Download or read book Murder in Mount Holly written by P. THEROUX and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Murder in Mount Holly written by Paul Theroux and published by Grove/Atlantic, Inc.. This book was released on 2011-12-06 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A Vonnegut tinged absurdist satire . . . (a) tightly paced, expertly drawn comic romp” from the New York Times–bestselling author of The Mosquito Coast (LitReactor). Paul Theroux, one of the world’s most popular authors, both for his travel books and his fiction, has produced an off-beat story of 1960s weirdos unlike anything he has ever written. During the time of Lyndon Johnson’s presidency, Herbie Gneiss is forced to leave college to get a job. His income from the Kant-Brake toy factory, which manufactures military toys for children, keeps his chocolate-loving mother from starvation. Mr. Gibbon, a patriotic veteran of three wars, also works at Kant-Brake. When Herbie is drafted, Mr. Gibbon falls in love with Herbie’s mother and they move in together at Miss Ball’s rooming house. Since Herbie is fighting for his country, Mr. Gibbon feels that he, too, should do something for his country and convinces Miss Ball and Mrs. Gneiss to join him in the venture. They decide to rob the Mount Holly Trust Company because it is managed by a small dark man who is probably a communist. There are some complications. Combine Donald E. Westlake with Abby Hoffman, add a bit of Gore Vidal at his most vitriolic, and you will have Murder in Mount Holly. “Parodies the American political fringe at a time when flags burned, hippies protested and commies lurked everywhere . . . you’ll have little difficulty inserting today’s fringe characters into Theroux’s lampoon.” —Star Tribune “The geezer psychopath finally gets his due . . . The fun here is in how hateful the characters are.” —The New York Times Book Review
Download or read book History of Wesley Warner s Crime the Murder of Lizzie Peak written by Barry Leonard and published by . This book was released on 2008-08 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of an 1894 pub. recounting the murder of Lizzie Peak by Wesley Warner, who had been married to a woman in Burlington, NJ, with whom he had four children. In 1890 he met Lizzie Peak and forsook his wife and children. When Lizzie Peak first met Wesley Warner she was living in Burlington as the mistress of Otho Bunting. Lizzie and Warner then moved to Brooklyn. Wesley was arrested for injuring a man in a barroom brawl, but was eventually freed. The couple occasionally returned to Burlington County, and because of her activities at the Mount Holly Fair he accused her of being unfaithful and murdered her out of jealousy. This pub. provides the substance of the testimony given at the trial and describes Warner¿s execution. Includes period photos.
Download or read book Confession of Joel Clough written by Joel Clough and published by . This book was released on 1833 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Holly Jolly Murder written by Joan Hess and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2006-10-31 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE GIFT THAT GIVES ON GIVING. . . With Farberville's college on holiday break, Claire Malloy's bookstore is quiet . . . deadly quiet. Breaking the silence is a little old lady looking for volumes on pagan rituals, applied magick, and Celtic mysticism. Claire is intrigued and—miffed that her lover, Farberville police Lieutenant Peter Rosen, says she's in a rut—happily accepts an invitation to welcome the winter solstice at dawn. HOMICIDE FOR THE HOLIDAYS Showing up at the Sacred Grove, Claire expects wild chanting or even nude dancing. Instead she ends up sitting on a stump watching the Arch Druid clean her bifocals. Then winter arrives and so does a dead man. Someone has shot the wealthy benefactor of Farberville's neo-pagans. Now Claire is mixing some snooping with her Christmas shopping. But instead of wrapping up the case, she finds out ‘tis the season for ho- ho- homicide . . . and she may be the next victim.
Download or read book Old Wheelways written by Robert L. McCullough and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2024-06-11 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How American bicyclists shaped the landscape and left traces of their journeys for us in writing, illustrations, and photographs. In the later part of the nineteenth century, American bicyclists were explorers, cycling through both charted and uncharted territory. These wheelmen and wheelwomen became keen observers of suburban and rural landscapes, and left copious records of their journeys—in travel narratives, journalism, maps, photographs, illustrations. They were also instrumental in the construction of roads and paths (“wheelways”)—building them, funding them, and lobbying legislators for them. Their explorations shaped the landscape and the way we look at it, yet with few exceptions their writings have been largely overlooked by landscape scholars, and many of the paths cyclists cleared have disappeared. In Old Wheelways, Robert McCullough restores the pioneering cyclists of the nineteenth century to the history of American landscapes. McCullough recounts marathon cycling trips around the Northeast undertaken by hardy cyclists, who then describe their journeys in such magazines as The Wheelman Illustrated and Bicycling World; the work of illustrators (including Childe Hassam, before his fame as a painter); efforts by cyclists to build better rural roads and bicycle paths; and conflicts with park planners, including the famous Olmsted Firm, who often opposed separate paths for bicycles. Today's ubiquitous bicycle lanes owe their origins to nineteenth century versions, including New York City's “asphalt ribbons.” Long before there were “rails to trails,” there was a movement to adapt existing passageways—including aqueduct corridors, trolley rights-of-way, and canal towpaths—for bicycling. The campaigns for wheelways, McCullough points out, offer a prologue to nearly every obstacle faced by those advocating bicycle paths and lanes today. McCullough's text is enriched by more than one hundred historic images of cyclists (often attired in skirts and bonnets, suits and ties), country lanes, and city streets.
