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This book will take the reader on a word trip back through the recreational landscape of early America. Along the way, he or she will encounter such colorful characters as Blatz the "Human Fish," "Dinner Pail McNutt," "Big-eared Zip," "Sparrow" (a vaudeville performer who would catch ripe pumpkins with his face) and a fast-talking medicine showman who would "cure" corns right through a country bumpkin's shoes with a secret ingredient - gasoline From the gleaming gold-and-silver stream of the great circus street parades to the pounding of the tambourines of the raucous minstrel shows, the...

This book will help you sink into the days when the Wild West was considerably wilder. Join mountain man, James Clyman, as he earns his "mountain man degree" by studying in classes taught by charging grizzlies, murderous Indians and sub-zero windstorms. Then ride alongside Mary Ringo as she summons every ounce of her inner strength to complete her westward journey after her beloved husband died from a shooting accident. Among her children is fourteen-year-old Johnny, who is destined to cast a black cloud over the family name of Ringo. As you plod alongside the "foot soldiers of Zion," you'll...

In this compilation of activity-program ideas, you will run across full program concepts as well as tidbits and tweaks that can add pizzazz to your activity calendar. As the author puts it, there are ideas for those who are "fresh off the vine in the activity field" as well as for those who are "a tad withered around the leaves." Just open the cover to dig into time-tested activities like The Life and Times display, Music & Memories, The Fabulous Follies. A Best-dressed Pet Show, Root Beer & Roulette, A "Staycation" Display, "Racemania," Hometown Happenings, The "Times of Our Lives" Memory...

The legends of the Old West weren't always legends. In fact, many of them led the same sedate lives as their neighbors until fate opened a door to their unique destiny. As they entered that door, one by one, they took their places in the chronicles of a restless country pushing its boundary further and further west. The events that provided entry to western fame were often quirks of fate or chance happenings that, like the legends they produced, composed timeless stories waiting to be told. The fateful career of Doc Holliday, for instance, sprang from a -rib-rattling- cough that sickened his...