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Folklore, fables and fairy talesFrontier and pioneer life, United States history, Customs and cultures, General non-fiction, Biography
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A collection of West Texas tales and folklore that range from frontier stories and ghost towns to famous folks and accounts of everyday life
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Folklore, fables and fairy talesParanormal, Frontier and pioneer life, United States travel and geography
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Short stories of spirits haunting halls and apparitions of famous individuals who visit regularly. Here, haunted locations abound and take center stage. Some violence
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Folklore, fables and fairy talesLiterature biography, Frontier and pioneer life, Criticism
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Tony Hillerman discusses his craft, including his approach to plot, characterization, and setting, along with the wrinkles and twists that make his brand of fiction unique
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Folklore, fables and fairy talesFrontier and pioneer life, Biography
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A documentary on traditional ways of life and local culture of White Pine County from ethnic to occupational to spiritual and religious traditions
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Folklore, fables and fairy tales, Ghost and horror storiesFrontier and pioneer life
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Idaho ghost stories. A lost cave, a possessed canyon and a visit from mysterious strangers are only some of the…
stories you will find in this anthology by Idaho writers. Lock the door, turn on the lights and enjoy these haunted tales
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Folklore, fables and fairy tales, Mysteries and crime storiesFrontier and pioneer life
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Twenty-one Mexican ghost tales translated from Spanish. In La Llorona, a widowed mother who drowns her three children is forced…
by God to roam the world's rivers searching for their bones. In The Bad Boy, a young man kills his ailing mother but sinks into the riverbank where he tries to wash his blood-stained clothes. For grades 5-8 and older readers
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Folklore, fables and fairy talesFrontier and pioneer life, United States history
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The author married a Blackfeet woman, became a member of the tribe, and was given a Blackfeet name. The disappearance…
of the buffalo was as hard for him as for other Blackfeet. The historic and social value in this book lies in the author's first-hand accounts of intertribal conflicts, differences between the government and the Blackfeet, and Indian religious beliefs and observances. For high school and adult readers
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Folklore, fables and fairy talesBiography, Frontier and pioneer life
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A selection of stories from Nevada's history taken from articles written and published over a span of 20 years. Zanjani's…
tales are woven from stories told to her during her childhood and historical research. Adult
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Folklore, fables and fairy talesFrontier and pioneer life, Animals and wildlife, United States history
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This is the story of a Salish boy whose tribal members all died of smallpox. A grizzly bear came and…
took him to another tribal unit, for which he eventually became the Chief. For preschool-grade 2
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Folklore, fables and fairy talesBiography, Frontier and pioneer life, United States history, United States travel and geography, Humour
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Between 1935 and 1942, the field workers for the Montana Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), conducted oral…
history interviews and researched folklore for a Montana folklore publication. Read about beer rustling in Butte, horses so fast they can outrun a storm, winters so cold they'll freeze your shadow to the ground, and the touching first meeting of Brother Van and Kid Curry. Some of Montana's first pioneers recorded these outrageous and often hilarious tales covering everything from a poker-playing magpie to the accepted cure for a greedy hunter. Every Westerner with a sense of humor and heritage, and folklorists everywhere, must add this book to their collections
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Folklore, fables and fairy talesUnited States history, Frontier and pioneer life, History
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Perched on the side of a mountain in the Nevada desert, Virginia City existed for one reason only: to make…
money. The mining frenzy of the mid-nineteenth century uncovered veins of precious metals that would be expressed in billions today, attracting the enterprising madam Cad Thompson, the charismatic highwayman Nickanora and a plethora of swindlers. Miners, flush with their wages, supported a healthy economy of gambling, drinking and prostitution and even launched a few political careers. Sam Clemens, who became Mark Twain while reporting for the Virginia City Territorial Enterprise, called it "the livest town that America had ever produced." Join author Peter B. Mires as he explores the seamy side of this quintessential mining boomtown. Adult
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Folklore, fables and fairy talesFrontier and pioneer life, Paranormal, United States history, United States travel and geography
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The 287-mile stretch of highway that runs east to west across Nevada's desert is billed as the "Loneliest Road in…
America." But those who explore it find there is plenty to discover along the way in the towns of Austin, Eureka, Ely, Fallon and Fernley. Every one of these places has its own unique history, ghosts and stories to tell. From the sordid lynching of Richard Jennings to the humorous legend about a famous sack of flour, author Janice Oberding treks across Highway 50 seeking spirits and uncovering the tales of Singing Sand Mountain, the Red-Headed Giants, the Giroux Mine Disaster and many more. Adult
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Folklore, fables and fairy talesFrontier and pioneer life
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A facsimile edition of Volume 2 of the Texas Folklore Society Publications; includes one essay by J. Frank Dobie and many more by various writers of Texas folklore