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Missouri myths & legends : the true stories behind history's mysteries

Title
Missouri myths & legends : the true stories behind history's mysteries / Josh Young.
Author
Young, Josh (Journalist)
Publication
Guilford, Connecticut : Globe Pequot, [2020]

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Description
ix, 221 pages : illustrations, map; 23 cm.
Summary
"Missouri Myths and Legends dispels any notion that the Show Me State is a boring place harboring little unknown. Thirteen diverse chapters, each a story unto itself, probe dark secrets, unexplained phenomena, legendary individuals and actual events which leave people incredulous to this day. Much in this well-researched book has been largely forgotten, but the author's lively and amusing style will awaken curiosity in lifelong residents and armchair visitors alike"--
Series Statement
Myths and legends
Uniform Title
Myths and mysteries of Missouri
Alternative Title
  • Myths and mysteries of Missouri
  • True stories behind history's mysteries
Subject
  • Legends > Missouri
  • Curiosités et merveilles > Missouri > Anecdotes
  • Légendes > Missouri
  • Parapsychologie > Missouri
  • Parapsychology
  • Ghosts
  • Curiosities and wonders
  • Legends
  • Missouri > Errors, inventions, etc. > Anecdotes
  • Missouri > History, Local > Anecdotes
  • Missouri > Histoire > Anecdotes
  • Missouri > Miscellanées
  • Missouri
Genre/Form
  • Anecdotes.
  • History.
  • Trivia and miscellanea.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 206-212) and index.
Contents
Jim the Wonder Dog -- The lost tribes of Missouri -- Tempus fugit while a cave keeps its secrets -- This Missouri hideout was not a Jesse James cave -- The lost silver mine and the mystery of Yocum Dollars -- A larger-than-life lady -- In New Madrid order the malt, not the shake -- Tom Bass : legendary horse whisperer -- Mastodons and mammoths in Missouri -- The three Springfield women : vanished -- The flight of the Atlantic : fueled by plenty of hot air -- Searching for round rocks and stardust -- Underground shipwrecks -- Jesse James lives on in infamy -- Earth light, earth bright, hope I see a light tonight.
ISBN
  • 9781493040063
  • 1493040065
  • 9781493040070 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2020931647
OCLC
  • 1180089291
  • on1180089291
  • SCSB-14478915
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library