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Author: Brian J. Duddy
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2008-06
Total Pages: 90
ISBN-13: 0615219004
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHistory of the Donald Woodward Airport, LeRoy New York in the 1920s and 30s. Known as the "Finest Private Airport in America." Includes the story of Amelia Earhart's famous Fokker Trimotor, the "Friendship." 88 pages, 171 B&W illustrations, including previously unpublished photos of Earhart. A must for enthusiasts of the "Golden Age of Aviation."
Author: Theodore Taylor
Publisher: Open Road Media
Published: 2022-08-30
Total Pages: 301
ISBN-13: 1504077156
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis biography of America’s first African American naval aviator is a “compelling portrait of a quiet hero [and] the racial climate between 1926 and 1959” (Booklist). “In the late 1940s, when every aspiring black pilot had heard of the army’s Tuskegee program, Jesse Leroy Brown set his sights on becoming a navy aviator. An outstanding student and top athlete, the 17-year-old’s ambition was met with a combination of incredulity and resistance. Yet, at a time when Jim Crow laws were rampant, Brown managed to break the color barrier to become the first black U.S. Navy pilot. Taylor puts his considerable narrative skills to good use in tracing Brown’s path from his youth in poverty-stricken Palmer’s Crossing, Miss., to his eventual induction into the heady and dangerous world of carrier aviation. Taylor based much of his research on interviews with those who knew Brown and on personal letters from more than a half-century ago [and] doesn't skimp on the indignities Brown suffered. . . . An engaging and intimate glimpse of a young pioneer who desperately wanted to earn his aviator’s wings.” —Publishers Weekly “More than a biography, this is a thrilling story of naval aviation and combat.” —School Library Journal
Author: Regina F. Rapelyea
Publisher: iUniverse
Published: 2002-08-04
Total Pages: 124
ISBN-13: 0595235980
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book reflects an African American woman's search for her true identity through her deepest sentiments and heart-felt reflections through letters, spiritual concerns, reminiscences and actual events in examining the journey of her soul. It is a reflection of a soul taking flight and connecting with the oneness of the God consciousness within.
Author: Joe R Lansdale
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2010-01-01
Total Pages: 265
ISBN-13: 0292777965
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“Lansdale’s best known—and frequently most disturbing—stories . . . sanctified in the blood of the walking Western dead and righteously readable.” —The Austin Chronicle From the award-winning master of mojo storytelling, spinner of over-the-top yarns of horror, suspense, humor, mystery, science fiction, and even the Old West comes the first “true best of Lansdale” anthology. Sanctified and Chicken-Fried brings together a unique mix of well-known short stories and excerpts from his acclaimed novels, along with new and previously unpublished material. In this collection of gothic tales that explore the dark and sometimes darkly humorous side of life and death, you’ll meet traveling preachers with sinister agendas, towns lost to time, teenagers out for a good time who get more than they bargain for, and gangsters and strange goings-on at the end of the world. Out of the blender of Lansdale’s imagination spew tall tales about men and mules, hogs and races, that are, in his words, “the equivalent of Aesop meets Flannery O’Connor on a date with William Faulkner, the events recorded by James M. Cain.” “He may be violent, gruesome and shocking, but Lansdale is also one of the greatest yarn spinners of his generation: fearless, earthy, original, manic and dreadfully funny . . . If you’re new to Lansdale, not easily shocked or offended, Sanctified and Chicken-Fried is a good place to jump in and hang on for a crazy ride off the rails.” —The Dallas Morning News
Author: Stella George Stern Perry
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Published: 1920
Total Pages: 424
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Kathi Appelt
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2013-07-23
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 1442421053
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTwelve-year-old Chap Brayburn, ancient Sugar Man, and his raccoon-brother Swamp Scouts Bingo and J'miah try to save Bayou Tourterelle from feral pigs Clydine and Buzzie, greedy Sunny Boy Beaucoup, and world-class alligator wrestler and would-be land developer Jaeger Stitch.
Author: Marshall M. Kerr
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 122
ISBN-13: 141202384X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK16-17 November 1973: having finally withdrawn from Vietnam and abandoned illegal carpet-bombings of ostensibly neutral Cambodia, the United States continues staring the Soviet Union down over the still-unsettled Yom Kippur War in the Middle East; Secretary of State Henry Kissinger - having apparently encouraged the overthrow and murder of Salvador Allende by the Chilean military - has just been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize; Spiro Agnew has resigned the Vice Presidency in criminal disgrace; and Richard Nixon is battling to save his political career against charges he participated in a failed, third-rate burglary attempt at the Watergate complex. During a typical Friday morning and afternoon at the Mannheim Stockade, in west-central Germany, Army MP Sergeant Alf P. Bergson, a Vietnam veteran working as a Social Work/Psychology Specialist, deals with a schizophrenic prisoner in maximum security and the consequences of a rape in medium security, the evening before. After work, he visits a discotheque downtown, meeting both a middle-aged German veteran of the Russian Front and a charming young Gypsy, whose entire extended family was nearly exterminated during the Holocaust. The next morning, he walks through historic Rhine Valley landscapes to a ruined 12th-century castle in the mountains above Weinheim: reflecting on his own tour in Vietnam, his father's experiences in the Second World War, and current prospects for citizens of the United States - and the world. In the afternoon, he arrives in the nearby ancient university town of Heidelberg, looking for someone he met there some weeks earlier, during a Temporary Duty Assignment at the 130th Station Hospital. What he discovers about that young soldier's subsequent fate - and possible consequences of his own recent actions - leads to a major crisis of faith and yet more unsettling revelations. For more information, please visit http://www.opus95.com/heidelberg/Bergfriedhof.htm This book is also available in a German translation: Furtwänglers Grab: Novelle
Author: Nina Larrey Duryea
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Published: 1913
Total Pages: 352
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Don Bruns
Publisher: Oceanview Publishing
Published: 2008-09-01
Total Pages: 296
ISBN-13: 1933515406
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUSA Today best-selling author While their last venture was hardly crowned with success, James Lessor and Skip Moore, (and their white box truck) are back. When Reverend Preston Cashdollar and his traveling tent revival come to town, James and Skip reinvent themselves--as holy rollers. But these two aren't seeking salvation; they're seeking the Almighty dollar. After all, Cashdollar's prosperity gospel draws thousands of people with open minds-and open wallets. With a few modifications to the truck, Less or Moore Catering is ready to roll, and the entrepreneurs are born again, intent on making a mint by selling meager meals to the hungry masses. Cashdollar may preach about seeing the light, but his organization has a dark side of greed, corruption, and murder. What in the name of all that is holy have James and Skip gotten themselves into? This meals-on-wheels venture is more like hell on wheels. As James and Skip seek the truth, they'll learn that the stuff dreams are made of may be their worst nightmare. They'll either need to keep the faith, or run like the devil.
