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Bloody Williamson by Paul M. Angle
epub |eng | 2014-10-14 | Author:Paul M. Angle [Angle, Paul M.]

Downtown Herrin, Scene of the Klan War 1. CATHOLIC CHURCH 2. CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL 3. PARISH HOUSE 4. SMITH GARAGE 5. LIBERTY HOTEL 6. EUROPEAN HOTEL 7. CITY HALL AND ...
( Category: State & Local December 27,2014 )
The Island at the Center of the World by Russell Shorto
epub |eng | 2005-04-11 | Author:Russell Shorto

Chapter 11 AN AMERICAN IN EUROPE In January 1646 a coach, drawn by six horses, labored through the frozen ruts of a road in the German countryside. With gilt woodwork ...
( Category: Colonial Period December 27,2014 )
Historic Houston Streets by Marks Hinton
epub |eng | | Author:Marks Hinton

» MARKS: Street sign near location of E. H. Marks ranch MARLOWE: Christopher – This 16th century English dramatist’s writings had a profound influence on William Shakespeare. His works include ...
( Category: State & Local December 27,2014 )
Stirring It Up with Molly Ivins by Ellen Sweets
epub |eng | 2011-12-26 | Author:Ellen Sweets

This recipe is gonna scare the beejebers out of the hypochondriacs among us, because nobody believes you should leave chicken out for more than six seconds lest you contract some ...
( Category: State & Local December 27,2014 )
The Other Wes Moore-One Name, Two Fates by Wes Moore
mobi |eng | 2010-04-27 | Author:Wes Moore

As I sat on the other end of the line, listening to my mother talk about “sacrifice,” I had no idea what my grandparents had given up. The five minutes ...
( Category: African-American Studies December 21,2014 )
Shadow Divers Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson
mobi |rus | 2004-06-29 | Author:Robert Kurson

By Chatterton’s calculation, it should take no more than a week to receive the answer. For his part, Kohler continued to rampage through historical texts, learning the patrols of America-bound ...
( Category: State & Local December 19,2014 )
The Franklin Cover-Up by John W. Decamp
mobi |eng | 2012-01-24 | Author:John W. Decamp

• • • The FBI’s eagerness to discredit the victim-witnesses may be based on more than just an institutional commitment to protect former Omaha FBI chief Nick O’Hara’s friend Chief ...
( Category: State & Local December 19,2014 )
Death in the Delta by Molly Walling
mobi |eng | 2012-01-02 | Author:Molly Walling

ChApTer eleven i Silencing of a Community PP July 2006 Both black people and white people in the Deep South were so fearful of each other, so intimidated by the ...
( Category: State & Local December 19,2014 )
Halliburton's Army : How a Well-connected Texas Oil Company Revolutionized the Way America Makes War by Pratap Chatterjee
mobi |eng | 2008-12-01 | Author:Pratap Chatterjee

Document Outline Contents Introduction: A Revolution in Military Affairs Part 1 1. Riding the Catfish to Anaconda 2. Early Days of Brown & Root 3. Brothers in Arms: Dick Cheney ...
( Category: State & Local December 19,2014 )
Francona-The Red Sox Years by Terry Francona
mobi |eng | 2013-01-22 | Author:Terry Francona

CHAPTER 11 • 2008 • “This will not help us win” RED SOX NATION WAS GLOBAL. The Sox were the most popular sports team on the planet. The Sox were ...
( Category: Ghosts December 19,2014 )
Adventures in the Unknown Interior of America by Cabeza de Vaca
epub |eng | 1541-12-31 | Author:Cabeza de Vaca

31 The Tribal Split and News of the Remaining Barge When the six months I had been biding my time were up, the Indians proceeded to the prickly pears thirty ...
( Category: State & Local December 8,2014 )
The Fabulous History of the Dismal Swamp Company by Charles Royster
epub |eng | 2010-12-07 | Author:Charles Royster [Royster, Charles]

When members of the Dismal Swamp Company met in Richmond, with Reuben Lindsay attending in place of Dr. Thomas Walker, Walker was entering his seventies. His shoulders were rounded, his ...
( Category: Revolution & Founding December 4,2014 )
Solomon Northup by David Fiske
epub |eng | 2013-12-01 | Author:David Fiske

IN NEW ORLEANS AND WASHINGTON Two days later, Solomon and Henry were in New Orleans. By this time, they had probably decided to file charges against Birch, and Henry needed ...
( Category: State & Local December 2,2014 )
Colonel Sanders and the American Dream by Josh Ozersky
epub |eng | 2012-11-26 | Author:Josh Ozersky

4 BARBARIANS AT THE GATE By 1969, five years after the sale, the average Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant had annual gross sales of nearly a quarter of a million dollars. ...
( Category: State & Local November 27,2014 )
Measure of a Man: From Auschwitz Survivor to Presidents' Tailor by Martin Greenfield & Wynton Hall
mobi |eng | 2014-10-20 | Author:Martin Greenfield & Wynton Hall

CHAPTER EIGHT THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE During the summer of 1948, I realized Mr. Goldman was right: Helen wasn’t the girl for me. It wasn’t anything she did, but what I ...
( Category: Fashion Design November 26,2014 )

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