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Book The Infamous Harry Hayward

Download or read book The Infamous Harry Hayward written by Shawn Francis Peters and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2018-04-03 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating tale of seduction, murder, fraud, coercion—and the trial of the “Minneapolis Monster” On a winter night in 1894, a young woman’s body was found in the middle of a road near Lake Calhoun on the outskirts of Minneapolis. She had been shot through the head. The murder of Kittie Ging, a twenty-nine-year-old dressmaker, was the final act in a melodrama of seduction and betrayal, petty crimes and monstrous deeds that would obsess reporters and their readers across the nation when the man who likely arranged her killing came to trial the following spring. Shawn Francis Peters unravels that sordid, spellbinding story in his account of the trial of Harry Hayward, a serial seducer and schemer whom some deemed a “Svengali,” others a “Machiavelli,” and others a “lunatic” and “man without a soul.” Dubbed “one of the greatest criminals the world has ever seen” by the famed detective William Pinkerton, Harry Hayward was an inveterate and cunning plotter of crimes large and small, dabbling in arson, insurance fraud, counterfeiting, and illegal gambling. His life story, told in full for the first time here, takes us into shadowy corners of the nineteenth century, including mesmerism, psychopathy, spiritualism, yellow journalism, and capital punishment. From the horrible fate of an independent young businesswoman who challenged Victorian mores to the shocking confession of Hayward on the eve of his execution (which, if true, would have made him a serial killer), The Infamous Harry Hayward unfolds a transfixing tale of one of the most notorious criminals in America during the Gilded Age.

Book Pioneer History of Milwaukee  From the First American Settlement in 1833 to 1841  with Topographical Description  as it Appeared in a State of Nature  Illustrated with a Map

Download or read book Pioneer History of Milwaukee From the First American Settlement in 1833 to 1841 with Topographical Description as it Appeared in a State of Nature Illustrated with a Map written by James Smith Buck and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-04-24 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1890.

Book Pioneer History of Milwaukee

Download or read book Pioneer History of Milwaukee written by James Smith Buck and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Pioneer History of Milwaukee  from the First American Settlement in 1833     with a Topographical Description  as it Appeared in a State of Nature      1833 1841  1890

Download or read book Pioneer History of Milwaukee from the First American Settlement in 1833 with a Topographical Description as it Appeared in a State of Nature 1833 1841 1890 written by James Smith Buck and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Resting Places

    Book Details:
  • Author : Scott Wilson
  • Publisher : McFarland
  • Release : 2016-09-05
  • ISBN : 0786479922
  • Pages : 887 pages

Download or read book Resting Places written by Scott Wilson and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-09-05 with total page 887 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In its third edition, this massive reference work lists the final resting places of more than 14,000 people from a wide range of fields, including politics, the military, the arts, crime, sports and popular culture. Many entries are new to this edition. Each listing provides birth and death dates, a brief summary of the subject's claim to fame and their burial site location or as much as is known. Grave location within a cemetery is provided in many cases, as well as places of cremation and sites where ashes were scattered. Source information is provided.

Book Final Curtain

Download or read book Final Curtain written by Everett Grant Jarvis and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a young man, Everett Jarvis was a devoted movie buff, and it was his strong interest in noting the fate of favorite players who had vanished from the public eye that led to the present compilation. Mr. Jarvis began publishing it in 1986, updating the book every few years. Thousands of copies were sold via mail order. This edition roughly spans the years 1915 up to 1995.

