This history shows just why, for a fifty year period in the 19th century, the American West was an extraordinary place. Dramatic storytelling are combined with engaging graphics and archival photographs.
Medicine-by-Post is an interdisciplinary study that will engage readers both in the history of medicine and the eighteenth-century novel. The correspondence from the large private practices of James Jurin, George Cheyne, and William Cullen opens a unique window on the doctor–patient relationship in England and Scotland from this period. The letters, many previously unpublished, reveal a changing rhetoric that mirrors contemporary shifts in medical theory and the patient’s self-image. Medicine-by-Post uncovers the strategies of self-representation by both healers and patients, and reinterprets the meaning of illness and the medical encounter in eighteenth-century literature in the light of true-life experience. The tension between the patient’s personal needs and the doctor’s professional will presents a ready metaphor for the novelist, depicting the social expectations placed upon the individual as well as a measure of one’s moral character in the context of illness. The correspondence also demonstrates the subtle changes in rhetoric regarding ‘sensibility’, reflecting evolving medical speculation. It also describes the differing perspectives of the female body between doctors and novelists and the women patients themselves. Yet much of this correspondence shows an unexpected blend of metaphor with a realistic and utilitarian approach to therapeutic advice and the patient’s own compliance. In these letters we discover some genuinely sympathetic doctors.
100 Tips and Techniques for Surviving and Thriving in the Wild If there’s one thing John Wayne admired, it was someone who could stand on their own two feet and take care of themselves no matter what the day might bring. As a lover of the outdoors, he understood the challenges that come with living in the wild. It was a point of pride with Duke to play so many pioneers and explorers in his films – people with the skills that enabled them to master a life on their own far from the edges of civilization. The editors of The Official John Wayne Magazine are proud to publish The Official John Wayne Handy Book of Bushcraft – just the thing you need to prepare for a safe, satisfying backcountry trip. The book includes 100 tips and techniques for surviving and thriving in the wild, from making your own tools out of found materials to hunting your own game without a weapon or fishing pole. You'll find detailed step by step guidelines for: · Finding or building tools and supplies to help you face whatever the wild may throw your way · How to capture, collect and cook food · Protect yourself from harsh weather, extreme temperatures and unfriendly wildlife · Navigate by the stars, the sun and the wind Written by Billy Jensen, a former Green Beret, and Check Freedman, the Handy Book of Bushcraft provides the information you need to prepare for any wilderness situation and respond to the unexpected with confidence and skill.
The Chilcotin’s wild horses are are romantic and beautiful, but they are also controversial: they are seen by government policy as intruders competing for range land with native species and domestic cattle and, as a result, they have been subject to culls and are not officially protected. In this compelling book, wildlife biologist Wayne McCrory draws upon two decades of research to make a case for considering these wonderful creatures, called qiyus in traditional Tŝilhqot’in culture, a resilient part of the area’s balanced prey-predator ecosystem. McCrory also chronicles the Chilcotin wild horses’ genetic history and significance to the Tŝilhqot’in, juxtaposing their efforts to protect qiyus against movements to cull them.
Medicine-by-Post uncovers the strategies of self-representation by both healers and patients, and reinterprets the meaning of illness and the medical encounter in eighteenth-century literature in the light of true-life experience.
John Wesley Hardin spread terror in much of Texas in the years following the Civil War as the most wanted fugitive. Hardin left an autobiography in which he detailed many of the troubles of his life. In A Lawless Breed, Parsons and Brown have meticulously examined his claims against available records to determine how much of his life story is true, and how much was only a half truth, or a complete lie.
The Chilcotin’s wild horses are are romantic and beautiful, but they are also controversial: they are seen by government policy as intruders competing for range land with native species and domestic cattle and, as a result, they have been subject to culls and are not officially protected. In this compelling book, wildlife biologist Wayne McCrory draws upon two decades of research to make a case for considering these wonderful creatures, called qiyus in traditional Tŝilhqot’in culture, a resilient part of the area’s balanced prey-predator ecosystem. McCrory also chronicles the Chilcotin wild horses’ genetic history and significance to the Tŝilhqot’in, juxtaposing their efforts to protect qiyus against movements to cull them.
This history shows just why, for a fifty year period in the 19th century, the American West was an extraordinary place. Dramatic storytelling are combined with engaging graphics and archival photographs.
