Crossing Purgatory
Crossing Purgatory

Author: Gary Schanbacher

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2021-11-15

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 1639360263

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In the spring of 1858, Thompson Grey, a younger farmer, travels to his father''s estate seeking funds to expand his holdings. Far overstaying his visit, he returns home to find that his absence has contributed to a devastating family tragedy. Haunted by remorse, Thompson abandons his farm and begins a westward exile in the attempt to outpace his grief. During his wanderings, he encounters emigrants along the Santa Fe Trail who force him to assert his values and re-awaken his connection with humanity. Unwittingly, he finds himself at journey''s end in the one place where his strongest temptations are able to overtake him and once again put him to the test. Crossing Purgatory deals with questions of unprincipled ambition, guilt, and the price one man is willing to pay for atonement.

Crossing Purgatory
Crossing Purgatory

Author: Gary Schanbacher

Publisher: Open Road Media

Published: 2013-06-04

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 1453298878

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In the wake of family tragedy, an Indiana farmer heads west on the Santa Fe Trail in an “intense and emotionally stirring saga” of the frontier (Booklist, starred review). In spring of 1858, Thompson Grey, a young farmer, travels to his father’s estate seeking funds to expand his holdings. Far overstaying his visit, he returns home to find that his absence has contributed to a devastating family tragedy. Haunted by remorse, Thompson abandons his farm and begins a westward exile in the attempt to outpace his grief. Unwittingly, he finds himself at journey’s end in the one place where his strongest temptations are able to overtake him and once again put him to the test. Set against the backdrop of the frontier during the years just preceding the Civil War, Crossing Purgatory is a beautifully scripted and powerful story of unprincipled ambition, guilt, and the price one man is willing to pay for atonement.

Purgatory Wars
Purgatory Wars

Author: Dragon Cobolt

Publisher:

Published: 2018-05-02

Total Pages: 657

ISBN-13: 9781980330691

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Welcome to Purgatory - a world where anything can happen!Everything is going well for Liam. He's just won a martial arts competition and got lucky with a hot girl when he is suddenly flung through a portal into the strange world of Purgatory. A world full of valkyries, elves, goblins and succubi, pulsing with magic and sexual energy. A world where Liam's steel sword and iPod full of 20th Century knowledge make him a virtual superhero. A world where people want him dead...Purgatory Wars: Season One by Dragon Cobolt collects The Murder Stroke, Riposte, The Cross Guard and The Blood Groove - the first four novellas in this best-selling fantasy series - as well as three brand new stories. Over 220,000 words of epic adventure, unique characters and plenty of sex.

Purgatory Key
Purgatory Key

Author: Darrell James

Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide

Published: 2013-08-01

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 0738723711

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After Lissa Rogers and Kendra Kozak set out on a summer adventure, the two teenagers arrive at Terrebonne Key, an island in the Louisiana bayou rumored to be the location of a legendary treasure. But they aren’t alone on the island. Now dangerous fugitives are holding them hostage, and the girls’ only hope for survival is investigator Del Shannon. When Del learns that Lissa is the granddaughter of her former mentor, Louise Lassiter, she decides to take the case. But then Del botches the ransom money drop, and her chances of rescuing Lissa and Kendra grow slim. With time running out, Del teams up with Frank Falconet—an old flame from her past—to find the two girls, and the secret to Terrebonne Key’s hidden fortune, before it’s too late. Praise for the Del Shannon series: “The fast-flowing story will engage readers. It’s nice to see a woman in control in the leading role.”—Kirkus Reviews “This is a truly exciting plot which makes for a great read. Del is a very strong and competent main character that lovers of suspense, western, and mystery books will absolutely enjoy!”—Suspense Magazine

The Devil and the Land of the Holy Cross
The Devil and the Land of the Holy Cross

Author: Laura de Mello e Souza

Publisher: University of Texas Press

Published: 2010-07-05

Total Pages: 382

ISBN-13: 0292787510

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Originally published in Brazil as O Diabo e a Terra de Santa Cruz, this translation from the Portuguese analyzes the nature of popular religion and the ways it was transferred to the New World in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Using richly detailed transcripts from Inquisition trials, Mello e Souza reconstructs how Iberian, indigenous, and African beliefs fused to create a syncretic and magical religious culture in Brazil. Focusing on sorcery, the author argues that European traditions of witchcraft combined with practices of Indians and African slaves to form a uniquely Brazilian set of beliefs that became central to the lives of the people in the colony. Her work shows how the Inquisition reinforced the view held in Europe (particularly Portugal) that the colony was a purgatory where those who had sinned were exiled, a place where the Devil had a wide range of opportunities. Her focus on the three centuries of the colonial period, the multiple regions in Brazil, and the Indian, African, and Portuguese traditions of magic, witchcraft, and healing, make the book comprehensive in scope. Stuart Schwartz of Yale University says, "It is arguably the best book of this genre about Latin America...all in all, a wonderful book." Alida Metcalf of Trinity University, San Antonio, says, "This book is a major contribution to the field of Brazilian history...the first serious study of popular religion in colonial Brazil...Mello e Souza is a wonderful writer."

Biennial Report
Biennial Report

Author: University of Minnesota. Board of Regents

Publisher:

Published: 1877

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13:

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The report for 1870/1871 includes "An alphabetical catalogue" of the library, and later reports include "List of books added" up to .

Nathan Stark, Army Scout
Nathan Stark, Army Scout

Author: William W. Johnstone

Publisher: Pinnacle Books

Published: 2021-01-26

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 0786040270

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In this blazing new series, William W. and J.A. Johnstone tell the tale of a man who became a myth—and a myth that became a legend. This is the epic story of Nathan Stark, Army Scout . . . Johnstone Justice. What America Needs Now. They slaughtered his family. Killed his young bride. And ever since that tragic day, Nathan Stark has devoted his life to fighting the hostile tribes who massacred those he loved. As a civilian scout for the Army, he’s served with such famous commanders as Custer and Crook. He’s battled against such notorious war chiefs as Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull. Among the fiercest natives of the untamed west, Nathan Stark is a living legend—one that must be destroyed . . . Against his better judgment, Nathan agrees to be teamed up with a rival Crow scout named Moses Red Buffalo. Their mission: to forge a trail deep into Indian territory under the command of a bloodthirsty army colonel. But the mission is not what it seems. If Stark and Red Buffalo want to stay alive, they’ll have to work together as a team—if they don’t kill each other first . . . Live Free. Read Hard.

Blood and Thunder
Blood and Thunder

Author: Hampton Sides

Publisher: Anchor

Published: 2007-10-09

Total Pages: 626

ISBN-13: 0307387674

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the author of Ghost Soldiers comes an eye-opening history of the American conquest of the West—"a story full of authority and color, truth and prophecy" (The New York Times Book Review). In the summer of 1846, the Army of the West marched through Santa Fe, en route to invade and occupy the Western territories claimed by Mexico. Fueled by the new ideology of “Manifest Destiny,” this land grab would lead to a decades-long battle between the United States and the Navajos, the fiercely resistant rulers of a huge swath of mountainous desert wilderness. At the center of this sweeping tale is Kit Carson, the trapper, scout, and soldier whose adventures made him a legend. Sides shows us how this illiterate mountain man understood and respected the Western tribes better than any other American, yet willingly followed orders that would ultimately devastate the Navajo nation. Rich in detail and spanning more than three decades, this is an essential addition to our understanding of how the West was really won.