The Staunton, Virginia Anthology

De: Charles Culbertson

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

The Ultimate Big Book of Staunton, Virginia Historic Tales

This anthology of previously unpublished stories from historic Staunton, Virginia contains a whopping 87 chapters, 50 images and 70,000 words – all calculated to delight and inform the Virginia history afficionado. Staunton historian Charles Culbertson has assembled a vast array of tales from Staunton's past and has arranged them in chronological order from the Revolutionary War period to the mid 1960s.

Forgotten Virginia History Brought to Life

Did you know about the theater started in Staunton by British captives during the Revolution? Or the Muslim pirate captive who escaped, walked 2,000 miles and was found nearly starved to death by a Staunton farmer? What about Patrick Henry's lost boot or the Staunton hanging that drew 10,000 spectators? They're all here, and more, including chapters on:

• Why Staunton is pronounced STAN-ton instead of STAWN-ton
• Lust, greed and murder in 1830s Staunton
• Staunton inventor whose repeating gun could have won the Civil War
• Unruly Confederates
• The Lunatic Asylum ghost
• The first Tribe of Tarzan
• Staunton during the Great War
• Ingleside Hotel becoming a Nazi prison
• A local man has a close encounter with a UFO

The Best Staunton, Virginia History Yet

Mr. Culbertson – whose extensive research and writings have resulted in a number of other books, including Staunton, Virginia: A Treasury of Historic Tales and My Childhood Recollections of the War: Life in the Confederate Stronghold of Staunton, Virginia – has put together a remarkable collection in this anthology. He has told the story of this beautiful, historic city in a reader-friendly manner, yet hasn't skimped on research and scholarship. This is an important companion piece to his previous works on Staunton, Virginia, and an indispensable guide to all lovers of United States history.