Washington Myths and Legends - The True Stories Behind History''s Mysteries

Informationen zum Autor L.E. Bragg is a Washington State native whose books about the Pacific Northwest include: More than Petticoats: Remarkable Washington Women and More than Petticoats: Remarkable Idaho Women, and the picture books A River Lost, Heart of the Palús, and Seattle, City By The Sound. She lives near Seattle. Klappentext Tales of intrigue in this book include unusual unsolved crimes, legends of lost treasure, spine-tingling ghost stories, well-documented sea creature sightings, and more. Based on historic accounts from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, author L.E. Bragg recounts seventeen myths and mysteries from Washington's past, verifying some tales from multiple accounts and exposing some stories for what may have really occurred. Readers will be riveted by the detailed descriptions of Puget Sound's demon of the deep, Northwest gold fever may strike again after readers learn the details of Captain Ingalls's lost treasure, and believers will be surprised to learn that strange sightings over Mount Rainier predate the famous Roswell event. Enjoy these tales and more from Washington's suspicious past. Inhaltsverzeichnis (1) Preface (2) D. B. Cooper Where Are You? (3) Demons of the Deep (4) Legend of the Two Saddles Treasure (5) The Georgetown Castle (6) Mountain Devils on Mount St. Helens (7) Lady of the Lake (8) A World-Famous Lobotomy (9) Captain Ingalls's Gold (10) Shanghaied! (11) Flying Saucers over Mount Rainier (12) The Mad Doctor's South Hill Mansion (13) Strange Stellacoom (14) The Earl of Blewett Pass (15) Madcap May's Curse (16) Kennewick Man (17) Bibliography

Produktdetails

• Autoren: L. E. Bragg, Lynn Bragg
• Verlag: Rowman and Littlefield
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 30.09.2015
• EAN: 9781493016037
• ISBN: 978-1-4930-1603-7
• Seiten: 208
• Serien: Legends of the West; Legends of the West
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte; Ratgeber > Spiritualität > Altes Wissen, Alte Kulturen; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, Popular beliefs & controversial knowledge, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Popular beliefs