Noted Western historian Carl Breihan has culled from the handwritten diaries of John Montgomery, grandfather of co-author Wayne Montgomery, new facts about such legendary figures as Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday and Bat Masterson and other famous and infamous men and women who gained notoriety when the Western Frontier was opened up.
Chuck Parsons and Norman Wayne Brown are noted experts on the life and times of John Wesley Hardin. They have written numerous books and magazine articles covering the topic from all angles and in such respected publications as True West, Frontier Times, and The Tombstone Epitaph. Their biography, A Lawless Breed: John Wesley Hardin, Texas Reconstruction and Violence in the Wild West (Denton: UNT Press, 2013) was relevant about John Wesley Hardin and his siblings at the time. Since then, they learned where John Wesley Hardin was really born, found that Gip Hardin did not die at sea, discovered a rare letter penned by Reverend Hardin to son Joe's widow, Belle, additional evidence surrounding John Wesley Hardin's death in El Paso, 1895, and much more. Some of the new discovered information was reported in articles published by True West, The Tombstone Epitaph, and Journal of Wild West History Association. Some articles have not been published. It seems bad blood ran though the veins of the Hardin brothers and many who associated with them. Hopefully you will find this collection worthwhile in addition to their knowledge of why the "breed" of John Wesley Hardin seemed so lawless.
This entertaining true crime memoir chronicles one man’s redemptive journey from motorcycle gang enforcer to undercover police officer. The only patch-wearing outlaw biker to become a sworn police officer—and live to tell his tale In 1977, Wayne “Big Chuck” Bradshaw was Jersey tough. He was a member of the outlaw Pagans bike gang, a One Percenter, and had earned his colours in a world of boozing, bloody bar fights, and high-stakes crime. But after getting too close to extreme violence, Bradshaw made the life-threatening decision to change his path. The toughness Bradshaw used to survive biker life led him to a distinguished and heroic career as an undercover narcotics officer for the same New Jersey police department that had once arrested him. Bradshaw tells his story with the truth of the streets, from his time in the U.S. Army to his decision to join the Pagans, to the wild adventures of working narcotic stings. He rode with truly dangerous criminals and then returned to those same places as a cop. He tracks down fugitives in Jersey’s toughest neighbourhoods, risks his life rescuing dozens from a fire in a seniors’ residence, and volunteers in the aftermath of 9/11. Jersey Tough is an unflinching memoir of personal struggle, of battling with darkness, and ultimately of redemption. Praise for Jersey Tough “Bradshaw delivers both unflinching honesty and gritty, raw action in this fast-moving thriller.” —Joe Pistone, a.k.a. Donnie Brasco “Fast-paced, brutally honest, and compelling.” —Lisa Pulitzer, New York Times–bestselling author “As a former sergeant-at-arms in one of the other “Big Four” motorcycle clubs, I can confirm the authenticity of the biker tales graphically revealed on these pages. Epxosing his courage as well as his frailties, Big Chuck bares all with surprising candor.” —Glenn Heggstad, author of Two Wheels Through Terror “[An] immensely entertaining memoir. . . . This fascinating book is true-crime writing at its best and will appeal to anyone interested in the sordid dealings of America's criminal underworlds.”—Publishers Weekly
The Wild Horse River is the dividing line between the ranchers and the Banjo Mesa, so when a rancher is murdered, the residents are convinced someone from Banjo Mesa did it.
Via phone and U.S. mail, we had arranged to buy five horses for $1,600... Reality came to the fore as we now had our means to traverse the highlands and forests. Tomorrow morning, we will go forward into the past, and I will get the chance to partake in my genesis in the wild.
Coyote hide their dens in the Don Valley; 32 varieties of wildflowers bloom on a vacant lot in the Annex; 304 species of birds stop to stay or migrate through; the world's largest ring-billed gull colony resides on the Leslie Street Spit; 40,000 wily raccoons call Toronto home. Nature--lusty, untamed, and fertile--thrives in the urban jungle of Canada's largest city.
