Around St. Clair
Around St. Clair

Author: St. Clair Community and Historical Society

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2009-10-19

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 1439622302

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St. Clair lies in a narrow valley rich with anthracite resources. The town was born around 1831, during the great hard coal boom in northeast Pennsylvania. Over the years the town expanded to surrounding areas or patches known as Arnouts Addition, Wadesville, Dark Water, New Castle, Mount Laffee, Crow Hollow, Ravensdale, Lorraine, Diener's Hill, East Mines, and Mill Creek. People came from these areas to work in the mines, railroads, and supporting industries. As the demand for coal increased, the town grew to a high point of 7,000 residents. The decline of the coal industry also brought the decline of the railroads, and the population of St. Clair fell. The photographs in Around St. Clair show the fortitude of its people; the notable residents who have gained national acclaim for their achievements in the labor movement, medical field, and professional sports; and the diverse cultures that make up the town.

Isabella St. Clair
Isabella St. Clair

Author: Denise Wilkinson

Publisher: Isabella St. Clair

Published: 2007-10

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 1424196124

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Isabella St. Clair was born a Creole slave by the hands of her wicked step-sister, her Mistress, Mrs. Victoria. Explore her conflicting trials and tribulations of being an unpretentious slave in the Deep South and how she becomes an evil but yet beautiful vampire! Seeking vengeance on her beau monde family and takes back what is truly hers, St. Clair Plantation, through blood, sweat, and tears. Isabella St. Clair: Vamp of New Orleans, the Vieux Carre is filled with whodunit mystery and death deep within the muddy Louisiana Swamps that besieges St. Clair Plantation in Destrehan, Louisiana. Conjured up voodoo spells come animated with the help of Madame Jacqueline Dominique and her gris-gris, but are over powered by perpetual life after death, vampires that walk among the living all in the heart of the French Quarter, the Vieux Carre!

Unlikely General
Unlikely General

Author: Mary Stockwell

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2018-01-01

Total Pages: 374

ISBN-13: 0300214758

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A vivid and engaging biography of the remarkable Revolutionary Era military figure who scored a crucial victory at Fallen Timbers despite profound personal troubles

Death Row
Death Row

Author: Hal Barnes

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2008-10-09

Total Pages: 158

ISBN-13: 055701560X

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An idyllic morning on the river turns into a nightmare of murder, corruption and intrigue; hurtling Jack Davey into the dark labyrinth of the international mafia.What begins as a simple quest to preserve his quiet way of life soon threatens his very life as Jack begins to pull at several seemingly unrelated strings that lead back all the way to the eleventh century.From William the Conqueror to the British Army in North Africa during WW II, to the Great Train Robbery of 1963 and international corporate shenanigans of today, follow Jack's trail as he reluctantly acts as the frontman in a scheme to take down one of the world's oldest and most successful crime families.

The Department of War, 1781–1795
The Department of War, 1781–1795

Author: Harry M. Ward

Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Pre

Published: 2010-11-23

Total Pages: 301

ISBN-13: 0822975467

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Harry M. Ward examines the formative years of the Department of War as a microcosm of the development of a centralized federal government. The Department of War was unique among early government agencies, as the only office that continued under the same administrator from the time of the Confederation to government under the Constitution. After the peace was established with Britain, citizens were suspicious of keeping a standing army, but administrator Benjamin Lincoln's efficient administration did much to dispel their fears. Henry Knox was the second Secretary, and he faced the problem of maintaining peace on the frontier, as his tiny army twice lost battles with Indians. It was only after the Whiskey Rebellion and Shay's Rebellion, that the young nation fully comprehended the importance of a maintaining a national military.