The Short and Bloody History of Highwaymen

The Short and Bloody History of Highwaymen
Author: John Farman
Publisher: Millbrook Press
Total Pages: 104
Release: 2002-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780822508397

Presents a detailed account of the daily life of a highwayman, and introduces some of the famous men and women who earned their living as robbers in Great Britain in the eighteenth century.

Pirates, Plants And Plunder!

Pirates, Plants And Plunder!
Author: Stewart Ross
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2012-02-29
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1448120470

Twelve fascinating tales about the adventurers who travelled all over the globe, finding new plants and the amazing things they produce. Join Joseph Banks as he gets stranded on the Australian Great Barrier Reef whilst searching for new botanical specimens. Battle with the Mexican Emperor Montezuma against the invading Hernando Cortes - and watch as Cortes introduces chocolate to the rest of the world! Struggle with other travellers as they fight starvation, bears, strange diseases and tropical storms. Exciting, witty and wacky, these true-life tales span centuries and the globe, feature famous historical figures such as Captain Bligh, Darwin and Columbus and put the origins of 'everyday' plants into perspective.

Gotcha for Guys!

Gotcha for Guys!
Author: Kathleen A. Baxter
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2006-11-30
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0313090580

Research indicates boys are interested in reading nonfiction materials, yet most children's librarians prefer to booktalk fiction. Offering citations for more than 1,100 books, Gotcha for Guys! deals specifically with books to pique the interest of middle grade boys. A series of booktalks are grouped within chapters with like titles such as: Creepy-Crawly Creatures, Disasters and Unsolved Mysteries, Action and Innovation, and All Things Gross. Complete booktalks are presented in a beginning section of chapters 1-9. A second section in each of these chapters contains short annotations and talks for other books of interest, and a third section offers lists of well-reviewed titles to consider for boys. The book is enhanced with book cover art and reproducible lists for teachers and librarians.

Gunfighters, Highwaymen, and Vigilantes

Gunfighters, Highwaymen, and Vigilantes
Author: Roger D. McGrath
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2023-11-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 0520341732

From the Preface:On the frontier, says conventional wisdom, a structured society did not exist and social control was largely absent; law enforcement and the criminal justice system had limited, if any, influence; and danger--both from man and from the elements--was ever present. This view of the frontier is projected by motion pictures, television, popular literature, and most scholarly histories. But was the frontier really all that violent? What was the nature of the violence that did occur? Were frontier towns more violent that cities in the East? Has America inherited a violent way of life from the frontier? Was the frontier more violent than the United States is today? This book attempts to answer these questions and others about violence and lawlessness on the frontier and do so in a new way. Whereas most authors have drawn their conclusions about frontier violence from the exploits of a few notorious badmen and outlaws and from some of the more famous incidents and conflicts, I have chosen to focus on two towns that I think were typical of the frontier--the mining frontier specifically--and to investigate all forms of violence and lawlessness that occurred in and around those towns.

The Highwayman

The Highwayman
Author: Alfred Noyes
Publisher: Oxford University Press - Children
Total Pages: 39
Release: 2013-12-12
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0192738054

The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor, And the highwayman came riding- Riding-riding- The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door. In Alfred Noyes's thrilling poem, charged with drama and tension, we ride with the highwayman and recoil from the terrible fate that befalls him and his sweetheart Bess, the landlord's daughter. The vivid imagery of the writing is matched by Charles Keeping's haunting illustrations which won him the Kate Greenaway Medal. This new edition features rescanned artwork to capture the breath-taking detail of Keeping's illustrations and a striking new cover.

Very Bloody History of Britain

Very Bloody History of Britain
Author: John Farman
Publisher: Random House (UK)
Total Pages: 270
Release: 2001-08
Genre: Great Britain
ISBN: 9780099417774

A factually accurate and fabulously funny look at the history of Britain from the dawn of civilization to the end of the Second World War. You’ve never had a history lesson like it!

Gotcha Covered!

Gotcha Covered!
Author: Kathleen A. Baxter
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2005-06-30
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN:

Presents over three hundred booktalks designed to help teachers increase their students' interest in reading nonfiction books, arranged thematically in seven categories, including world war; dreamers, flyers, and innovators; and playing with words.

The Highwayman

The Highwayman
Author: Kerrigan Byrne
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 379
Release: 2015-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1250076056

The debut novel in a stunningly lush, intensely sexy new Victorian and Scottish-set historical romance series.