Arizona Myths and Legends: The True Stories behind History's Mysteries

by Sam Lowe

Overview

Arizona Myths and Legends explores unusual phenomena, strange events, and mysteries in Arizona’s history. From strange Grand Canyon deaths, to ghosts at the Hotel Vendome, and the last stagecoach robbery, settle in to learn all the scintillating and unsettling details of the Grand Canyon State's mysterious history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493023042
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	11/01/2016
Series:	Legends of the West
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	376,970
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Sam Lowe has lived in and been writing about Arizona for the past forty-five years. He is the author of Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in Arizona History, Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in New Mexico History, Arizona Curiosities, New Mexico Curiosities,Southwest Curiosities, and You Know You’re in Arizona, all for Globe Pequot. He and his wife, Lyn, live in Phoenix.

Table of Contents

Introduction ix

Arizona's Reluctant Hero Ira Hayes 1

Abby Still Lives in the Hotel Vendome 15

Arizona's Lady Rustler Cecil Creswell 27

The Man Who Conned Arizona James Addison Reavis 39

Legend, Myth, or Fact? Apache Leap 56

The Last Stagecoach Robber Pearl Hart 68

The Red Ghost: Fictionalized Fact or Factual Fiction? 80

The Woman Who Healed Teresa Urrea 95

Mysterious Grand Canyon Deaths 109

The Apache Kid: Shadow in Arizona's History 123

Heartless Murderess or Innocent Victim? Gabrielle Darley 140

Arizona's Lost Treasures: They're Still Waiting 154

Willcox: Where the Legends Grow Old but Never Die 171

A Hero in Life, a Legend in Death Buckey O'Neill 187

Bibliography 199

Index 207

About the Author 212