Download or read book Confession of Joel Clough who was Executed at Mount Holly N J July 26 1833 for the Murder of Mrs Mary W Hamilton with His Life Written by One that Knew Him written by Joel Clough and published by . This book was released on 1833 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Confession of Joel Clough who was Executed at Mount Holly N J July 26 1833 for the Murder of Mrs Mary Hamilton written by Joel. [from old catalog] Clough and published by . This book was released on 1833 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Murder Mayhem in Cumberland County written by Joseph David Cress and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2010-08-13 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the horrific Enoch Brown Schoolhouse Massacre of 1764 to settlers who hunted local tribes for a bounty, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, has long had a violent and bloody history. As more people came to the region, murder and mischief of every kind only multiplied. Local author Joseph David Cress explores the dark side of history, from little-known cases such as that of Sarah Clark--who became the first woman hanged in the county after she poisoned a family to dispatch a romantic rival--to high-profile crimes like the shocking 1955 courtroom slaying that left one person dead and three injured. Join Cress on a hair-raising walk down Hell Street as he investigates the underbelly of Cumberland County.
Download or read book Holly Jolly Murder A Christmas Convention Cozy Mystery written by Brittany E. Brinegar and published by Britt Lizz Publishing. This book was released on 2021-11-19 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enjoy this Christmas vacation murder mystery from Brittany E. Brinegar, author of witty whodunits... The killer is making a list and checking it twice. A famous mystery writer goes missing at the annual Killer Clause convention and the police dismiss it as a hoax. But when amateur sleuth Becky Robinson uncovers a ransom note written to the tune of a Christmas jingle, she vows to unwrap the truth. The investigation leads Becky and her pals into a backstabbing fictional world where everyone thinks they can pull off the perfect crime. But all the fun reindeer games come to an end when one of the suspects turns up dead under a Christmas tree. Can Becky determine who's naughty and who's nice? Or will the cotton-headed ninny muggins strike again? ---------------- Stuff your stockings this year with Holly Jolly Murder, the sixth installment in the Hollywood Whodunit cozy mystery series. Can be read as a seasonal stand-alone! If you love clumsy heroines, a Winter Wonderland, quirky suspects, and an adorable rescue puppy this series is for you! Hollywood Whodunit Series Order Book 1: Prime Time Murder Book 2: Stand-In Murder Book 3: Music City Murder Book 4. Trap Door Murder Book 5: Fool's Gold Murder Book 6: Holly Jolly Murder Book 7: Blue Suede Murder Book 8: Family Reunion Murder Book 9: Summer Vacation Murder Book 10: Sunlight Swindler Murder Book 11: Castle Island Murder Book 12: Fixer-Upper Murder Book 13: Hometown Murder Book 14: Big Apple Murder Book 15: Devil Wears Murder
Download or read book Marple s Gretchen Harrington Tragedy Kidnapping Murder and Innocence Lost in Suburban Philadelphia written by Mike Mathis and Joanna Falcone Sullivan and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2022-10-31 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Friday, Aug. 15, 1975 began as a typical summer day in the suburbs. Young children played with their friends, adults prepared for work or planned for their vacation at the Jersey Shore... That all changed in the hours before noon, when Gretchen Harrington, the 8-year-old daughter of a Presbyterian minister and his wife, was kidnapped while walking to a vacation Bible school less than a quarter-mile from her house. Her body was found by a jogger in a state park nearly two months later. The crime forever changed the lives of the children who were near Gretchen's age and their parents, many of whom chose to live in Marple Township because they considered it a safe refuge from the crime-ridden streets of Philadelphia. Journalists Mike Mathis and Joanna Falcone Sullivan examine the kidnapping, murder and the nearly five-decade long investigation through rare access to police files in what is still considered an open investigation.
Download or read book Last Words and Dying Speech of Joel Clough written by Joel Clough and published by . This book was released on 1833 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Holly Jolly Murder written by Joan Hess and published by . This book was released on 2014-07 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE GIFT THAT GIVES ON GIVING. . . With Farberville's college on holiday break, Claire Malloy's bookstore is quiet . . . deadly quiet. Breaking the silence is a little old lady looking for volumes on pagan rituals, applied magick, and Celtic mysticism. Claire is intrigued and-miffed that her lover, Farberville police Lieutenant Peter Rosen, says she's in a rut-happily accepts an invitation to welcome the winter solstice at dawn. HOMICIDE FOR THE HOLIDAYS Showing up at the Sacred Grove, Claire expects wild chanting or even nude dancing. Instead she ends up sitting on a stump watching the Arch Druid clean her bifocals. Then winter arrives and so does a dead man. Someone has shot the wealthy benefactor of Farberville's neo-pagans. Now Claire is mixing some snooping with her Christmas shopping. But instead of wrapping up the case, she finds out 'tis the season for ho- ho- homicide . . . and she may be the next victim.
Download or read book Holly and Homicide written by Leslie Caine and published by Dell Publishing Company. This book was released on 2009 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While working on the Goodwin Estate renovations, interior designers Erin Gilbert and Steve Sullivan, tired of dealing with the tacky new owners, decide to quit this crazy project--especially when a local building inspector is found dead and Erin is accused of the crime. Original.
Download or read book Detecting Murder written by B. Robert Anderson and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2007-12-05 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lieutenant RC Frane and Sergeant Greta Rogers are challenged to review a double murderfive years old. A former police officer claims the wrong man is serving a life sentence. While the trail is cold, it is further complicated by the strange relations between the two victims and the man convicted of the crime. As they peel away what happened, what might have happened, and what actually happened, they encounter a vast conspiracy. An unpublished book is still in the computer of one of the victims. A touch of blackmail adds to the murkiness because the names of some important people are revealed. Just plain police work, detecting leads to a solution.
Download or read book The Raccoon Lake Mystery written by Nevil Monroe Hopkins and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
