History
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AFRO-AMERICAN COWBOY The Life and Adventures of a black cowboy – Nat Love
“Born a slave, he goes on to be a free man in pursuit of the wildlife on the range. His voice is strong and inspiring, his proud declaration of being an American is infectious!” Nat Love was a Brother and truly a frontier legend of the American West. Whether as a slave, as a black […]
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QUANTRILL Civil War Guerrilla – John P. Burch
Less well known about the Civil War are the guerrilla campaigns in the West. Before the war, Kansas and Missouri had several raids across the border. Kansas was a free state, and Missouri was a slave state. Each side had its good points, and each side also had faults. The guerrilla campaigns was mostly Missouri […]
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THE HUMBUGS OF THE WORLD an account of humbugs, delusions, impositions, quackeries, deceits and deceivers generally, in all ages – P.T. Barnum
. . . one said to the other gravely, in Latin “mundus vult decipi;” and the other replied, with equal gravity and learning “decipiatur ergo:” that is, “All the world chooses to be be fooled. — “Let it be fooled, then.” In this tome, P.T. Barnum takes the reader on a tour of flakes through […]
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Curious Punishments of Bygone Days (Illustrated) – Alice Morse Earle
Diverting, informative, sometimes bizarre… Just in case you needed a catalogue of examples demonstrating how horrible human beings are:Curious Punishments of Bygone Days was first published in 1896. It is a cool little history of public punishments in colonial America. We at Notoir Books have our personal reasons to publish this cute book. You can […]
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ANABAPTISTS Apocalypticism, Sex and Violence – Sabine Baring-Gould
“This book on the Munster Rebellion is guaranteed to make the reader reflect on the apocalypticism and violence we are witnessing today.” Imagine Helter Skelter coming down hard&heavy in medieval Germany. Mansonesque charismatic cult-leader included. throw some free love, deadly devotion and apocalyptic bible-interpretation in the mix, and you have a sordid combination on your […]
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The Book of WERE-WOLVES – Sabine Baring-Gould
“A VICTORIAN CLASSIC” With the shocking histories of 10 famous cases, this Classic blends science, superstition, and fiction to tell the full story of the Werewolves among us. The first serious academic study of lycanthropy and “blood-lust”, this book draws upon a vast body of observation, myth, and lore. Written in the 1860’s this book […]
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THE STORY OF THE OUTLAW: A Study of the Western Desperado – Emerson Hough
[capslock on] WITH HISTORICAL NARRATIVES OF FAMOUS OUTLAWS, THE STORIES OF NOTED BORDER WARS, VIGILANTE MOVEMENTS AND ARMED CONFLICTS ON THE FRONTIER [capslock off] The Story of the Outlaw by Emerson Hough is a study of the Western Desperado, written long before a century of Western movies had created a rather glamorous image of these men. […]
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POISON: Poison Romance and Poison Mysteries – C.J.S. Thompson
UP THE DOSE! Long before the action of vegetable and mineral substances on human beings and animals was known, it is probable that poisonous bodies in some form were used by primitive man. Poisons have been the murderer’s friend for thousands of years. Often regarded as the lady’s – or doctor’s – weapon of choice, […]
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The Psychology of Revolution – Gustave Le Bon
“At no period of history did men so little grasp the present, so greatly ignore the past, and so poorly divine the future.” According to Gustave Le Bon, The French Revolution lost its relevance as soon as the cry, “liberty, fraternity and equality,” was reduced to equality: “Never did men speak so much to say […]