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Boilermakers beware: There's a dark and secret side to to
Lafayette's history that is sure to send shivers down the spine.
From storied specters and urban legends, like Amelia Earhart's
tragic figure haunting hangar number one at Purdue University
Airport and sightings of the ever-elusive Bigfoot, to haunted
houses and battlefields, with a guillotine suicide in the Lahr
Hotel and the Trail of Death, authors Dorothy Salvo Davis and W.C.
Madden leave no stone unturned as they examine the tragic past and
the haunted present of Lafayette. With stories focusing on West
Lafayette and White, Carroll and Warren Counties, "Haunted
Lafayette" is a chilling read that no ghost enthusiast should miss.
From its humble beginnings as a place to swim and row a boat, Ideal
Beach eventually became Indiana Beach, a small amusement park where
families could have good old-fashioned fun. Founded by Earl
Spackman in 1926, its popularity was bolstered by the addition of a
dance hall that drew the top bands of the nation during the
Depression and war years of the 1940s. When Earl passed away, his
son Tom continued his legacy, setting Indiana Beach on a course
that would make it one of the most popular vacation resorts and
amusement parks in the entire Midwest, delighting nearly one
million visitors every year.
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Monticello (Hardcover)
W.C. Madden; Introduction by Robert E Fox
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Discovery Miles 6 910
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The rotary jail was one of the more unusual architectural designs
in history. In response to a need for better control over
prisoners, 18 of the revolving, escape-proof structures were
constructed in the United States from 1882 through 1889. They had
their problems. There were mechanical difficulties, due to the
extreme weight of the components. Unwary prisoners lost digits or
limbs when carousels were rotated without warning-one lost his
life. Because inmates could only be let out of their cells one at a
time, some rotary jails were closed as fire hazards. This book
describes in detail their construction, operation and eventual
demise, as well as some of the colorful inmates that were held in
them.
For a dozen years in the 1940s and 1950s, more than 700 women
played professional baseball in the All-American Girls Professional
Baseball League. Though some saw their brand of ball as a sideshow
or wartime diversion, the women were all tough competitors and
superb athletes. They set records that remain unequaled by their
male counterparts, including Sophie Kurys' 201 stolen bases in a
single season and Joanne Winter's 63 consecutive scoreless innings.
And the 1944 AAGPBL All-Star game was the first night game at
Chicago's Wrigley Field. This is the most comprehensive look ever
at the players of this women's league. From Velma Abbott to Agnes
""Aggie"" Zurkowski, over 600 players are profiled. For each
player, vital dates, place of birth, height, weight, defensive
position, teams played for and seasons active are provided, along
with complete career statistics. These data are followed (in most
cases) by a brief biographical sketch that details the player's
career, how she came to play in the league and information on her
post-baseball career. Most of the photographs are from the personal
files of the players and have never before been published.
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