The Oregon Trail
Author: Rinker Buck
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2015-06-30
Total Pages: 464
ISBN-13: 1451659164
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA new American journey.
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Belle, the Last Mule at Gee's Bend
Author: Bettye Stroud
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Published: 2020-11-03
Total Pages: 32
ISBN-13: 153622104X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“This small snapshot of the protest movement pays homage to both the determination of ordinary folk and the power of Dr. King’s words. . . . An intergenerational story filled with heart and soul.” — Kirkus Reviews When Alex spies a mule chomping on greens in a nearby garden, he can’t help but ask about it. “Ol’ Belle?” says Miz Pettway. “She can have all the collards she wants. She’s earned it.” And so begins the tale of an ordinary mule in Gee’s Bend, Alabama, that played a singular part in the civil rights movement of the 1960s. When African-Americans in a poor community — inspired by a visit from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. — defied local authorities who were trying to stop them from registering to vote, many got around a long, imposed detour on mule-drawn wagons. As Alex looks into the eyes of gentle Belle, he begins to understand a significant time in history in a very personal way.
Don't Worry about the Mule Being Blind
Author: Jerry Austin
Publisher:
Published: 2013-11
Total Pages: 40
ISBN-13: 9781432799380
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSouthern euphemisms for life and laughter... I have used these euphemisms that were taught to me by my parents all through my life. Friends, business associates and family have loved and copied my sayings and enjoyed the meaning and humor behind each one. Many times I have been told, "You should write a book." Here it is.
The Cart That Carried Martin
Author: Eve Bunting
Publisher: Triangle Interactive, Inc.
Published: 2018-03-29
Total Pages: 19
ISBN-13: 1684446902
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRead Along or Enhanced eBook: The strength and spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. permeates this picture book about the funeral of Dr. King in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1968. Quiet, yet affecting, THE CART THAT CARRIED MARTIN is a unique tribute to the life of a man known world-wide for his outstanding efforts as a leader of the African-American Civil Rights Movement. Eve Bunting focuses on the funeral procession of Dr. King, beginning with the two men who found the cart to carry him through the streets of Atlanta. After painting it green, two mules named Belle and Ada are hitched to the cart where Dr. King’s coffin is placed. Tens of thousands of mourners gather as the cart makes its way to Ebenezer Baptist Church, and then past the Georgia state capitol to Morehouse College. All the while, crowds of people pay their respects by singing songs of hope. Bunting’s thoughtful, well-chosen words, coupled with Don Tate’s soft colors provide the reader with a sense of hope and reverence, rather than the grief and despair one might expect. Back matter includes a brief introduction to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s work, assassination, and funeral, accompanied by a full-color historical photograph of the real cart, drawn by Belle and Ada.
The Prairie Traveler
Author: Randolph Barnes Marcy
Publisher: New York, Harper
Published: 1859
Total Pages: 354
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHow to survive on the trails to California and Oregon: food, wagon train management, pack animals, bivouacs, Indian fighting, hunting, etc.
The Twenty Mule Team of Death Valley
Author: Ted Faye
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 130
ISBN-13: 0738595098
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTed Faye is a documentary filmmaker whose company, Gold Creek Films, specializes in stories of the West. Ted develops touring information, including audio CDs, signage, and brochures. He also helps communities to find and tell their stories. Ted was the historian to US Borax, and many images from this book are from the Borax collection at Death Valley National Park.
The Quilt Walk
Author: Sandra Dallas
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
Published: 2013-04-15
Total Pages: 220
ISBN-13: 1627530169
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIt's 1863 and 10-year-old Emmy Blue Hatchett has been told by her father that soon their family will leave their farm, family, and friends in Illinois, and travel west to a new home in Colorado. It's difficult leaving family and friends behind. They might not see one another ever again. When Emmy's grandmother comes to say goodbye, she gives Emmy a special gift to keep her occupied on the trip. The journey by wagon train is long and full of hardships. But the Hatchetts persevere and reach their destination in Colorado, ready to start their new life.
Mules and Men
Author: Zora Neale Hurston
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 2009-10-13
Total Pages: 372
ISBN-13: 0061749877
DOWNLOAD EBOOKZora Neale Hurston brings us Black America’s folklore as only she can, putting the oral history on the written page with grace and understanding. This new edition of Mules and Men features a new cover and a P.S. section which includes insights, interviews, and more. For the student of cultural history, Mules and Men is a treasury of Black America’s folklore as collected by Zora Neale Hurston, the storyteller and anthropologist who grew up hearing the songs and sermons, sayings and tall tales that have formed and oral history of the South since the time of slavery. Set intimately within the social context of Black life, the stories, “big old lies,” songs, voodoo customs, and superstitions recorded in these pages capture the imagination and bring back to life the humor and wisdom that is the unique heritage of Black Americans.
Wagonteamster
Author: Bob Skelding
Publisher:
Published: 2009-10-20
Total Pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9780982565407
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDon't Worry about the Mule Going Blind
Author: Betty Tucker
Publisher: CreateSpace
Published: 2014-04-16
Total Pages: 186
ISBN-13: 9781480226920
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBetty Tucker came of age in Belle Glade, Florida, infamous for its poverty and violence (e.g., see the Wikipedia entry and the 2006 documentary One Percent). Her childhood was one of debilitating poverty, borne of racism: exploitive migrant labor, multiple rapes and other abuse, chronic illness among her family and acquaintances ... the list is long and bitter. Betty survived not only by sheer hard work but also by nurturing a nascent belief that she deserved better. She moved to California, earned her college degree, and raised a family. Then, in 1997, she began a long and eventually successful search for the twin girls she had given up for adoption thirty years earlier. Fear, insecurity, sexual abuse, want, neglect: This memoir will look beyond the description of these difficulties in the author's life to examine how they stifled her ability to shape her own life, how she acquired the tools she needed to take more control of her life, and what impact her choices, both intentional and unintentional, had on her life and those of her children.
