More Amazing Tales from Indiana de Fred D. Cavinder

More Amazing Tales from Indiana

Fred D. Cavinder

en Limba Engleză Paperback – 18 noi 2003

The stories in this book will provide entertainment for everyone and evoke wonder in the most jaded observer of the human condition. Some of the exploits that Fred D. Cavinder describes are half-hidden footnotes to national and international happenings. Others seem so typical of Indiana that they will appeal to anyone who understands the Hoosier spirit. But all of them are true recorded in reliable accounts or by reliable witnesses from early times to the present.
In "Saving Face," Cavinder introduces us to General Ambrose Burnside of Liberty. Burnside blundered his way through the Civil War, relocated to Rhode Island, and served three terms as governor and two terms as U.S. Senator. But what we really remember Burnside for is his unique facial hair his "sideburns." Did you know that Indiana produced three of the movie Tarzans? In "AHHaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiieeeeeeeee " you can find out who they were. With its sometimes quirky stories about the Hoosier state, More Amazing Tales from Indiana will be a ready companion for the bedside table and will provide a wellspring of anecdotes for speechmakers and pundits."

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Introduction 1.Battle of the Dunes2.The Settler with Burning Desire3.The Forgotten and the Dead4.A Plague on All the Houses5.Shucks, One, Two, Three, Four6.Breaking New Ground7.His Honors, The Governors8.Judgment Set Aside9.The Town that Never Was10.Witness to History11.There Goes, Here Comes Owensville12.Another Upright Hoosier Pioneer13.An Honorary Title14.A girl Named Cooper15.And That Goes for Your Cat, Too16.The Doctor Knew Best17.A Moving Classroom Experience18.The Man Behind the Boomers19.The Name is Sometimes Like a Game20.Jefferson Who?21.Out Bright, In Wright22.The Hall of Learning23.The Battle of the Courthouse Army24.Hidden Treasure25.One Good Turn26.Sanctuary of the Sea27.The Mayor with the Green Thumb28.The Last Portrait29.The Friendship of Foes30.The 24-Hour Mill31.The Presidential Trail of Coincidences32.Bury Me, Oh Bury Me Not33.A ringer for Uncle Sam34.Not What the Doctor Ordered35.Saving Face36.Guns Across the Ohio37.Double Duty38.When a Winner Was a Loser39.Death is Taxing40.An Eye to Preservation41.Three Jerrs for Johnson42.Pick a Side, Any Side43.Sherman's Headquarters44.No Cheers for Him45.The Telegrapher Deafness Couldn't Whip46.Taking a Shine to Exhibitions47.The Bill that Didn't Add Up48.Hats Off to Orleans49.The Poet Hoosiers Forgot50.The Dollhouses that Grief Built51.Mile a Minute52.A Man Who. . .Boo53.Leaping Over the Odds54.Ahaaaaaa55.A plate Full of Problems56.The Bird and Bee Man57.Famous Amos and the Fast Ball58.When Drought brought a Town to Georgia59.A League Pennant of Their Own60.One Town Draws on its Talent61.No Kid Gloves for Him62.Bedford Crosses off the Red Cross63.Say Cat for the Camera64.Hero is as Hero Does65.To the Air is Human66.Heroes in the Trenches67.Hoosier Early Birds68.Heart is Where the Hometown Is69.Grave Undertakings70.The Masterful Moose Manager71.They Ought to be in Pictures72.No Stone Unturned73.The Famous Aloft Comes to Ground74.Wilson as the Gipper75.The Tiny Team Pool76.A Bridge So Far77.Serving the Troops78.Stalking Soldier79.Easy as One, Two, Three80.The Sultan of Sprint81.From Statehouse to Jailhouse82.Sex and the Cartoonist83.Girls on the Hardwood84.High Flying Tooters85.The Catch with a Catch to It86.Coming In on a Wing That's a Wing87.And in Second Place88.Check and Double Check89.Sentences to Write a Wrong90.The Temple in Tyson's Brain91.Poetic Injustice92.The Girl Who Got to First Base on Second Base93.Which Way is Up?94.Heady Base Running95.To Dream, Perhaps Endure96.The Women Behind the Pages97.Raising Cane98.Murder He Flew99.Two Remember Pearl Harbor100.Mother's Little Genius101.The Navy Gets the Gravy102.Schmal Wonder103.Prisoners and Pretenders104.Never Say Die about Dad105.The Stag Party Spy Case106.Field of Dreams107.Hold that Ball, Hold that Ball108.Mockery Turtle109.Like Husgand, Like Mother, Like Son110.To Sleep, Mayhap to Apprehend111.Name that Team112.The Cold Cash Case113.Sex and the Single Prisoner114.The Original Two-Wheeler115.The Quick and the Dedicated116.The Case that Came Home117.Hammering Out a Verdict118.Words from on High119.From Wheelchair to Parachute120.Hunting the Booth Truth121.Happy Landings122.The Unbeatable Rivals123.Humpal's Hidden Paintings124.One She Tree Fits All125.A Town Divided126.Great Bulging Belfries127.The Language of Poets128.See Dick and Jane Disappear129.The Cannonball Runner130.Noting the Branch Office131.Have Urge, Will Travel132.Oui, Oui, Old Chap133.Dueling Due134.Swinging and Rotating135.Happy Birthday to You, and You, and You136.Playing with Fire137.A Career-Long Slump138.The Consummate Cat House139.The African King140.Girl Crazy