon written by Kathleen Bryant and published by Moon Travel. This book was released on 2008-09-16 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Novelist and yoga instructor Kathleen Bryant offers an insider's perspective on the Grand Canyon, from river rafting in the inner canyon to experiencing the Grand Canyon Skywalk. Bryant includes many unique trip strategies, including A Wild Week in the Grand Outdoors and A Romantic Weekend for Two. Including expert advice on camping along the remote North Rim and visiting the Hualapai and Havasupai Reservations, Moon Grand Canyon gives travelers the tools they need to create a more personal and memorable experience.

Download or read book Lords of the Rim written by Sterling Seagrave and published by Corgi. This book was released on 2012-05 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Be so subtle that you are invisible. Be so mysterious that you are intangible. Then you will control your rivals's fate' un Tzu, from The Art of War A community of fifty five million expatriates. Up to two trillion dollars in assets. A highly integrated interconnected network of influence and favour. A firm base on the Pacific Rim. Ambitions to influence the West. Imagine the potential power of such an organisation. You don't have to. This is the Overseas Chinese. Sterling Seagrave's brilliant new book, Lords of the Rim, uncovers a complex web of operations which already dominates the Far East and which is already making inroads into the West. It is a superbly researched and spectacularly told account of an extraordinary phenomenon, telling just who the Overseas Chinese are and how they became so powerful. Spanning thousands of years it encompasses stories of murder and betrayal, bravery and corruption; of triads, syndicates, kingmakers, merchants, emperors, generals, spies and pirates. In telling this masterful and entertaining history, Seagrave provides the reader with a cautionary tale- that Chinese strategies so effective for centuries are just as succesful today."

Download or read book Jingle Spells written by Christine Pope and published by Dark Valentine Press. This book was released on 2021-08-27 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sweet baby Jesus, someone’s stolen a lot of Christmas dough! All is calm and bright as Globe, Arizona’s holiday celebrations approach. Selena Marx should have known it wouldn’t stay that way. The painted snowflakes on her shop window are barely dry when her best friend, Josie Woodrow, bursts in with news that the baby Jesus is missing from the crèche in front of St. Ignatius. Selena has enough on her mind without having to use her psychic powers to suss out the culprit. Her boyfriend Calvin Standingbear’s parents are still on the snow-covered fence about accepting her, which throws a dimmer on the town’s highly anticipated Festival of Lights. And when Calvin springs a surprise on the solstice, Selena realizes she has some work to do to reconcile the two men in her life: Calvin, and her cursed cat, Archie. KEYWORDS: witch, warlock, wizard, sorcerer, psychic, medium, telepath, cop hero, sheriff, detective, police, tarot, crystal ball, wicca, small town romance, small town mystery, cat mystery, magic spell, curse, fish out of water, opposites attract, cozy mystery, cozy cat mystery, cozy witch mystery, holiday mystery, Christmas mystery, holiday romance, Christmas romance The last thing she needs is a spontaneous vision that indicates the baby Jesus theft was more than just a prank. And if someone doesn’t spill the beans soon, someone’s getting away with…well, not murder (this time), but a whole lot of dough — and we’re not talking cookies.