Best 19th Century America Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“History is often told through grand events and famous names. I wanted to tell a story about the people who rarely make the headlines—the ones who got up every day, did the work in front of them, and quietly moved the world forward one field, one family, one small-town decision at a time.”

Historical Fiction Family History Westerns 19th Century America

Book:The Ordinary Grit: Courage Under an Unforgiving Sky

Source: The Ordinary Grit: Courage Under an Unforgiving Sky

“Far from being marginalized, as is presently the case, nineteenth-century freethought was a social movement at the core of our national life.”

History Atheism American History Secularism 19th Century Freethought 19th Century America Social Movement

Book:Free-Thought on the American Frontier

Source: Free-Thought on the American Frontier

“The short, but powerful police officer left a saloon and went straight for the police station, set out to do exactly what he planned even if no one believed a drunk like him.”

Drunk Law Enforcement Police Officer Philadelphia 19th Century America Workplace Shooting

Book:Detective in the White City: The Real Story of Frank Geyer

Source: Detective in the White City: The Real Story of Frank Geyer

“While Geyer was on the German steamship to Rio de Janeiro, his co-workers struggled to cope with intense emotions. The day after forty-five miners died in the Roslyn, Washington, explosion, Philadelphia suffered a tragedy of their own—one that would rock City Hall and its police force to its core.”

Tragedy Police Law Enforcement Emotional Pain Philadelphia City Hall 19th Century America

Book:Detective in the White City: The Real Story of Frank Geyer

Source: Detective in the White City: The Real Story of Frank Geyer

“While United States sent troops to war, bitter racial tensions erupted into an all-out race riot in South Philadelphia. And unbeknownst to a petite, young, professional woman—she was the cause.”

Philadelphia Racial Tension 19th Century America Bitterness And Hatred Race Riot

Book:Detective in the White City: The Real Story of Frank Geyer

Source: Detective in the White City: The Real Story of Frank Geyer

“. . . the two families were about to be impacted in a major way as Philadelphia and the rest of the world were slammed with a pandemic so catastrophic that it killed more people than World War I.”

World War I Pandemic Philadelphia Influenza 19th Century America Spanish Flu Spanish Influenza

Book:Detective in the White City: The Real Story of Frank Geyer

Source: Detective in the White City: The Real Story of Frank Geyer

“Stefan!" shouted Casimir. "What are you doing, out in the rain with that girl? Madman!" As Stefan raised his head, Rozalia heard her aunt's bubbling laughter. "Not a madman, Cass - a lover!" "Same thing," said Casimir; but he put an arm around Anastasia where she stood holding the baby, and kissed her.”

Love Romance Lovers Historical Romance 19th Century Immigrant 19th Century America 1800s Immigrant Romance

Book:The Reluctant Bride

Source: The Reluctant Bride

“He resolved for Detective Geyer to undertake a careful and methodical search for the blunder which a criminal always makes between the inceptions and consummation of his crime.”

Investigation Detective 19th Century America Criminal Investigation

Book:Detective in the White City: The Real Story of Frank Geyer

Source: Detective in the White City: The Real Story of Frank Geyer

“Cartwright grooved the chisel's tooth into the base of the skull, where the spine would fuse, and lifted the hammer. The chisel jumped in his hand and half the skull turned to silt. It cascaded down the rock wall with the faintest sigh. The {nine-fingered} boy let out a string of oaths so profane, so unparalleled, that surely they'd been inspired by a hell so near. Cartwright was glad to have a hammer in hand.”

19th Century America Skulduggery Conning The Con Man Never Underestimate The Mark

Book:Allegheny Front

Source: Allegheny Front

“eyes running over me like the work of a hundred biting ants”

Young Adult Young Adult Romance 19th Century America Western Historical Romance

Book:Call Me the Canyon: A Novel

Source: Call Me the Canyon: A Novel

“One can't step into the river twice”

Young Adult Fiction 19th Century America

Book:Call Me the Canyon: A Novel

Source: Call Me the Canyon: A Novel

“Emotional and filled with unthinkable sorrow, Mrs. Pitezel had to see where Howard took his last breath—where Holmes ripped her son from her.”

History Emotional Murder Death Of A Loved One Emotional Pain Serial Killer 19th Century America

Book:Detective in the White City: The Real Story of Frank Geyer

Source: Detective in the White City: The Real Story of Frank Geyer

“Thousands of soldiers, ink barely dry on discharge papers, begged in vain to start a new campaign of revenge.”

War Revenge Civil War Soldiers 19th Century America

Book:Detective in the White City: The Real Story of Frank Geyer

Source: Detective in the White City: The Real Story of Frank Geyer

“It must have taken very careful management to have moved these three separate parties from Detroit to Toronto, without either of the three discovering either of the others, but this great expert in crime did it, and did it successfully,” Geyer later said.”

Criminals Investigation Law Enforcement Murderer Detective 19th Century America

Book:Detective in the White City: The Real Story of Frank Geyer

Source: Detective in the White City: The Real Story of Frank Geyer

“Despite a protective Geyer threatening to “break the neck of the first reporter who attempted to interview the woman,” a determined reporter caught Mrs. Pitezel on her way out of the Rossin House dining room.”

Protect Investigation Detective Protectiveness 19th Century America

Book:Detective in the White City: The Real Story of Frank Geyer

Source: Detective in the White City: The Real Story of Frank Geyer

“Rot! Absolute rot! Hatch was merely an alias of Holmes. He had as many as a city directory, but he used the name Hatch frequently. If Hatch did the killing, Holmes will hang for it, for Holmes and Hatch are one and the same person,' Linden said.”

Investigation Murderer Capital Punishment Aliases 19th Century America Alias

Book:Detective in the White City: The Real Story of Frank Geyer

Source: Detective in the White City: The Real Story of Frank Geyer

“No doubt about it, Holmes earned despicable nicknames such as Arch Fiend, Butcher, Modern Bluebeard, Swindler, and Moral Degenerate. Holmes was a monster in disguise as a doctor, a perfect ruse to lure his victims.”

Murderer Serial Killer Killer 19th Century America

Book:Holmes' Own Story: Confessed 27 Murders, Lied Then Died

Source: Holmes' Own Story: Confessed 27 Murders, Lied Then Died

“Holmes slept like a baby his last night on earth. After a second attempt to wake him, Holmes got up and dressed. Keeper John Henry asked Holmes how he felt. “Are you nervous?” said Keeper Henry. “Not a bit,” said Holmes. He smiled and slid his arms between the prison bars and stretched out his fingers. “Look at that,” said Holmes. His hands were steady as a rock.”

Punishment Murderer Capital Punishment Killer 19th Century America

Book:Holmes' Own Story: Confessed 27 Murders, Lied Then Died

Source: Holmes' Own Story: Confessed 27 Murders, Lied Then Died