Lou's Boy
Lou's Boy

Author: Winnie Ace

Publisher: WestBow Press

Published: 2015-12-14

Total Pages: 231

ISBN-13: 151272193X

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Lou birthed all three of her children out of wedlock. They live in a small, conservative town in the hills of western Pennsylvania, where townspeople hold to traditional values. The oldest child, Derek, is a high school student there, and his mothers shameful past has socially hindered him. Now, shes having an affair with one of the more upright citizens of Alton. The scandal brings out the worstfor a few, the bestin the citizens of Alton and further alienates mother and son. Calvin, the elderly school janitor, has failed in his own education. A man of exceptional character, he endeavors to keep the school premises neat and safe to encourage the students at Alton High in their learning. But its his wise counsel that brings Derek through this difficult time. This janitor plays a unique role in Dereks life.

Tech Boy
Tech Boy

Author: DeJuan Strickland

Publisher: Team Tech Boy

Published: 2021-05-15

Total Pages: 26

ISBN-13: 9781736922200

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Tech Boy features the journey of Tyriq Summerbird, a teenager from Cyber City, MO who gains powers through technology. His newfound adversary, Titan Ray, attempts to demolish the city for unknown reasons. This prompts Tyriq to debut as Tech Boy while attempting to use his powers to stop Titan Ray. Tech Boy strives to encourage youth by showing them the power of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math).

Lou's on First
Lou's on First

Author: Chris Costello

Publisher: Crossroad Press

Published: 2016-05-16

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13:

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This intimate portrait of Lou Costello (1906-1959) offers a rare look at one of the most talented comedians of all time. Starting in the 1930s, Costello attained enormous fame touring the burlesque circuits with straight man Bud Abbott (1895-1974). Their live skits (including "Who's on First?"), radio programs, and films such as One Night in the Tropics, Buck Privates, Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, and In the Navy made comic history. Behind the scenes, however, Costello faced numerous crises: a bout with rheumatic fever that left him bedridden for months, the drowning death of his young son, and constant haggles with Universal Studios over its reluctance to adequately finance productions of Abbott and Costello films. Lou's on First goes beyond Costello's clownish persona to explore his Pagliacci nature: the private demons behind the happy public face, the heartbreaking moments in an otherwise storybook marriage, the business ventures soured by unscrupulous managers, and the true nature of the breakup of his twenty-one-year partnership with Bud Abbott.

Lou Gehrig
Lou Gehrig

Author: Guernsey Van Riper

Publisher:

Published: 1959

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13:

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A biography focusing on the childhood of one of the greatest professional baseball players who is remembered for playing 2,130 consecutive games in 14 seasons with the New York Yankees.

Play, Louis, Play!
Play, Louis, Play!

Author: Muriel Harris Weinstein

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2010-12-07

Total Pages: 110

ISBN-13: 159990375X

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Presents the early life of the famous African American cornet player, describing his humble beginnings on the streets of New Orleans to his emergence as a legend among the biggest jazz clubs of the city.

Lou's Dirty Dozen
Lou's Dirty Dozen

Author: Ranny Grady

Publisher: Tate Publishing

Published: 2009-11-10

Total Pages: 464

ISBN-13: 1607996340

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Remarkable! You think I'm remarkable? Let me tell you about the most remarkable woman God ever put on this earth. I found myself tugging at his shoulder and insisting he sit down and listen to my story. Jessie, no one can be more remarkable than you, he kept insisting. Just sit down and listen. When I'm done telling you about my momma, you'll stop tooting my horn. Lou Crandall, a widow with a dozen kids during the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl years, used God's Bible, Webster's Dictionary, and McGuffey's Readers, plus her ingenuity, to create her own form of 'spiritual' bailing wire, used to rear her brood from suckling babes to successful adults. Lou's Dirty Dozen, by Ranny Grady, is a saga of childrearing and family ties that will encourage hearty laughter, draw woeful tears, and cause readers to shout in victory as adversity is conquered, heartache is overcome, and each of Lou's Dirty Dozen is strengthened with integrity through the love only a mother can give. Stand up and cheer as Lou Crandall, a remarkable woman, inspires you to be your best...as she did for each one of her Dirty Dozen.

Lou Sullivan
Lou Sullivan

Author: Brice Smith

Publisher: Transgress Press

Published: 2017-03-15

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 0998252115

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“[They] said I couldn’t live as a gay man, but it looks like I’m going to die like one.” Good Midwestern girls did not grow up to be gay men and die from AIDS. Unless they were transgender pioneer Lou Sullivan (1951-1991). In this heart-wrenchingly inspirational biography, Brice D. Smith reclaims one of the most tragically overlooked people in LGBT history. Sullivan marched for Civil Rights, embraced the 1960s counterculture, came of age in the gay liberation movement, transformed medical treatment of trans people, institutionalized trans history, forged an international female-to-male (FTM) transgender community and died from AIDS at the epicenter of the crisis. He overcame tremendous obstacles to be who he was and dedicated his life to helping others do the same. An activist to the end, Sullivan inspired a generation to rethink gender identity, sexual orientation and what it means to be human.