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Author | : John R. Abernathy |
Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2006-07-01 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780803236042 |
Best known for catching wolves alive with his bare hands, John R. Abernathy (1876?1941) was born to Scottish ancestors in Texas. Raised in the burgeoning railroad town of Sweetwater, Abernathy considered himself a true son of the Wild West. In his amazing life he worked as a U.S. marshal, sheriff, Secret Service agent, and wildcat oil driller. But it was the accidental discovery of a bold means of catching wolves alive that made Abernathy famous and drew the attention of President Theodore Roosevelt. By forcing his hand deep enough into a wolf's mouth, he could stun the creature long enough to capture it, a service for which he was paid fifty dollars by eager ranchers. ø This Bison Books edition brings Abernathy's vivid account of his life into print for the first time since its original publication in 1936.
Author | : John Henry Walsh |
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Total Pages | : 344 |
Release | : 1870 |
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Total Pages | : 994 |
Release | : 1864 |
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Author | : Henry James Barker |
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Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 1889 |
Genre | : Cats |
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Author | : Jonathon Green |
Publisher | : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 1600 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9780304366361 |
With its unparalleled coverage of English slang of all types (from 18th-century cant to contemporary gay slang), and its uncluttered editorial apparatus, Cassell's Dictionary of Slang was warmly received when its first edition appeared in 1998. 'Brilliant.' said Mark Lawson on BBC2's The Late Review; 'This is a terrific piece of work - learned, entertaining, funny, stimulating' said Jonathan Meades in The Evening Standard.But now the world's best single-volume dictionary of English slang is about to get even better. Jonathon Green has spent the last seven years on a vast project: to research in depth the English slang vocabulary and to hunt down and record written instances of the use of as many slang words as possible. This has entailed trawling through more than 4000 books - plus song lyrics, TV and movie scripts, and many newspapers and magazines - for relevant material. The research has thrown up some fascinating results
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Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 1851 |
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Author | : William Kidd |
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Total Pages | : 394 |
Release | : 1854 |
Genre | : Natural history |
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Author | : George Warrington Steevens |
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Total Pages | : 358 |
Release | : 1898 |
Genre | : Sudan |
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Author | : G. W. Steevens |
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Total Pages | : 372 |
Release | : 1898 |
Genre | : Omdurman, Battle of, Omdurman, Sudan, 1898 |
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Author | : George Warrington Steevens |
Publisher | : Pickle Partners Publishing |
Total Pages | : 341 |
Release | : 2014-08-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1782899235 |
Illustrated with 15 maps George Warrington Steevens was among the most prominent journalists of the Victorian era; writing articles for the National Observer, Pall Mall Gazette and the newly founded Daily Mail; by far his most famous book was ‘With Kitchener to Khartum’. As close member of Kitchener’s inner circle, he saw and wrote of the famous campaign in Sudan, variously known as the Madhist Revolt, or the Second Anglo-Sudan War of 1896-1899. As Steevens recounts in inimitable detail, Kitchener, having become Sirdar or commander of the Egyptian Army set out to recapture the Sudan and avenge his hero Gordon, who had been murdered by the Mahdi some years earlier. As Kitchener and his force descended the Nile, with Steevens in tow, they took great care to ensure their line of supply building a railway line as they went and supplied by river flotilla. The first main clash of forces was at the Battle of Atbara in April 1898 where the British and Egyptian forces furiously attacked and routed a Sudanese camp. Kitchener’s greatest hour came at the battle of Khartoum, four months later, when confronted with a vastly larger force, he relied on the firepower of disciplined volleys and machine guns to break the rebel army beyond repair. Although the revolt lasted a little while longer into 1899, Kitchener could rightly claim to be the victor of the campaign and was ennobled Lord Kitchener of Khartoum. An excellent account of a pivotal Imperial campaign.