In this Book
- More Amazing Tales from Indiana
- Book
- 2003
- Published by: Indiana University Press
The stories in this book will provide entertainment for everyone and evoke wonder in the most jaded observer of the human condition. Some of the exploits that Fred D. Cavinder describes are half-hidden footnotes to national and international happenings. Others seem so typical of Indiana that they will appeal to anyone who understands the Hoosier spirit. But all of them are true—recorded in reliable accounts or by reliable witnesses from early times to the present.
In "Saving Face," Cavinder introduces us to General Ambrose Burnside of Liberty. Burnside blundered his way through the Civil War, relocated to Rhode Island, and served three terms as governor and two terms as U.S. Senator. But what we really remember Burnside for is his unique facial hair—his "sideburns." Did you know that Indiana produced three of the movie Tarzans? In "AHHaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiieeeeeeeee!" you can find out who they were. With its sometimes quirky stories about the Hoosier state, More Amazing Tales from Indiana will be a ready companion for the bedside table and will provide a wellspring of anecdotes for speechmakers and pundits.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- pp. xi-xiv
- A Plague on All the Houses
- pp. 3-5
- Breaking New Ground
- pp. 5-6
- His Honors, the Governors
- pp. 6-8
- Judgment Set Aside
- pp. 8-9
- The Town That Never Was
- pp. 10-11
- Witness to History
- pp. 11-12
- There Goes, Here Comes Owensville
- pp. 12-13
- Another Upright Hoosier Pioneer
- pp. 13-14
- A Girl Named Cooper
- pp. 14-15
- The Doctor Knew Best
- pp. 15-16
- The Man behind the Boomers
- pp. 17-18
- The Name Is Sometimes Like a Game
- pp. 18-19
- Jefferson Who?
- pp. 19-20
- Out Bright, in Wright
- pp. 20-22
- The Hall of Learning
- pp. 22-23
- Hidden Treasures
- p. 24
- One Good Turn
- p. 25
- Sanctuary of the Sea
- pp. 25-27
- The Mayor with the Green Thumb
- pp. 27-28
- The Last Portrait
- pp. 28-29
- The Friendship of Foes
- pp. 29-30
- The 24-Hour Mill
- pp. 30-33
- Bury Me, Oh Bury Me Not ...
- pp. 34-35
- A Ringer from Uncle Sam
- pp. 35-36
- Not What the Doctor Ordered
- pp. 36-37
- Saving Face
- pp. 37-38
- Guns across the Ohio
- pp. 38-40
- Double Duty
- p. 40
- Death Is Taxing
- pp. 41-42
- An Eye to Preservation
- pp. 43-44
- Three Jeers for Johnson
- pp. 44-45
- No Cheers for Him
- pp. 47-48
- Taking a Shine to Expositions
- pp. 49-50
- The Bill That Didn't Add Up
- pp. 50-51
- Hats Off to Orleans
- pp. 51-52
- The Poet Hoosiers Forgot
- pp. 52-54
- The Dollhouses That Grief Built
- pp. 54-58
- Mile a Minute
- p. 59
- A Man Who Was Booed
- pp. 59-61
- Leaping over the Odds
- pp. 61-62
- AHHaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiieeeeeeeee!
- pp. 62-64
- A Plate Full of Problems
- pp. 64-68
- The Bird and Bee Man
- pp. 68-69
- Famous Amos and the Fastball
- pp. 69-72
- A League Pennant of Their Own
- pp. 73-75
- One Town Draws on Its Talent
- pp. 75-77
- No Kid Gloves for Him
- pp. 78-79
- Bedford Crosses Off the Red Cross
- pp. 79-81
- Say "Cat" for the Camera
- pp. 81-82
- Hero Is As Hero Does
- pp. 82-84
- To the Air Is Human
- pp. 84-85
- Heroes in the Trenches
- pp. 85-87
- Hoosier Early Birds
- pp. 87-89
- Grave Undertakings
- pp. 89-91
- The Masterful Moose Manager
- pp. 91-92
- No Stone Unturned
- pp. 92-93
- The Famous Aloft Comes to Ground
- pp. 93-94
- Wilson As the Gipper
- pp. 94-96
- The Tiny Team Pool
- pp. 96-97
- A Bridge So Far
- pp. 97-99
- Serving the Troops
- pp. 99-100
- Stalking Soldiers
- pp. 100-102
- Easy As One, Two, Three
- pp. 102-103
- The Sultan of Sprint
- pp. 103-105
- From Statehouse to Jailhouse
- pp. 105-106
- Sex and the Cartoonist
- pp. 106-107
- Girls on the Hardwood
- pp. 107-109
- High-Flying Tooters
- pp. 109-110
- The Catch with a Catch to It
- pp. 110-111
- Coming In on a Wing That's a Wing
- pp. 111-113
- And in Second Place ...
- pp. 113-114
- Check and Double Check
- pp. 114-116
- Sentenced to Write a Wrong
- pp. 116-119
- The Temple in Tyson's Brain
- pp. 119-121
- Poetic Injustice
- pp. 121-123
- Which Way Is Up?
- p. 125
- Heady Base Running
- p. 126
- To Dream, Perhaps Endure
- pp. 126-128
- The Women behind the Pages
- pp. 128-131
- Raising Cane
- p. 132
- Murder, He Flew
- pp. 132-134
- Two Remember Pearl Harbor
- pp. 134-135
- Mother's Little Genius
- pp. 135-136
- The Navy Gets the Gravy
- pp. 137-138
- Schmal Wonder
- pp. 138-139
- Prisoners and Pretenders
- pp. 139-141
- Never Say Die about Dad
- p. 141
- The Stag Party Spy Case
- pp. 142-143
- Field of Dreams
- pp. 143-145
- Hold That Ball, Hold That Ball
- pp. 145-147
- Mockery Turtle
- pp. 147-148
- Like Husband, Like Mother, Like Son
- pp. 148-149
- To Sleep, Mayhap to Apprehend
- pp. 149-150
- Name That Team
- pp. 150-151
- The Cold Cash Case
- pp. 151-152
- Sex and the Single Prisoner
- pp. 152-153
- The Original Two-Wheel Drive
- pp. 153-154
- The Quick and the Dedicated
- pp. 154-155
- The Case That Came Home
- pp. 155-156
- Hammering Out a Verdict
- pp. 156-157
- Word from on High
- pp. 157-158
- Hunting the Booth Truth
- pp. 159-162
- Happy Landings
- pp. 162-163
- The Unbeatable Rivals
- pp. 163-165
- Humpal's Hidden Paintings
- pp. 165-168
- One Shoe Tree Fits All
- pp. 168-170
- A Town Divided
- pp. 170-171
- Great Bulging Belfries
- pp. 171-172
- The Language of Poets
- p. 172
- See Dick and Jane Disappear
- pp. 172-174
- The Cannonball Runner
- pp. 174-176
- Noting the Branch Office
- pp. 176-178
- Have Urge, Will Travel
- pp. 178-180
- Oui, Oui, Old Chap
- p. 180
- Dueling Duo
- pp. 181-182
- Swinging and Rotating
- pp. 182-184
- Playing with Fire
- pp. 185-188
- A Careerlong Slump
- pp. 188-189
- The Consummate Cat House
- pp. 189-191
- The African King
- pp. 191-192
- Girl Crazy
- pp. 192-193