Hell's Half Acre

Hell's Half Acre

Hell's Half-Acre (or Hell's Half-acre, "'Hell's Half Acre") can refer to

in History
*area around Lock 38 of the Ohio and Erie Canal in Cuyahoga Valley National Park
*a location at the Battle of Stones River
*a saloon district in the early days of Fort Worth, Texas catering to the cowboys on the Chisholm Trail

in Literature
*"Hell's Half Acre (novel), a novel by Will Christopher Baer.
*"Hell's Half Acre", a novel in the Walker, Texas Ranger series by James Reasoner.
*"Hell's Half Acre: Early Days in the Great Alberta Oil Patch", a non-fiction book by D. Finch.
*"Half Acre of Hell, A: A Combat Nurse in WWII", an autobiography by Avis D. Schorer.
*"Hell's Half Acre", a thriller novel by Frederic Bean.
*"Hell's Half Acre", a novel by Harold Wayne Achimon.

in Geology
*Hell's Half Acre lava field, is the youngest of the eastern basaltic lava fields of the Snake River Plain, Idaho, USA.
*Hell's Half Acre, a unique escarpment in Natrona County, Wyoming. (coord|43|2|30|N|107|5|30|W)
*Hell's Half Acre, a side slot canyon in Aravaipa Canyon, Arizonain Music
*Hell's Half Acre, are a band with one album "Under a Whiskey Moon".
*"Hell's Half Acre (album)", an album by the band Jolene in 1995.
*"Hell's Half Acre", a song on Robbie Robertson's eponymous 1987 Robbie Robertson (album).

in Film
*"Hell's Half Acre (film)", an 1954 film starring Evelyn Keyes, Wendell Corey & Elsa Lanchester
*"Hell's Half Acre (2006)", a 2006 horror film from filmmakers Sean Tiedeman and Scott Krycia (Associate Producers of EVIL BONG)


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  • hell's half acre — [B] See all over hell s half acre …   English idioms

  • Hell's Half Acre (2006) — Infobox Film name = Hell s Half Acre image size = caption = Promotional poster for Hell s Half Acre directors = Sean Tiedeman Scott Krycia producer = [K] Studios writer = narrator = starring = Tesia Nicoli, Ken Schwarz, Todd Labar music =… …   Wikipedia

  • Hell's Half Acre Lava Field — Infobox Mountain Name=Half Acre Lava Field Photo= Hells Half Acre.jpg Caption= Hells Half Acre, Idaho, USA Elevation= convert|1631|m|ft|0|abbr=on Location=Idaho, USA Range= Prominence = Coordinates = coord|43.50|N|112.45|W|type:mountain region:ID …   Wikipedia

  • Hell's Half Acre (film) — Infobox Film name = Hell s Half Acre image size = caption = Theatrical Poster director = John H. Auer producer = John H. Auer writer = Steve Fisher narrator = starring = Wendell Corey Evelyn Keyes music = R. Dale Butts cinematography = John L.… …   Wikipedia

  • Hell's Half Acre (novel) — infobox Book | name = Hell s Half Acre title orig = translator = image caption = First edition cover author = Will Christopher Baer illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = genre = Novel publisher =… …   Wikipedia

  • hell's half acre — N. Amer. a great distance. → hell …   English new terms dictionary

  • Hell's Half Acre — noun a district in Manhattan formerly noted for its slums and vice • Syn: ↑Hell s Kitchen • Instance Hypernyms: ↑city district • Part Holonyms: ↑Manhattan * * * a great distance …   Useful english dictionary

  • all over hell's half acre — (USA) If you have been all over Hell s half acre, you have been traveling and visiting many more places than originally intended, usually because you were unsuccessful in finding what you were looking for. It can also be used to mean everywhere …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • all over hell's half acre — adverb All over the place; everywhere. We came back outside and the neat pile of leaves we had raked had been blown all over Hell’s half acre …   Wiktionary

  • all over hell's half acre — all over the place, everywhere    I left the gate open, and the cows are all over hell s half acre …   English idioms

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