Forgotten Tales

The Forgotten Tales history book series delights readers with true incidents of unbelievable anecdotes that have survived throughout history. Uncover the identity of Lady Bluebeard in Forgotten Tales of Idaho. Visit the site of a deadly lion attack at Luna Park or a staged train collision in Texas. Meet the snake oil salesman of Colorado, then hunt for the hairy, bipedal beasts that lurk in Michigan’s upper peninsula. From the forgotten tales of Long Island to the deserts of New Mexico, these uniquely American tales are sure to tantalize. 
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Forgotten Tales of Vermont
Forgotten Tales of Vermont
$14.99
Forgotten Tales of Kentucky
Forgotten Tales of Kentucky
$14.99
Cover image for Forgotten Tales of Arkansas, isbn: 9781609496388
Forgotten Tales of Arkansas
$14.99
True Tales of Kansas
True Tales of Kansas
$21.99
Forgotten Tales of Michigan's Lower Peninsula
Forgotten Tales of Michigan's Lower Peninsula
$14.99
Forgotten Tales of North Carolina
Forgotten Tales of North Carolina
$14.99
Forgotten Tales of Philadelphia
Forgotten Tales of Philadelphia
$14.99
Forgotten Tales of Missouri
Forgotten Tales of Missouri
$14.99
Mysterious Tales of the North Carolina Piedmont
Mysterious Tales of the North Carolina Piedmont
$21.99

Forgotten Tales of Vermont

9781596294653

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There's more to Vermont than maple syrup and covered bridges. A book about Vermont's history will likely bring to mind such topics as Abenaki Indians, the Green Mountain Boys and the state's famed covered bridges, but Forgotten Tales of Vermont takes readers far beyond traditional histories to uncover little-known stories from Vermont's quirky past. Who knew that students from Castleton Medical School moonlighted as grave robbers until they were caught hiding Mrs. Churchill's head in a haystack? Or that an Egyptian mummy once turned up in Middlebury and is now buried at the local cemetery alongside the town's founders? Stories such as the Willoughby Lake "monster" and "Slipperyskin," the bear that terrorized Lemington, are sure to bemuse, baffle and surprise even Vermonters who think they've heard it all. Culled from newspapers, books and journals, William M. Alexander's fascinating tales will entertain and inform readers for generations to come!
Forgotten Tales of Vermont

Forgotten Tales of Kentucky

9781596295346

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Author Keven McQueen (Kentucky Book of the Dead, Offbeat Kentuckians) once again bucks tradition and offers an entertaining, if not peculiar, hodgepodge of unfamiliar Bluegrass history. Read about the day it rained amphibians in Louisville, hunts for buried treasure, unidentified flying people, remnants of a vanished race of giants, Owensboro's own Loch Ness Monster and can there really be catacombs beneath the streets of Lexington? Feed your curiosity and discover the Forgotten Tales of Kentucky,
Forgotten Tales of Kentucky

Forgotten Tales of Arkansas

9781609496388

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Take a journey through Arkansas' forgotten past and find the colorful characters, unusual stories and strange occurrences left out of conventional history books. Authors Edward and Karen Underwood weave fact and fun in this offbeat, gripping and little-known history of the Natural State. Discover the Tantrabobus monster rumored to lurk in the hills of the Ozarks, meet the imposters who faked the state's first history museum and learn the story behind Arkansas' lost amusement park, Dogpatch, USA. Truth really is stranger than fiction in Arkansas, and this one-of-a-kind state has the stories to prove it
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True Tales of Kansas

9781467146845

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True Tales of Kansas offers the historic, never-before-heard stories that make the state what it is. The historic tales of the Sunflower State and its people are as interesting as the days are long. A pair of brothers went from making airplanes to tractors and soon became part of John Deere. Kansan Captain Donald K. Ross won the first Congressional Medal of Honor at Pearl Harbor. The first telephone exchange in the area was invented by a Mr. Strowger because a rival funeral director had a girlfriend who was an operator for the local telephone company and kept sending his business to her friend. Nannie Jones, who stood up to Jim Crow racism and won her case in court, is memorialized by a headstone in Highland Cemetery. Author Roger Ringer details these stories and more.
True Tales of Kansas

Forgotten Tales of Michigan's Lower Peninsula

9781626196582

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Some of Michigan's most noteworthy yarns and compelling characters were lost down the corridors of history--until now. Discover the Nain Rouge, that "Demon from the Strait," spotted everywhere from the Battle of Bloody Run in 1763 to the Detroit Riot in 1967. Meet folks like Major Stickney, who named his sons One and Two and his youngest daughter Indiana. Inspect the Toledo War's ill-equipped militia and sort through an armament that included a barrel of whiskey and broom handles from the local hardware store. Spend time with "Mad Anthony" Wayne and pay a visit to Cadillac, the wickedest town in the Midwest. Author Alan Naldrett covers these stories and more in this collection of forgotten tales.
Forgotten Tales of Michigan's Lower Peninsula

Forgotten Tales of North Carolina

9781596291775

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What comes to mind when you think of North Carolina history? Is it Sir Walter Raleigh, Guilford Courthouse and the Wright Brothers? Or do you think of sea monsters, drunken geese, hitchhiking alligators and a boy with "America" spelled out in his eyes? Throughout its 350-year past, North Carolina has been the site of a vast number of famous historical events. But the history of the Tar Heel State doesn't stop there. Just beyond what's well-known, written about and taught lies a second history, a Tar Heel treasure trove of fascinating characters and extraordinary events that have for decades gone untold or been forgotten. Until now. In this enthralling new book, Roger Kammerer and Tom Painter have compiled a collection of stories on North Carolina history sure to befuddle, baffle and bemuse even lifelong residents. Who knew that a man in Currituck County once traded his wife and two children for a fishing net? Or that the town of Rich Square once counted among its residents a 1,000-pound man? Or that a world champion fiddler from Asheville once fiddled at the White House for the president and King George VI? Or, better yet, that oysters with false teeth were once hauled up from the waters off Morehead City? Forgotten Tales of North Carolina is an incomparable collection of outrageous historic stories that will delight Tar Heels across the state, newcomers and natives alike.
Forgotten Tales of North Carolina

Forgotten Tales of Philadelphia

9781609492700

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A twelve-foot bull shark in the Delaware, the 1856 tornado that tore through Kensington and the four-elephant battle royal that rolled into Fair Hill Junction are among the bizarre tales that are too often overlooked in the history of Penn's Holy Experiment. Authors Thomas and Edward White have intrepidly stormed the stacks to unearth this offbeat collection of strange stories and weird lore with accounts of body snatchers, witch trials and a snake-wielding lunatic. From the outlawing of tambourine beating to the posse that caught a ghost and everything in between, the Brothers White take a wickedly gleeful romp through the freak happenings, dastardly deeds and unbelievable characters that lurk in the lost chronicles of the City of Brotherly Love.
Forgotten Tales of Philadelphia

Forgotten Tales of Missouri

9781609494735

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Truth, after all, still remains stranger and more engaging than most legends. And Missouri, of course, leads every other place in truth. Hop aboard Long's dragon boat or take advantage of 1846 wind wagon technology to plunge into the forgotten tales of this fascinating place. Hobnob cautiously with Stagger Lee, Mike Fink and Calamity Jane and view the chamber pot war from a safe distance. Trade witticisms with Alphonse Wetmore and Mark Twain, the frontier folk who keep us civilized today. If you keep company with storyteller Mary Collins Barile, you'll even catch a glimpse of the Mississippi River running backward from an earthquake that was all Missouri's fault.
Forgotten Tales of Missouri

Mysterious Tales of the North Carolina Piedmont

9781467144063

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The history of the Tar Heel State is filled with mysterious and creepy tales. Legends say that several places in North Carolina have been visited by the devil, from the Devil's Tramping Ground near Siler City to the footprint he left in the Devil's Rock in Warren County. Learn why the Banshee of the Tar River first appeared and why her bloodcurdling screams continue to be heard. The Catsburg Ghost Train still appears on moonless nights. Sightings of Normie, the monster of Lake Norman, have been reported since the lake was created in the early 1960s. Join master storyteller Sherman Carmichael as he explores the lore of North Carolina's Piedmont.
Mysterious Tales of the North Carolina Piedmont