More Amazing Tales from Indiana
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Stories from the state of Indiana that put a lively twist on Hoosier history . . .Entertaining and sometimes jaw-dropping, these true tales were recorded in reliable accounts or by reliable witnesses from early times to the present—and provide anecdotes from Indiana history that are funny, dramatic, quirky, and just plain amazing. Learn about:General Ambrose Burnside, who blundered his way through the Civil War, relocated to Rhode Island, and served three terms as governor and two terms as US Senator—but is most remembered for his unique facial hair—that is, Burnside’s “sideburns”The three movie actors from Indiana who played Tarzan on screenThe Revolutionary War battle that took place in the famed Indiana sand dunesThe nineteenth-century town that may or may not have existed, but whose name lives on and more