Wicked northern New York
By: Cheri L. Farnsworth
Publisher: History Press; The History Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Charleston, SC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9781609493059
Subjects: Local History; Rogues and vagabonds; Biography; Anecdotes
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.         ).
Table of contents: title: The day Mrs. Miller was snatched from her bed : Parishville, 1812; title: The last laugh : Fall Island, Potsdam, 1817; title: The woman who was won in a game of cards : Evans Mills, 1841; title: Treasure Island and the fabled money hole: Wilson Hill, Louisville, 1842; title: The day Daniel Murdock rose from the grave: Stockholm, 1850s; title: The invasion of the body snatchers : northern New York, 1800s; title: Mystery hermit, eccentric recluse, or hunted assassin? : Maple Island, Clayton, 1865; title: Wild men of northern New York (the hairy, scary kind) : 1874/1948; title: Hip to be hobo : Clinton County, 1880/1925; title: The man who stole a hundred horses : Franklin County, 1890/1906; title: The tarring and feathering of Mrs. Covey : Jayville/Fine, 1895; title: The taking (and return, seventeen years later) of little Freddie Brosseau : Potsdam, 1896; title: Beware of brothels (and maidens with blonde tresses) : northern New York, early 1900s; title: The man who scared his wife to death : Sissonville/Potsdam, 1902; title: The North Country gypsy invasion : 1890s/1920s; title: The election day massacre in a town dubbed "Bloodville" : Saranac Lake, 1902; title: The girl who was traded for chickens : Schuyler Falls, 1908; title: By the promise of pretty clothes : northern New York, 1901/1909; title: Girl with the evil eye : Hogansburg, 1912; title: So the Devil would leave him alone : Westport/North Hudson, 1975.