Finding Pete
Finding Pete

Author: Jill Hunting

Publisher: Wesleyan University Press

Published: 2012-01-01

Total Pages: 318

ISBN-13: 0819570869

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Two days after Jill Hunting turned fifteen, she lost her only brother, a volunteer with International Voluntary Services and one of the first civilian casualties of the Vietnam War. News broadcasts and headlines announced to the world that Pete had been led into an ambush by friends. When Jill's mother told her that Pete's letters home had all been destroyed in a basement flood, the connection between Jill and her brother was lost forever—or so she thought. Decades later, 175 letters surfaced. Through them, and the sweethearts and many friends who had never forgotten Pete, Jill came to know him again. Finding Pete is one of the great, untold true stories of an escalating war and a young man caught in its sights. This personalized account of a critical moment in U.S. history is the moving story of an altruistic youth who personifies what America lost in Vietnam. It is also a portrait of a family's struggle with loss, a mother's damaging grief, and, most of all, a sister's quest to solve a mystery and recover the connection with her brother. Includes a reader's guide.

No Neutral Ground
No Neutral Ground

Author: Pete Portal

Publisher:

Published: 2020-07-09

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781473697386

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Cape Town is one of the most beautiful cities in the world - often described as a kind of heaven on earth. Yet for the majority of its inhabitants it is hell. Apartheid-spawned ghettoes are everywhere, and for those living in Manenberg - a coloured township on the Cape Flats, purpose-built by the apartheid government as part of its forced removal plan - life is just as marginal today as it was during apartheid. The main differences now are the rampant drug use and widespread gang presence. No Neutral Ground is a gripping account of Pete Portal's move from London to Manenberg, of addicts and gangsters meeting Jesus and being transformed, and how he went from living with a heroin addict to establishing a church community - and all the heartbreak and failure along the way. This is a story of mighty works of God, as well as relapse, hopelessness and despair; the miraculous and the mundane, heaven and hell, all balanced on a knife edge. Offering searing insight and an inspiring vision of faith, Pete asks why anyone would choose this way of life, if giving up our lives for others is worth it - and what the church could become if we were willing to risk it all to reach the forgotten and the lost.

Everybody Knew Pete
Everybody Knew Pete

Author: Marian Mathews Hersrud

Publisher: Author House

Published: 2009-10-07

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13: 1449014992

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"Everybody Knew Pete" but nobody knew who killed him ten years ago. Jenny McKnight, a high school senior, saw a body being dragged down to the pier, and she's had nightmares ever since. Now she's back in Sowatna, a mythical coastal town in Maine, hoping to find Pete's killer and dispel her nightmares. Charlie Brewster, a crime reporter from Miami, comes to Sowatna to finish his play about the murder. Their relationship blows hot and cold. Everyone has a secret. Who are Jenny's biological parents? Why is Jenny almost killed by a speeding car and almost drowned? How will the summer theater production survive after Jenny's friend, Erin, is comatose and dress rehearsal night a total disaster? Why is there another murder? And who was Pete Clampton, just a lobsterman who knew the area? The reader will find the answers.

Evolution of a Sad Woman
Evolution of a Sad Woman

Author: Gale Laure

Publisher: Trafford Publishing

Published: 2007-10-25

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 1425127304

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Five strangers are drawn together through the love of the same beautiful woman to solve a murder! Evolution of a Sad Woman is a crime/murder mystery/romance/suspense/thriller novel. It has it all!

Betsy's Lighthouse
Betsy's Lighthouse

Author: Elizabeth Ouellette

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2007-04

Total Pages: 702

ISBN-13: 0595438547

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After a strange and alarming phone call from her elderly uncle Pete gets abruptly cut off, kindergarten teacher Betsy McGovern returns to her hometown of Eagle Point, Maine. She soon learns that her beloved uncle Pete and godmother, Lily Mae Warren, the lighthouse keeper of Eagle Point Light, have been kidnapped. Eagle Point sheriff Francis Willette helps Betsy unravel the puzzling family secrets and shocking local murders that welcome her home. Betsy and the handsome sheriff sort out the clues to the case while they sort out the feelings they have for each other. Betsy also has to keep Eagle Point Light burning. Watching her back might not be a bad idea, either. With two dead bodies and no solid suspects, Betsy and Francis frantically work to solve the case and bring Betsy's loved ones home before they become the final victims in an elaborate scheme to keep past secrets hidden.

THE SHIPYARD
THE SHIPYARD

Author: Dave Drummond

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2003-06-03

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 9781469728797

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Senator Ted Kennedy said, "My father worked here. The Fore River Shipyard will once again be a symbol of our leadership. And I will do all I can to insure that this leadership continues to thrive. The shipbuilding industry has been struggling in this country as a whole. Employment has dropped to a 40 year low. American-built ships carry less than one percent of world trade. That is unacceptable." Senator John McCain said, "We have an obligation to protect the taxpayers' dollars by ensuring that this is a viable project. It is my desire that the Quincy shipyard, into which the state of Massachusetts and the city of Quincy have invested significant resources, will be a successful venture." President Clinton said about shipbuilding and the Quincy yard in particular, "Shipbuilding is one of the keys to America's national defense and helping our shipbuilders succeed commercially is an important goal of defense conversion. This administration is committed to preserving highly skilled American jobs and we believe that American shipbuilding can compete and win in world markets." What happened ? SHIPBUILDING USED TO BE ONE OF THE TOP FIVE INDUSTRIES IN THE U.S.A.