Once a Marshal

Once a Marshal

Author: Peter Brandvold

Publisher: Berkley

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9780425166222

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When the son of an old friend asks for Ben Stillman's help in finding the men who killed his father, Ben realizes that even though he has retired from the law, he still insists on seeing justice served.


Mr. Marshal's Flower Book

Mr. Marshal's Flower Book

Author: Alexander Marshal

Publisher: Royal Collection

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781905686032

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A dazzling rendition of the 17th-century horticulturist's famed watercolors, this most exquisite and fascinating work of botanical art has been admired for centuries for its dazzling color and its incredible attention to the intricacies of a varied array of plant species. The collection will delight garden enthusiasts and art lovers alike.Viking Studio


Landing the Air Marshal

Landing the Air Marshal

Author: Jennifer Blackwood

Publisher: Entangled: Brazen

Published: 2016-09-12

Total Pages: 191

ISBN-13: 1633757099

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He knows just how to make her forget her fear of flying... a sexy new story from USA TODAY bestselling author Jennifer Blackwood.... As an Air Marshal, I have two rules: keep everyone safe and always remain professional. But when I take a seat next to the hot blonde in 7B, I can only promise one of those things. Abby Winters and her uptight librarian attire are more than a little distracting. And when she grabs onto me during turbulence—all bets are off. A mile-high hookup is great, but what happens when we land and neither of us wants to walk away...


One Marshal's Badge

One Marshal's Badge

Author: Louie McKinney

Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.

Published: 2009-09-30

Total Pages: 211

ISBN-13: 159797367X

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While many people are familiar with the U.S. Marshals Service’s reputation from frontier days, when legendary lawmen such as Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson enforced the Wild West, the agency’s modern exploits are less well known. One Marshal’s Badge sheds light on the service’s valuable role in current national and international affairs through the intriguing figure of Louie McKinney, the agency’s former director. McKinney’s life is an inspirational story of personal fortitude and professional achievement. Growing up a sharecropper’s son in the segregated South, McKinney rose to become the first career deputy to lead the Marshals Service. Prior to his promotion, McKinney contributed to the agency in many groundbreaking ways, including helping to restore order to the skies after a rash of airline hijackings in the early 1970s; guarding prisoner John Hinckley, the man who attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan, as a yearlong assignment; transporting criminals to trial and to prison in his own car before the creation of Con Air; enforcing the integration of Southern public schools as a black deputy marshal; and heading an innovative sting operation that netted hundreds of fugitives by enticing them with free football tickets. One Marshal’s Badge offers a rare glimpse into the Marshal Service’s inner workings, especially its witness protection program and elite SWAT team, and is an eyewitness account of the social turbulence that defined American history in the late twentieth century.


The Greatest Knight

The Greatest Knight

Author: Thomas Asbridge

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2014-12-02

Total Pages: 417

ISBN-13: 0062262076

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Renowned scholar Thomas Asbridge brings to life medieval England’s most celebrated knight, William Marshal—providing an unprecedented and intimate view of this age and the legendary warrior class that shaped it. Caught on the wrong side of an English civil war and condemned by his father to the gallows at age five, William Marshal defied all odds to become one of England’s most celebrated knights. Thomas Asbridge’s rousing narrative chronicles William’s rise, using his life as a prism to view the origins, experiences, and influence of the knight in British history. In William’s day, the brutish realities of war and politics collided with romanticized myths about an Arthurian “golden age,” giving rise to a new chivalric ideal. Asbridge details the training rituals, weaponry, and battle tactics of knighthood, and explores the codes of chivalry and courtliness that shaped their daily lives. These skills were essential to survive one of the most turbulent periods in English history—an era of striking transformation, as the West emerged from the Dark Ages. A leading retainer of five English kings, Marshal served the great figures of this age, from Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine to Richard the Lionheart and his infamous brother John, and was involved in some of the most critical phases of medieval history, from the Magna Carta to the survival of the Angevin/Plantagenet dynasty. Asbridge introduces this storied knight to modern readers and places him firmly in the context of the majesty, passion, and bloody intrigue of the Middle Ages. The Greatest Knight features 16 pages of black-and-white and color illustrations.