Live to Ride is pure adrenaline—a full-throttle exploration of motorcycles that pushes to the limit, with heart-pounding accounts of riding the greatest bikes of all time, all over the world. “Live to ride, ride to live.” For many motorcycle riders, these words express life’s guiding principle. Just take a look at the patch emblazoned on the jackets of legions of riders. Whether they’re roaring down an empty highway on two wheels at an insane speed, hopping on for a few mind-boggling loops of motocross, joining in the “rolling thunder” of a veritable outlaw motorcycle club, or just cruising on a Harley on a Sunday afternoon, motorcyclists of all stripes share a common love of the freedom that is riding. Wayne Johnson, a lifelong motorcycle-lover and acclaimed writer, takes us around the globe and onto the terrain where the most extreme, thrilling forms of riding happen. Johnson shows where it all began more than a hundred years ago when the first motorcycle evolved from the bicycle and lands us on the track today with some of the world’s highest-paid athletes— professional motorcycle road racers. From there we go inside radically different competitions like the vertigo-inspiring “Widowmaker Hillclimb” and the fastest land racing on the planet at the Bonneville Salt Flats. Johnson also offers an inside look at the legendarily secretive culture of biker clubs with firsthand accounts of his own wild rides with an outlaw club. In every one of these venues, you aren’t just passing through as an observer—you are on a bike, racing across new and undiscovered country, the horizon your only destination. If you have ever wondered what it’s like to climb on a motorcycle and feel its engine roar to life, or have actually done it and felt the rush of flying off into the wild blue yonder, or have simply been intrigued by this iconic part of American culture and history, hold on tight for this irresistible, one-of-a-kind journey into motorcycling.
Wild Stallion by Delores Fossen Bailey Hodges' son was stolen minutes after she'd given birth and someone had wanted her to die. Someone still wanted her dead. But nothing would stop her from finding her child. When Texas tycoon Jackson Malone discovered the 'orphan' he'd adopted had a mother, his suspicions went on high alert. Yet would reuniting mother and child cost Jackson his only chance at having a family of his own? Genuine Cowboy by Joanna Wayne Sean Ledger was coming home to bad memories, and a beautiful widow in need of help. Sean was a loner, but protecting women was his cowboy code. With an escaped convict on her tail, Eve Worthington had nowhere else to turn. Sean had already stolen her heart and would guard her life. But Eve realised she either had to run againor put her bodyguard lover in the line of fire.
JEROME ALOYSIUS WILLIAMS knew from the first onset of puberty that he would be a poet. His first poem gained him a girlfriend and confirmed his commitment to poetry. When adults asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up, he quickly answered, "I'm going to be a poet." When a proper response would have been the question-"Why not a philosopher?"-they stared at him as if he had come from outer space. At a keg party in college, Jerome introduced himself to a group of drunk young men as "a poet." One of the drunks popped off with a rude comment about Jerome's manhood, and the poet responded with a fist to the drunk's nose, which crunched and began spewing blood. From that day on, Jerome Aloysius Williams became known far and wide as Wild Bill, the punch-drunk poet. With an MFA in poetry writing, he held a string of teaching jobs for about forty years, never staying anywhere for very long. He changed women more frequently than jobs. He was dedicated to drinking and fist fighting, but he lived like a hermit in a series of rented rooms, where he slept on the floor. His only furniture was a table and chair, where he sat every day to write poetry with pencil on paper. He thought before writing. He never revised. Well into his sixties, however, he had grown bored with women in their twenties and dissolute living. He had also become very uncomfortable as his contemporaries began to die. He wanted to see some them before they were gone. So Wild Bill looked up his old pal Harry Mature, and they set off for New Mexico on their motorcycles to find their even older pal, Johnny Mack. Despite some dementia, Johnny Mack still has a good bit of spit and fire left in him, and he joins his two friends on a trip to Hollywood, where he hopes to spread the ashes of his wife. In the course of this trip, there is a fight in a "gentlemen's club"; a hazy visit to an industrialized hippy commune in Colorado; a red-haired hitchhiker on a certain corner in Winslow, Arizona; and adventures in Las Vegas, where they meet a monk. When the Hollywood hill proves to be too daunting, the oldsters go down to Mexico. Wild Bill survives a bullfight in Tijuana. In Cabo San Lucas, the ashes go out to sea, and the men have life-changing epiphanies. Come along for the ride. Come along for the laughs. Come along for the tears. Carpe diem-and don't let this one get away. This hilarious novel continues the adventures of Harry Mature, the hero of TROUT AND OTHER MYTHICAL BEINGS.
Contains captioned, archival photographs that provide insights into the history of Thousand Oaks, California, focusing on the life of Louis Goebel and the origins of Jungleland, which Goebel began as an animal training center for Hollywood in 1926.
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