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67 Shots by Howard Means
epub |eng | 2016-03-06 | Author:Howard Means

The dearth of compassion often came with a caveat. “This is all very tragic,” a husband and wife wrote to the Record-Courier, “yet if this is what it takes to ...
( Category: State & Local August 21,2016 )
Central Florida's World War II Veterans by Bob Grenier
epub |eng | 2016-08-18 | Author:Bob Grenier

The Apopka Veterans Memorial is located in Kit Nelson Park, which is situated off Park Avenue between First Street and Orange Street. This monument, created by Preston Willingham, was donated ...
( Category: Veterans August 19,2016 )
Haunted Jacksonville: History and Hauntings of the "Athens of the West by Lisa Taylor Horton
epub |eng | 2014-10-11 | Author:Lisa Taylor Horton [Horton, Lisa Taylor]

( Category: State & Local August 19,2016 )
Blood and Smoke by Charles Leerhsen
epub |eng | | Author:Charles Leerhsen

IT IS TEMPTING to think of Carl Fisher as now standing at a crossroads. Certainly a more normal person after launching an auto racing speedway and then winding up in ...
( Category: State & Local August 7,2016 )
Moon Coastal Maine by Hilary Nangle
epub |eng | 2016-08-02 | Author:Hilary Nangle

Casual and Fine Dining Relax and savor the views over Penobscot Bay along with a fine wine and dinner at The Captain’s Table (127 E. Main St./Rte. 1, Searsport, 207/548-1104, ...
( Category: New England August 3,2016 )
Spooky South by S. E. Schlosser
epub |eng | 2016-03-31 | Author:S. E. Schlosser

22 Goggle-Eyed Jim The Great Dismal Swamp, Virginia He was a notorious scoundrel and a horse thief. And he was the bane of my existence. Goggle-Eyed Jim they called him. ...
( Category: State & Local August 3,2016 )
The Great Call-Up: The Guard, the Border, and the Mexican Revolution by Charles H. Harris & Louis R. Sadler
epub |eng | 2015-01-20 | Author:Charles H. Harris & Louis R. Sadler [Harris, Charles H.]

Chapter 13 El Paso El Paso was the principal National Guard concentration point on the border. While the Brownsville District contained more troops, some fifty thousand, they were distributed all ...
( Category: State & Local July 19,2016 )
Billings Food by Stella Fong
epub |eng | 2016-07-18 | Author:Stella Fong

“The Bandit Burger” with jalapeños, bacon, pepperjack cheese, barbecue sauce, spicy mayonnaise, tomato and lettuce from the Burger Dive. The Burger Dive has been serving Billings since 2010 with premium ...
( Category: State & Local July 19,2016 )
Whisper Not by Benny Golson
epub |eng | 2016-04-11 | Author:Benny Golson [Golson, Benny]

CHAPTER 23 Philly Joe Jones I FIRST SAW Philadelphia drummer Joe Jones play in Beryl Booker’s trio in 1944, when I was fifteen years old. That was about a year ...
( Category: State & Local July 13,2016 )
Field Guide to the Neighborhood Birds of New York City by Leslie Day
epub |eng | 2015-07-10 | Author:Leslie Day

VIREOS THERE ARE 50 SPECIES of vireo, all native to the new world: North and South America. They are small, with short, thick bills, slightly hooked at the tip, which ...
( Category: Wildlife July 11,2016 )
Heaven's Ditch by Jack Kelly
epub |eng | 2016-05-05 | Author:Jack Kelly

It worked. “All Rochester was moved that winter,” a resident remembered. “You could not go upon the streets, and hear any conversations, except on religion.” Religion became the rage. Every ...
( Category: State & Local July 8,2016 )
TWA 800 by Jack Cashill
epub |eng | 2016-05-22 | Author:Jack Cashill

Chapter: FOURTEEN MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON In late November 2002, I was strolling the concrete banks of Brush Creek, a channelized waterway that runs through the heart of Kansas ...
( Category: History July 8,2016 )
Washington's Monument by John Steele Gordon
epub, azw3 |eng | 2015-12-17 | Author:John Steele Gordon [Gordon, John Steele]

It is much to be regretted that sufficient precautions were not taken to ensure this engine working satisfactorily. The idea of inaugurating the steam engine on so solemn an occasion ...
( Category: State & Local July 3,2016 )
Last Team Standing by Matthew Algeo
epub |eng | 2006-06-29 | Author:Matthew Algeo

As was customary, the release was published nearly verbatim in the Chicago papers. Almost immediately, the phone at the Chicago office of the War Manpower Commission began ringing. Callers were ...
( Category: State & Local June 30,2016 )
Voices from the Outer Banks by Stephen Kirk
epub |eng | | Author:Stephen Kirk

Date: April 14, 1903, Vessel: Topaz, Cargo: Eggs and Barrels Capsized in a squall off Rollinson’s Reef 5 miles WNW of station (in Pamlico Sound) at 4 P.M. The life-saving ...
( Category: State & Local June 27,2016 )

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