Vengeance in a Small Town
Vengeance in a Small Town

Author: George R. Nielsen

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2011-02-08

Total Pages: 173

ISBN-13: 1450287972

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One hundred years ago, in 1911, two young men lost their lives: one from a stab wound and the other by mob action. In an attempt to explain how such violence could take place in a prosperous and forward-looking community, the author first examines the growth of Thorndale as a small agricultural town on the railroad and then connects Thorndales geographical setting in central Texas with its tradition of violence. This particular lynching was unusual in that it took place at night, thereby complicating apprehension of the members of the mob. However, as a result of intervention by the governor, four men were arrested for the crime and three were tried. The lynching was also unusual because the victim was of Mexican heritage thereby inciting the Mexican community to voice its outrage and demand justice. The nature of its reaction testifies to the political awareness of the Mexican minority and also provides an insight into its perception of Anglo society.

Vengeance Is Mine
Vengeance Is Mine

Author: Percy Frazier Jr.

Publisher: Author House

Published: 2011-07-13

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 1452050708

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The book itself is a three story trilogy about the same thing, vengeance, but on the levels of the paranormal, psychotic and criminally insane in acts of revenge that are best played out in the safest place, inside the pages of a book.

Boudicca‘s Vengeance
Boudicca‘s Vengeance

Author: Richard Scholefield

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2021-05-26

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 1665589094

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There have been many books written, and much research carried out, about this Queen, who is so well revered by this country, and held up as a figure to be admired and remembered for all time, that she has a statue in her honour in Westminster, London. Boudicca had her kingdom cruelly taken from her by the occupying Roman forces, when her husband died. We have a few paragraphs, written by a Roman, named ‘Tacitus’ which tells us how Boudicca was invited to a meeting with the Romans, which she thought was to welcome her as the Queen of the Iceni. She did not receive the hospitality she expected, and the treatment that she, and her daughters received, are believed to be the trigger for what happened next. The Romans under-estimated the strength and grit of Boudicca and the fanatical support of her people, and came to regret their actions. The book tells the story of Boudicca’s campaign to reclaim her kingdom. Written to inform the reader about the way of life of the ancient Britons, it tells how the occupying Roman forces ruled them. How Boudicca inspired her tribesmen and led them in a campaign that saw the destruction of Colchester, London and St Albans.

The Vengeance Trail
The Vengeance Trail

Author: Daniel Carlson

Publisher: Carl Goodall

Published: 2020-08-28

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13:

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Levi Clayton was accustomed to the hardships of Victorian life after being raised in a poverty stricken coal mining community in Yorkshire, England. However, nothing was to prepare him for the wanton murderous ways or the brutal recklessness for life in the West and the American civil war. This story is based on the journeys and adventures of a distant relative of the author.

A Billionaire's Redemption
A Billionaire's Redemption

Author: Cindy Dees

Publisher: Harlequin

Published: 2013-03-01

Total Pages: 177

ISBN-13: 1460306996

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Keep the daughter of your enemy closer Kindergarten teacher Willa Merris has never wanted her father's lavish lifestyle. But when he's murdered, she becomes the executor of his estate. To add insult to injury, Gabe Dawson—her father's nemesis—informs her that she's on the brink of financial collapse. Willa doesn't trust him—or herself…not to run her hands over his chiseled physique. Billionaire Gabe Dawson still remembers the gawky teenager Willa was. But that awkward girl is now a sultry, beautiful woman. Gabe knows he should keep his distance, but he can't, especially when peril is in hot pursuit. Now he'll risk his own life to protect the woman he's dangerously falling for….

American Revenge Narratives
American Revenge Narratives

Author: Kyle Wiggins

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2018-07-21

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 3319937464

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American Revenge Narratives critically examines the nation’s vengeful storytelling tradition. With essays on late twentieth and twenty-first century fiction, film, and television, it maps the coordinates of the revenge genre’s contemporary reinvention across American culture. By surveying American revenge narratives, this book measures how contemporary payback plots appraise the nation’s political, social, and economic inequities. The volume’s essays collectively make the case that retribution is a defining theme of post-war American culture and an artistic vehicle for critique. In another sense, this book presents a scholarly coming to terms with the nation’s love for vengeance. By investigating recent iterations of an ancient genre, contributors explore how the revenge narrative evolves and thrives within American literary and filmic imagination. Taken together, the book’s diverse chapters attempt to understand American culture’s seemingly inexhaustible production of vengeful tales.