10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BOWIE KNIFE»
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bowie knife in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
The Antique
Bowie Knife Book
The Bowie is the most famous of American knives. Its history is steeped in legend; it starts with Jim Bowie and his famous Vidalia Sand Bar fight, his part in the fight for Texas independence, and his death at the Alamo.
Bill Adams, J. Bruce Voyles, Terry Moss,
1990
2
The
Bowie Knife: Unsheathing an American Legend
The fact, fiction and folklore of the world's most famous fighting knife.
3
Melba toast,
Bowie's
knife & Caesar's wife: a dictionary of ...
Explains the meaning and background of words and expressions derived from the names of fictitious, mythological, and real people
FROM THE LOOKS OF IT, the rugged thirteen-and- three-quarter-inch cutting
implement looks like an old bowie knife. But this is not just any bowie knife,
insists owner Bart Moore, a 56-year- old California medical social worker. It is the
bowie ...
A LIFE OF ITS OWN More than a dozen makers of the "original" Sandbar Fight
Bowie knife have been fingered, from a New Orleans knife- smith known only as "
Pedro" to Bowie's older brother, Rezin. Among the most likely candidates is a trio
...
HENGESBAUGH AND BOVIS COLLECTIONS houses throughout the West.
Another knife that saw widespread use in the West was the Arkansas Toothpick,
a close cousin to the Bowie Knife. The Arkansas Toothpick was a heavy,
balanced ...
7
Rendezvous at the Alamo: Highlights in the Lives of
Bowie, ...
These are perhaps the most important accounts attributing "invention" of the
Bowie knife to James, but an equal if not stronger case exists for his brother,
Rezin, to whom some modern historians unequivocally assign responsibility for
the ...
8
The New Annotated Dracula
He had parried with his great bowie knife,48 and at first I thought that he too had
come through in safety; but as he sprang beside Jonathan, who had by now
jumped from the cart, I could see that with his left hand he was clutching at his
side, ...
Bram Stoker, Leslie S. Klinger,
2008
9
The Look of the Old West: A Fully Illustrated Guide
Impaled on a sword-cane blade, Bowie had still contrived to disembowel his
opponent and put the dead man's companions to flight. In this gory struggle
Bowie must have used an ordinary hunting knife, or dirk, since the real Bowie
knife was ...
William Foster-Harris,
2007
The bowie knife lives as a symbol of passionate times, when men were bold and
brave and easily offended. They killed for their honor, hunted their food, and dealt
personally with cheaters, murderers, angry Indians, and bears, and that's just a ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BOWIE KNIFE»
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bowie knife is used in the context of the following news items.
'The Bachelorette': Oh, AlamNO.
While it looks like your hair was cut with a Bowie knife, JIM BOWIE DOES NOT APPROVE. Go back to the farm and fix that haircut already, Merl. «Chron.com, Jul 15»
Elderly man accused of killing two women in 1991 too ill to appear in …
It is alleged a tail comb - which has a long, thin metal handle - was one of the weapons used, along with a Bowie knife, but no weapon has ever ... «The Age, Jul 15»
Bowie Breaks Ground On Bowie Knife Project
The bowie knife will be over 19-feet, and it has been accepted into the Guinness World Book of Records as the largest bowie knife. «KAUZ-TV, Jul 15»
Fear and Loathing in Northern Alberta: Our Experience at the …
Maybe it was the fire or dub-step like beats, but the man pulled out a bowie knife at least 14 inches in length and began waving it in the sky ... «Noisey, Jul 15»
Did you know ... facts about the Thin White Duke
His chosen name references the bowie knife, named after Jim Bowie - an American frontiersman and adventurer. 19. He started playing sax as ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
Don't remember the Alamo? Texas wants to change that
The Collins collection includes the original Jim Bowie knife and a rifle used by Davy Crockett. Bowie was a renowned knife fighter; Crockett was ... «Fox News, Jun 15»
Robbery suspect arrested
The homeowner, under the guise of getting medicine, pulled out a Bowie knife and scared the men away. Police describe one suspect as 5'10”, ... «Chatham Daily News, Jun 15»
Frogman: Who He Is, And How He Came To Be…
The first man, Matt Fitch, mumbles in Latin, while the second, Mark Lewis, raises a giant bowie knife to the goat's neck. Suddenly Matt has ... «Bleeding Cool News, Jun 15»
Former ice addict's scars pictured after he tried to cut tattoos out of …
At one point, he used a bowie knife to cut his arm which was tattooed with the name of his ex-fiancee. 'I nearly lost my life and then they said "I ... «Daily Mail, Jun 15»
Why Literature Matters
Not at all: his favorite work of art is an N.C. Wyeth illustration of the wounded Jim Bowie fighting off Mexicans with his big Bowie knife” (8). Wolfe ... «First Things, Jun 15»