The Strange Genius of Mr. O - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Strange Genius of Mr. O write by Carolyn Eastman. This book was released on 2020-12-11. The Strange Genius of Mr. O available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. When James Ogilvie arrived in America in 1793, he was a deeply ambitious but impoverished teacher. By the time he returned to Britain in 1817, he had become a bona fide celebrity known simply as Mr. O, counting the nation's leading politicians and intellectuals among his admirers. And then, like so many meteoric American luminaries afterward, he fell from grace. The Strange Genius of Mr. O is at once the biography of a remarkable performer--a gaunt Scottish orator who appeared in a toga--and a story of the United States during the founding era. Ogilvie's career featured many of the hallmarks of celebrity we recognize from later eras: glamorous friends, eccentric clothing, scandalous religious views, narcissism, and even an alarming drug habit. Yet he captivated audiences with his eloquence and inaugurated a golden age of American oratory. Examining his roller-coaster career and the Americans who admired (or hated) him, this fascinating book renders a vivid portrait of the United States in the midst of invention.
Strange But True, America
Strange But True, America - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Strange But True, America write by John Hafnor. This book was released on 2009. Strange But True, America available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Contains 101 curious tales and oddball facts about events and people from the fifty states.
Strange Wisconsin
Strange Wisconsin - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Strange Wisconsin write by Linda S. Godfrey. This book was released on 2007. Strange Wisconsin available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Pig men . . . trolls . . . the curse of Miller Park . . . the Golden Plates of Voree. When it coms to weird, Wisconsin's got it! And nobody is better at telling the bizarre stories of the state's odd side than best-selling author and paranormal authority Linda Godfrey. Join the fun on an eyebrow-raising tour of people and places you won't believe!
Emily's Secret Book of Strange
Emily's Secret Book of Strange - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Emily's Secret Book of Strange write by Rob Reger. This book was released on 2003-02. Emily's Secret Book of Strange available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Emily shows how she sees the world and how deceptive sight can be, in this book of illusions and surprises.
Strange Objects
Strange Objects - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Strange Objects write by Gary Crew. This book was released on 2011-08-01. Strange Objects available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The 25th anniversary edition of this landmark novel, in which a chilling modern mystery is entwined with one of Australia's most brutal and intriguing historical atrocities. From one of Australia's most awarded writers, Gary Crew, with a foreword and cover illustration by Shaun Tan. On 4 June 1629, the Dutch vessel Batavia struck uncharted rocks off the West Australian coast. By the time help arrived, over 120 men, women and children had met their deaths - not in the sea, but murdered by two fellow survivors, Wouter Loos and Jan Pelgrom. Nearly 400 years later, Steven Messenger discovers gruesome relics from that wreck. Four months later he disappears without a trace. Where is Messenger? Is his disappearance linked to the relics? Someone knows ... somewhere ... 'this stunningly original work defies easy categorization as it spins dual story lines into one spellbinding yarn ... Crew tantalizes to the very end, leaving readers to speculate enthusiastically on the riddles he craftily leaves unsolved. His tale will electrify his audience' - Publishers Weekly 'Strange Objects will continue to tease and perplex readers of all ages long after it has been read' - Australian Book Review 'A supernatural mystery of a high order' - Kirkus Reviews 'The past is alive in us all, and will test our humanity to the full' - Marion Halligan
