Tales from the Ridgeway

Tales from the Ridgeway
Author: Year 4
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 77
Release: 2012-04-24
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1471081001

Tales from the Ridgeway is a collection of stories written by the Year 4 class of 2011/2012 from The Ridgeway Primary School, in Reading.The stories made have only had the punctuation and occasional grammatical error edited. All the language and ideas are the children's own and no child has been left out, regardless of writing ability.

Badger Bars & Tavern Tales

Badger Bars & Tavern Tales
Author: Bill Moen
Publisher: The Guest Cottage, Inc.
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2003
Genre: Bars (Drinking establishments)
ISBN: 1930596200

Relive the days when wisconsin was young and wild, when the tavern was the social hub of small towns across the state.

A Shock

A Shock
Author: Keith Ridgway
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2021-07-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0811230864

Ever since Keith Ridgway published his landmark cult novel Hawthorn & Child, his ardent fans have yearned for more Finally, Ridgway gives us A Shock, his thrilling and unsparing, slippery and shockingly good new novel. Formed as a rondel of interlocking stories with a clutch of more or less loosely connected repeating characters, it’s at once deracinated yet potent with place, druggy yet frighteningly shot through with reality. His people appear, disappear, and reappear. They’re on the fringes of London, clinging to sanity or solvency or a story by their fingernails, consumed by emotions and anxieties in fuzzily understood situations. A deft, high-wire act, full of imprecise yet sharp dialog as well as witchy sleights of hand reminiscent of Muriel Spark, A Shock delivers a knockout punch of an ending. Perhaps Ridgway’s most breathtaking quality is his scintillating stealthiness: you can never quite put your finger on how he casts his spell—he delivers the shock of a master jewel thief (already far-off and scot-free) stealing your watch: when at some point you look down at your wrist, all you see is that in more than one way you don’t know what time it is…

Outlaw Tales of the Old West: Fifty True Stories of Desperados, Crooks, Criminals, and Bandits

Outlaw Tales of the Old West: Fifty True Stories of Desperados, Crooks, Criminals, and Bandits
Author: Erin H. Turner
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 409
Release: 2016-06-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 1493023292

This collection of fifty outlaw tales includes well-knowns such as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Frank and Jesse James, Belle Starr (and her dad), and Pancho Villa, along with a fair smattering of women, organized crime bosses, smugglers, and of course the usual suspects: highwaymen, bank and train robbers, cattle rustlers, snake-oil salesmen, and horse thieves. Men like Henry Brown and Burt Alvord worked on both sides of the law either at different times of their lives or simultaneously. Clever shyster Soapy Smith and murderer Martin Couk survived by their wits, while the outlaw careers of the dimwitted DeAutremont brothers and bigmouthed Diamondfield Jack were severely limited by their intellect, or lack thereof. Nearly everyone in these pages was motivated by greed, revenge, or a lethal mixture of the two. The most bloodthirsty of the bunch, such as the heartless (and, some might argue, soulless) Annie Cook and trigger-happy Augustine Chacón, surely had evil written into their very DNA.

The Gypsy's Parson

The Gypsy's Parson
Author: George Hall (rector of Ruckland, Lincolnshire.)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 398
Release: 1915
Genre: Gypsies
ISBN:

Haunted Wisconsin

Haunted Wisconsin
Author: Michael Norman
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Pres
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2011-10-15
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0299285936

Grab a cozy blanket, light a few flickering candles, and enjoy the unnerving tales of Haunted Wisconsin. Gathered from personal interviews with credible eyewitnesses, on-site explorations, historical archives, newspaper reports, and other sources, these scores of reports date from Wisconsin’s early settlement days to recent inexplicable events. You’ll read about Wisconsin’s most famous haunted house, Summerwind; three Milwaukee men who encountered the beautiful ghost of National Avenue; a phantom basketball player; a spectral horse that signaled death in the pioneer era of the Wisconsin Dells; a poltergeist in St. Croix County who attracted a crowd of more than three hundred spectators; the Ridgeway Ghost who haunts the driftless valleys of southwestern Wisconsin; a swinging railroad lantern held by unseen hands; the Ghost Island of the Chippewa Flowage; and many others. Are ghosts real? That’s for you to decide! Now available in a Third Edition with updates and several new accounts, Haunted Wisconsin remains a favorite collection of unexplained midwestern tales, enjoyed by readers of all ages.

Ghostly Tales of Wisconsin

Ghostly Tales of Wisconsin
Author: Ryan Jacobson
Publisher: Adventure Publications
Total Pages: 99
Release: 2022-09-06
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1647553121

Read 28 chilling ghost stories about reportedly true encounters with the supernatural in Wisconsin. A place so haunted it was featured on national television, the spirits of long-dead gangsters and serial killers, and perhaps the most famous werewolf story in US history—Wisconsin is among the most haunted states in America. This collection of ghost stories presents the creepiest, most surprising tales of the Badger State! Award-winning author Ryan Jacobson has always held a fascination for things that go bump in the night. The professional writer spent countless hours researching the region in search of the strangest and scariest run-ins with the unexplained. Horror fans and history buffs will delight in these 28 terrifying tales about haunted locations. They’re based on reportedly true accounts, proving that Wisconsin is the setting for some of the most compelling ghostly tales ever told. The short stories are ideal for quick reading, and they are sure to captivate anyone who enjoys a good scare. Share them with friends around a campfire, or try them alone at home—if you dare.

Roses of Ridgeway

Roses of Ridgeway
Author: Kianna Alexander
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2015
Genre: Man-woman relationships
ISBN: 9781519954053

Enjoy the first three books in the Roses of Ridgeway historical romance series, all in on convenient set!Kissing the Captain Lilly Benigno is thrown for a loop when she discovers her father's will demands she share the land with a man she's never met, sea captain Ricardo Benigno. The attraction between them is instant, and they both agree that marriage is the only acceptable way they can share the land. But can two people from such different worlds learn to love each other, or will Lilly's heart be broken if she dares to kiss the captain? The Preacher's Paramour Reverend Derrick Chase, a Moravian pastor, is newly settled in Ridgeway, over 3,000 miles away from where he grew up in North Carolina. He came to California hoping to put distance between himself, and a dark past he has no desire to revisit. But the tall, beautiful Prudence Emerson gets his heart pounding every time she's near. She's an honorable woman, and he won't soil her reputation. But another thing he won't do is let her slip through his fingers. Can he love her without drawing her into the dangerous web of his secret past? Loving the Lawman Just as Sheriff Noah Rogers begins to woo the icy Valerie Ridgeway, a rash of crime invades the usually peaceful environment of Ridgeway. When the safety of the innocent citizens of town becomes more threatened than ever before, Noah must find a way to protect them, and the woman he loves. But when shocking violence, loss, and grief threaten to unravel their hard-won courtship, will they find a way to overcome it all, so that Valerie can truly begin loving the lawman?