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Black, September

 
9780595273645: Run Naked in the Wind: A legend of Ol' Piccimuc and the Spook Light
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ISBN 10 : 0595273645 ISBN 13 : 9780595273645
Editeur : iUniverse, 2003

Synopsis

Run Naked in the Wind The Story of "Ol' Piccimuc" and the "Spook light"-an existing phenomenon which occurs nightly along a certain lonely stretch of the Missouri-Oklahoma border near the little town of Hornet, Missouri. Through the years, scientists, US Army engineers and countless other groups and individuals have tried to discover the source of the light, but still to this day, it's origin remains a mystery.There once lived such a man as "Ol' Piccimuc;" gentle, fine looking, clean of morals, holder of a law degree, is half Indian and slated for destruction by wealthy horse-breeder Joseph Coppedge. The reason? His spirited young daughter and her tragic love for young Piccimuc. OBerlin Thorton, a young writer seeking serenity in the hills of Missouri, happens upon Piccimuc, now an aging hermit, ridiculed, condemned and even hunted by the local citizenry, wins his trust and learns the secret of the mystery surrounding Ol' Piccimuc. 'Amplified by the echoing hills the moaning had grown louder. It sounded like a woman sobbing in a bereaved monotone, taking time out every little while to catch her breath he remembered the terrible moaning on the night he was lost, the night he had stumbled onto Piccimuc's cabin his flesh began to crawl '

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Run Naked in the Wind The Story of "Ol' Piccimuc" and the "Spook light"-an existing phenomenon which occurs nightly along a certain lonely stretch of the Missouri-Oklahoma border near the little town of Hornet, Missouri. Through the years, scientists, US Army engineers and countless other groups and individuals have tried to discover the source of the light, but still to this day, it's origin remains a mystery.There once lived such a man as "Ol' Piccimuc;" gentle, fine looking, clean of morals, holder of a law degree, is half Indian and slated for destruction by wealthy horse-breeder Joseph Coppedge. The reason? His spirited young daughter and her tragic love for young Piccimuc. OBerlin Thorton, a young writer seeking serenity in the hills of Missouri, happens upon Piccimuc, now an aging hermit, ridiculed, condemned and even hunted by the local citizenry, wins his trust and learns the secret of the mystery surrounding Ol' Piccimuc. 'Amplified by the echoing hills the moaning had grown louder. It sounded like a woman sobbing in a bereaved monotone, taking time out every little while to catch her breath he remembered the terrible moaning on the night he was lost, the night he had stumbled onto Piccimuc's cabin his flesh began to crawl '

Biographie de l'auteur

September Black (Dorothy Anderson Murr) was born and raised in Vinita Okahoma but lived in California until 1985. Both she and husband, Burt Black, have an endless love of books and travel. They have been in all 50 states and 45 countries. When not traveling they make their home in Hawaii.

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Éditeur
iUniverse
Date d'édition
2003
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0595273645
ISBN 13 
9780595273645
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
248
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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