Black Gun, Silver Star

Black Gun, Silver Star

Author: Art T. Burton

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published: 2022-09

Total Pages: 496

ISBN-13: 1496234464

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In The Story of Oklahoma, Deputy U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves appears as the "most feared U.S. marshal in the Indian country." That Reeves was also an African American who had spent his early life enslaved in Arkansas and Texas made his accomplishments all the more remarkable. Black Gun, Silver Star sifts through fact and legend to discover the truth about one of the most outstanding peace officers in late nineteenth-century America--and perhaps the greatest lawman of the Wild West era. Bucking the odds ("I'm sorry, we didn't keep Black people's history," a clerk at one of Oklahoma's local historical societies answered one query), Art T. Burton traces Reeves from his days of slavery to his Civil War soldiering to his career as a deputy U.S. marshal out of Fort Smith, Arkansas, when he worked under "Hanging Judge" Isaac C. Parker. Fluent in Creek and other regional Native languages, physically powerful, skilled with firearms, and a master of disguise, Reeves was exceptionally adept at apprehending fugitives and outlaws and his exploits were legendary in Oklahoma and Arkansas. In this new edition Burton traces Reeves's presence in the national media of his day as well as his growing modern presence in popular media such as television, movies, comics, and video games.


After the Ball

After the Ball

Author: Marshall Kirk

Publisher: Plume Books

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 440

ISBN-13:

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A compelling and compassionate work that never fails to stimulate. After the Ball is required reading for straights interested in understanding a minority that comprises 10% of the population and for gays who ar learning that the revolution is far from over.


Marshal

Marshal

Author: Jodi L Burnett

Publisher: Tin Star K9 Series

Published: 2022-01-06

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 9781955016056

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A US Marshal K9 Thriller The U.S. Marshals service seeks a K9 Unit for their elite strike team tasked with hunting down America's most wanted criminals. Caitlyn Reed and her K9 partner, Renegade, are called up to the varsity to face this harrowing challenge. Has she bitten off more than she can handle? Moose Creek Sheriff Colt Branson finds himself in the foray as a part of the U.S. Marshal's new federal, state, and local joint task force aimed at bringing down the worst of the worst who have taken up refuge in his own backyard, the windswept wilderness of northeastern Wyoming. Caitlyn, Renegade, and Colt battle not only the heinous outlaws, but the rugged Wyoming mountains. In this cat-and-mouse thriller, who is hunting whom?


Spares

Spares

Author: Michael Marshall Smith

Publisher: HarperCollins UK

Published: 2009-05-01

Total Pages: 11

ISBN-13: 0007325371

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Talking fridges, human clone farms, flying shopping malls – we must be in the Michael Marshall Smith zone. A world all too close to our own...


Forging the Star

Forging the Star

Author: David S. Turk

Publisher: University of North Texas Press

Published: 2016-08-15

Total Pages: 559

ISBN-13: 1574416545

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What do diverse events such as the integration of the University of Mississippi, the federal trials of Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa, the confrontation at Ruby Ridge, and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina have in common? The U.S. Marshals were instrumental in all of them. Whether pursuing dangerous felons in each of the 94 judicial districts or extraditing them from other countries; protecting federal judges, prosecutors, and witnesses from threats; transporting and maintaining prisoners and detainees; or administering the sale of assets obtained from criminal activity, the U.S. Marshals Service has adapted and overcome a mountain of barriers since their founding (on September 24, 1789) as the oldest federal law enforcement organization. In Forging the Star, historian David S. Turk lifts the fog around the agency’s complex modern period. From the inside, he allows a look within the storied organization. The research and writing of this singular account took over a decade, drawn from fresh primary source material with interviews from active or retired management, deputy U.S. marshals who witnessed major events, and the administrative personnel who supported them. Forging the Star is a comprehensive official history that will answer many questions about this legendary agency.