Shadows from the Walls of Death
Shadows from the Walls of Death

Author: Robert Clark Kedzie

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2014-11-14

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781502703170

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This version of 'Shadows from the Walls of Death' is a tribute to Robert Clark Kedzie, who produced the originals of which there are now only two left in existence. They are located at the University of Michigan and Michigan State University. The originals are approximately 22 x 30 inches containing a title page and an 8 page preface followed by 86 samples cut from rolls of arsenic impregnated wallpaper. The book is sealed in a protective container and each individual page is encapsulated. This particular edition does not actually contain any arsenic. Further to that the content of this volume including both text and images are for entertainment purposes.

The Wall of Death: Carnival Motordromes
The Wall of Death: Carnival Motordromes

Author: David Gaylin

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 146712706X

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In 1911, the operators of Coney Island's Luna Park premiered a miniature, radically banked racetrack for staged automobile races that seemed to defy gravity. For a fee, patrons would watch from the perimeter of the 85-foot wooden saucer as daredevil drivers raced on the steep angle of the tiny track. The attraction created a sensation and was quickly copied with a show that featured motorcycle riders performing breathtaking stunts. When portable versions were made available, every traveling carnival owner in the United States rushed to have one. Motordromes with perfectly vertical walls soon followed, which permitted riders on their Indian motorcycles to climb, sometimes to a height of 20 feet, with nothing but centrifugal force between them and a trip to the trauma ward. And when full-grown lions were added to pursue riders in the arena, no one could resist buying a ticket! The Wall of Death, a name these shows received in 1917, remained a staple attraction on American carnival midways until the 1970s.

Eiger
Eiger

Author: Arthur Roth

Publisher: Ulverscroft

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 736

ISBN-13: 9780708918067

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The Wall of Death
The Wall of Death

Author: Victor Rousseau

Publisher: eStar Books

Published: 2010-10-01

Total Pages: 15

ISBN-13: 161210066X

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Out of the Antarctic it came-a wall of viscid, grey, half-human jelly, absorbing and destroying all life that it encountered.

Before I Die
Before I Die

Author: Candy Chang

Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin

Published: 2013-11-05

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 1466857315

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After losing someone she loved, artist Candy Chang painted the side of an abandoned house in her New Orleans neighborhood with chalkboard paint and stenciled the sentence, "Before I die I want to _____." Within a day of the wall's completion, it was covered in colorful chalk dreams as neighbors stopped and reflected on their lives. Since then, more than four hundred Before I Die walls have been created by people all over the world. This beautiful hardcover book is an inspiring celebration of these walls and the stories behind them. Filled with hope, fear, humor, and heartbreak, Before I Die presents an intimate portrait of the dreams within our communities and a chance to ponder life's ultimate question.

Riding the Wall of Death
Riding the Wall of Death

Author: Allan Ford

Publisher: Tempus Publishing, Limited

Published: 2006-06

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780752437910

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The Wall of Death, a circus sidewhow, has thrilled and entertained audiences in the United Kingdom since the 1920s. This work offers an insight into a part of entertainment folklore.

Death at the Berlin Wall
Death at the Berlin Wall

Author: Pertti Ahonen

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 2010-12-23

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 0199546304

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Death at the Berlin Wall tells the stories of twelve individuals who lost their lives at the Wall between 1961 and 1989, and relates these tragedies to the evolving Cold War tensions between West and East Germany.

The Book of Honor
The Book of Honor

Author: Ted Gup

Publisher: Anchor

Published: 2001-05-01

Total Pages: 434

ISBN-13: 0385495412

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A national bestseller, this extraordinary work of investigative reporting uncovers the identities, and the remarkable stories, of the CIA secret agents who died anonymously in the service of their country. In the entrance of the CIA headquarters looms a huge marble wall into which seventy-one stars are carved-each representing an agent who has died in the line of duty. Official CIA records only name thirty-five of them, however. Undeterred by claims that revealing the identities of these "nameless stars" might compromise national security, Ted Gup sorted through thousands of documents and interviewed over 400 CIA officers in his attempt to bring their long-hidden stories to light. The result of this extraordinary work of investigation is a surprising glimpse at the real lives of secret agents, and an unprecedented history of the most compelling—and controversial—department of the US government.

You Can't Wear Out an Indian Scout
You Can't Wear Out an Indian Scout

Author: Allan Ford

Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited

Published: 2009-10-15

Total Pages: 334

ISBN-13: 1445624427

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The fascinating history of the Indian Scout motorcycle and the Wall of Death, revised and updated for 2016.