The Adventures of Jessie, a young Texas girl in the 1930s
The Adventures of Jessie, a young Texas girl in the 1930s

Author: Lynn Martinez

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2013-12-10

Total Pages: 102

ISBN-13: 149315091X

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The Adventures of Jessie, a young Texas girl in the 1930s is the story of Jessie Standard, a ten-year-old girl growing up in the small Texas town of Lampasas during the Great Depression. She and her family live in the fire station, because her daddy is the only paid employee of the Lampasas Fire Department. Jessie is mischievous and regularly manages to find trouble! She spies on her big sister LaVerne, steals the show at the town dance, and even sneaks onto a plane her brother flies! Jessie’s first love is Prince, her pony. When times get hard, Daddy has to sell Prince. It breaks Jessie’s heart, but she is determined to find a way to be with him again someday!

The Complete Guide to Service Learning
The Complete Guide to Service Learning

Author: Cathryn Berger Kaye

Publisher: Free Spirit Publishing

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 419

ISBN-13: 157542133X

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Presents tips and advice for professionals who are creating or overseeing service-learning programs.

Those Good Gertrudes
Those Good Gertrudes

Author: Geraldine J. Clifford

Publisher: JHU Press

Published: 2016-03

Total Pages: 493

ISBN-13: 1421419793

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This book explores the professional, civic, and personal roles of women teachers throughout American history. Its themes and findings build from the mostly unpublished writings of many women. Clifford studied personal history manuscripts in archives and consulted printed autobiographies, diaries, correspondence, oral histories, interviews to probe the multifaceted imagery that has surrounded teaching. This work surveys a long past where schoolteaching was essentially men's work, with women relegated to restricted niches such as teaching rudiments of the vernacular language to young children and socializing girls for traditional gender roles.

Within Our Gates
Within Our Gates

Author: Alan Gevinson

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 1588

ISBN-13: 9780520209640

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"[These volumes] are endlessly absorbing as an excursion into cultural history and national memory."--Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.

Downriver
Downriver

Author: Will Hobbs

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2012-07-10

Total Pages: 203

ISBN-13: 1442445475

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Fifteen-year-old Jessie and the other rebellious teenage members of a wilderness survival school team abandon their adult leader, hijack his boats, and try to run the dangerous white water at the bottom of the Grand Canyon.

They Just Be Killing White Folks
They Just Be Killing White Folks

Author: VaJo PaJefChat

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2009-06-08

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13: 0557042313

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A black farmer takes his sons on an adventure to see a silent horror film showing at the new theater on Halloween night in 1930, in central Texas. There were nearly 500 black people lynched in Texas that year, so a movie about a vampire hardly seemed frightening except to the youngest son, Lijah, who consoles himself with his father's assurance that in the silent film, "they just be killing white folks."

Who's Who In Hollywood!
Who's Who In Hollywood!

Author: Terry Rowan

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2015-04-18

Total Pages: 408

ISBN-13: 1329074491

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A comprehensive film guide featuring Hollywood films, directors, actors and actresses.

The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Film
The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Film

Author: R. G. Young

Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 1028

ISBN-13: 9781557832696

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Thirty-five years in the making, and destined to be the last word in fanta-film references! This incredible 1,017-page resource provides vital credits on over 9,000 films (1896-1999) of horror, fantasy, mystery, science fiction, heavy melodrama, and film noir. Comprehensive cast lists include: directors, writers, cinematographers, and composers. Also includes plot synopses, critiques, re-title/translation information, running times, photographs, and several cross-referenced indexes (by artist, year, song, etc.). Paperback.

Best Books for Young Adults
Best Books for Young Adults

Author: Holly Koelling

Publisher: American Library Association

Published: 2007-08-13

Total Pages: 575

ISBN-13: 0838935699

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This is a classic, standard resource for collection building and on-the-spot readers advisory absolutely indispensable for school and public libraries.