Holy City Secrets is a compendium of first-hand accounts, forgotten facts, and many of Charleston's historical anecdotes that time has diminished. The full scope of the deeply researched past extend……続きを見る
When the Declaration of Independence was crafted, it revolutionized geo-political thought across the world. Yet it took many years to resolve centuries-old conflicts of race, creed, and class. On the……続きを見る
著者:Keven McQueen
出版社: Indiana University Press
発売日: 2018年09月15日
New England is renowned for its quaint towns, beautiful landscapes, and busy ports. But it is also infamous as the setting for unexplained deaths, ghost stories, bizarre murders, and peculiar wills ……続きを見る
Based on newspaper accounts from the nineteenth and mid-twentieth centuries, many from the Louisville (KY) Courier-Journal, the bizarre incidents of the South prove that death can be both surprising……続きを見る
著者:Keven McQueen
出版社: The History Press
発売日: 2020年08月17日
From ghost towns to circus performers to mass hysteria, the Bluegrass State is no stranger to the strange. Read stories of famed President Abraham Lincoln you've never heard before. Find possible so……続きを見る
The Derby City's Dark Side Louisville has a long history of violence and murder. Editor Godfrey Pope shot Leonard Bliss over a political joke. A hanged man was allegedly revived with electricity. Jo……続きを見る
Charleston is among the world's most cherished destinations, and its history is told and retold to the mass of travelers in search of the storied, classical southern ambiance touted in a bygone age.……続きを見る
**Where to Unpack the Crazy? Quirks, Crimes, and Curiosities of Gainesville, Florida**
Journey through the eccentric, wild, and unforgettable history of Gainesville, Florida, as told by local legend……続きを見る
New England is renowned for its quaint towns, beautiful landscapes, and busy ports. But it is also infamous as the setting for unexplained deaths, ghost stories, bizarre murders, and peculiar wills ……続きを見る
著者:Keven McQueen
出版社: The History Press
発売日: 2009年10月14日
The author of Horror in the Heartland delves deep into the dark and sordid annals of the region where Hoosier history began.
Prepare to take a tour of some dark, strange moments of southern Indiana'……続きを見る
The Eerie and Ominous in Kentucky Kentucky is no stranger to strange occurrences. From weird encounters with the Grim Reaper to local graveyard dogs, the Bluegrass State has its share of odd stories……続きを見る
The Hawaiian kingdom's last monarch wrote her biography in 1897, the year before the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands by the United States. Her story covers six decades of island history told from……続きを見る
著者:Kevin McQueeney
出版社: The University of North Carolina Press
発売日: 2023年05月02日
New Orleans is a city that is rich in culture, music, and history. It has also long been a site of some of the most intense racially based medical inequities in the United States. Kevin McQueeney tr……続きを見る
A spooky history of the American Midwestーfrom grave robbers to ghost sightings and moreーby the author of Creepy California.
Most people think of the American Midwest as a place of wheat fields and……続きを見る
At one time every station in Chicagoーa maximum of five, until 1964–produced or aired some programming for children. From the late 1940’s through the early 1970’s, local television stations created ……続きを見る
The Cortez Hills Expansion Project archaeological excavations uncovered a wealth of information about the Cortez Mining District, from its beginning in 1863 to the government-mandated end to the min……続きを見る
This "fun primer on California's macabre and eccentric history" explores true crimes, paranormal reports, and other curious tales from the Pacific Coast (Paul Koudounaris).
California has many famou……続きを見る
著者:Keven McQueen
出版社: The History Press
発売日: 2012年03月04日
"Lovers of true crime will be thrilled to find a book devoted to Louisville's more iniquitous side . . . and McQueen captures it all with obvious glee" ( The Courier-Journal).
Life in Louisville in……続きを見る
著者:Keven McQueen
出版社: Indiana University Press
発売日: 2021年10月05日
While the Midwest may be known for salt-of-the-earth folks, it's also home to murder and mayhem.
In Murderous Acts: 100 Years of Crime in the Midwest,Keven McQueen explores a century of true crimes ……続きを見る
著者:Keven McQueen
出版社: The History Press
発売日: 2009年09月01日
Author Keven McQueen recalls a time when skunk farms, which allegedly produced a cure for rheumatism, were speckled throughout the countryside and a miserable woman tied her husband to a fence post,……続きを見る