Richard Powell
Author
Language
English
Description
Pioneer, Go Home! is a warm and witty tale of the little man versus "Big Gummint." Powell relates the adventures of the Kwimpers-a motley clan of New Jersey Pineys who break down on the side of a southern highway project and decide to claim squatter's rights. Call them "hicks" or "bumpkins" if you like, but these Kwimpers are considerably more resourceful than most folks give them credit for-and ten times as stubborn! When the government orders them...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1997
Language
English
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Description
Presents the story of a poltergiest known as "Kate Batt's witch," that began harrassing the family of John Bell in 1818 and is reported to have caused Bell's death; told through a manuscript written in 1841 by schoolteacher Richard Powell who was a witness to the strange events.
Author
Language
English
Description
Taína Caragol is curator of painting and sculpture and Latino art and history at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC. Dorothy Moss is curator of painting and sculpture at the National Portrait Gallery, where she also directs the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition and serves as coordinating curator of the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative. Richard J. Powell is the John Spencer Bassett Professor of Art and Art History at...