The Humpherys Family

Forgotten Tales of Idaho

Record Added: 1/30/2023
Author Andy Weeks
Illustrator Cait Brennan
Setting United States
Topic History: American, Genera
 Travel Books
Publisher The History Press
ISBN 1540211703   Year 2015
Age Adult   Pages 210
Description Printed binding
 
Idaho was the forty-third state admitted to the Union, but it just might lead the nation in strange stories and offbeat legends. Author and Idaho resident Andy Weeks fills this collection of tales with stories ranging from compelling and heartfelt to outlandish and bizarre. Discover the boxcar that carried the alleged body of John Wilkes Booth through Idaho.

Uncover the identity of Lady Bluebeard, the unassuming Twin Falls housewife who allegedly murdered four husbands. Find out how cars ended up at the bottom of Lake Coeur d'Alene. Learn the grisly story of Gobo Fango, a black Mormon sheepherder whose late 1800s bloody dispute with a cattleman on the open range proved fatal. These tales and many others bring to light Idaho's unruly past in fascinating detail.
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