Book The Encyclopedia of Northern Kentucky

Download or read book The Encyclopedia of Northern Kentucky written by Paul A. Tenkotte and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2014-10-17 with total page 1070 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Encyclopedia of Northern Kentucky is the authoritative reference on the people, places, history, and rich heritage of the Northern Kentucky region. The encyclopedia defines an overlooked region of more than 450,000 residents and celebrates its contributions to agriculture, art, architecture, commerce, education, entertainment, literature, medicine, military, science, and sports. Often referred to as one of the points of the "Golden Triangle" because of its proximity to Lexington and Louisville, Northern Kentucky is made up of eleven counties along the Ohio River: Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Mason, Owen, Pendleton, and Robertson. With more than 2,000 entries, 170 images, and 13 maps, this encyclopedia will help readers appreciate the region's unique history and culture, as well as the role of Northern Kentucky in the larger history of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the nation. • Describes the "Golden Triangle" of Kentucky, an economically prosperous area with high employment, investment, and job-creation rates • Contains entries on institutions of higher learning, including Northern Kentucky University, Thomas More College, and three community and technical colleges • Details the historic cities of Covington, Newport, Bellevue, Dayton, and Ludlow and their renaissance along the shore of the Ohio River • Illustrates the importance of the Cincinnati / Northern Kentucky International Airport as well as major corporations such as Ashland, Fidelity Investments, Omnicare, Toyota North America, and United States Playing Card

Book Modern Cemetery

Download or read book Modern Cemetery written by and published by . This book was released on 1936-03 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book New Hampshire Register  State Year book and Legislative Manual

Download or read book New Hampshire Register State Year book and Legislative Manual written by and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Wisconsin Horticulture

Download or read book Wisconsin Horticulture written by and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 942 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Federal Register

Download or read book Federal Register written by and published by . This book was released on 1979-02 with total page 1516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Living Witness

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ralph Yznaga
  • Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
  • Release : 2012-04-03
  • ISBN : 1603445765
  • Pages : 165 pages

Download or read book Living Witness written by Ralph Yznaga and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2012-04-03 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a beautiful tribute to the natural heritage of the Lone Star State, photographer Ralph Yznaga celebrates the strong connections between Texans and their trees. Inspired by the old Texas Forest Service book, Famous Trees of Texas, Yznaga has captured the continuing attachment we have to these magnificent reminders of our culture and history. Stunning images, stories, a detailed map, and driving directions to thirty-seven famous (and infamous) trees help us appreciate how entwined the lives of people and trees are: The Treaty Oak, memorialized in Texas lore as a meeting place for Native Americans and also as the site of Stephen F. Austin’s first boundary treaty with local Indians; The Burnt Oak, standing witness to the dramatic events leading up to the Battle of the Alamo, one of the largest known specimens of Quercus virginiana var. fusiformis; The Sam Houston Kissing Oak, said to occupy the location of a Houston campaign speech near San Marcos, where the "Old Hero" kissed local young women who presented him with a flag; The Great Goose Island Tree, believed to be more than a thousand years old; and many others. The photographs in Living Witness premiered at the groundbreaking of the Mollie Steves Zachry Texas Arboretum at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Set to open in 2012, the centennial of Lady Bird Johnson’s birth, the arboretum will feature descendents of historic trees in the Hall of Texas Heroes.

Book The Natural Burial Cemetery Guide

Download or read book The Natural Burial Cemetery Guide written by Ann Hoffner and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guidebook for over 125 US cemeteries that offer green burial. Includes introductory material on green burial and photo illustrations. Detailed cemetery entries are color coded and grouped by region and state. 303 pages.

Book Reimagining Death

    Book Details:
  • Author : Lucinda Herring
  • Publisher : North Atlantic Books
  • Release : 2019-01-08
  • ISBN : 1623172934
  • Pages : 313 pages

Download or read book Reimagining Death written by Lucinda Herring and published by North Atlantic Books. This book was released on 2019-01-08 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Honor your loved ones and the earth by choosing practical, spiritual, and eco-friendly after-death care Natural, legal, and innovative after-death care options are transforming the paradigm of the existing funeral industry, helping families and communities recover their instinctive capacity to care for a loved one after death and do so in creative and healing ways. Reimagining Death offers stories and guidance for home funeral vigils, advance after-death care directives, green burials, and conscious dying. When we bring art and beauty, meaningful ritual, and joy to ease our loss and sorrow, we are greening the gateway of death and returning home to ourselves, to the wisdom of our bodies, and to the earth.

Book Minnesota Genealogist

Download or read book Minnesota Genealogist written by and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Liberty  Liberty County  and the Atascosito District

Download or read book Liberty Liberty County and the Atascosito District written by Miriam Partlow and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: