1.

Record Nr.

UNIORUON00348624

Autore

SITWELL, Osbert

Titolo

Collected stories / Osbert Sitwell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Duckworth, 1959

Descrizione fisica

xviii, 541 p. ; 22 cm.

Disciplina

823.914

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910824730303321

Autore

Marriott Barbara

Titolo

New Mexico myths & legends : the true stories behind history's mysteries / / Barbara Marriott

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Guilford, Connecticut : , : TwoDot, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

1-4930-1585-0

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Collana

Legends of the West

Disciplina

398.26

Soggetti

Legends - New Mexico

New Mexico History Anecdotes

New Mexico Mythology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE For God, King . . . and Gold; CHAPTER TWO The Lost Adams Gold; CHAPTER THREE The Disappearance of a People; CHAPTER FOUR La Llorona: The Weeping Woman; CHAPTER FIVE Who Killed the Colonel and Little Henry?; CHAPTER SIX The Secret of the School on the Hill; CHAPTER SEVEN The



Curious Cowboy and the Mysterious Bones; CHAPTER EIGHT The Treasure of Victorio Peak; CHAPTER NINE The Crash That Never Happened; CHAPTER TEN The Madness of the Mayberry Murders; CHAPTER ELEVEN The Half Man; CHAPTER TWELVE A Ghostly Assortment of Dubious Characters

CHAPTER THIRTEEN The Stairs from HeavenCHAPTER FOURTEEN Lincoln: The Town of Legends; CHAPTER FIFTEEN Cattle, Lights, and Aliens; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Sommario/riassunto

Part of our new and growing Myths and Mysteries series, Myths and Mysteries of New Mexico explores unusual phenomena, strange events, and mysteries in the Land of Enchantment's history. Each episode included in the book is a story unto itself, and the tone and style of the book is lively and easy to read for a general audience interested in New Mexico history.