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Languages : en
Pages : 4
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Decoration Day grand parade march
Author: Flooded: Requiem for Johnstown (Scholastic Gold)
Author: Ann E. BurgPublisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 1338541005
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Ann E. Burg explores the deep class divides and social injustice behind one of America's greatest tragedies. * "Stunning, significant and sorrowful, Ann E. Burg's requiem melts history into prose... Highly recommended." -- School Library Journal, starred review "Chillingly effective." -- Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Johnstown, Pennsylvania, in 1889 was a lively, working-class factory city. Above the soot-soaked streets, an elite fishing and hunting club, built on a pristine man-made lake, drew America's wealthiest business barons. Though repeatedly urged to fix the deteriorating dam that held the lake, the club members disregarded the warnings. And when heavy rains came, the dam collapsed and plunged the city into chaos. On that fateful day, six children found themselves caught in the wreckage. The chorus of their voices--all inspired by real people--create a gripping portrait of loss and healing. Plumbing themes of class, injustice, deprivation, and the environment, Ann E. Burg summons her prodigious heart and virtuosic poetry to turn one of the deadliest tragedies in our country's history into a transcendent and hopeful work of art.
2019 Annual Edition
Author: New York History ReviewPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1950822087
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Annual edition of New York History Review
The Boston Marine Barracks
Author: Lt. Col. John R. Yates, Jr., USMC (Ret.)Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476617538
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
The Boston Marine Barracks is one of the oldest in the United States: it stands within eyeshot of the USS Constitution. Lt. Col. John R. Yates, Jr., the last commanding officer of the Barracks when it closed in 1974, researched the hundreds of letters left behind by previous Barracks commanders, their superiors and many others. They reveal the life and times of the Marines billeted at the Barracks from the early 19th century until World War II. Often, of course, the Marines were deployed to far-off events and places. This book also tells the story of the Barracks Marines’ participation in the Seminole Wars, the action in Samoa, the Boer Wars, the Philippine Insurrection, Panama, the Boxer Rebellion, the Mexican War, the Civil War, the Spanish American War and World War I. This book reveals a naval prison’s existence on the shipyard for which the Marines were responsible for many years.
Congressional Record
Author: United States. CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1346
Book Description
The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)
The River We Remember
Author: William Kent KruegerPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1982179228
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
In 1958, a small Minnesota town is rocked by a shocking murder, pouring fresh fuel on old grievances in this dazzling novel, an instant New York Times bestseller and “a work of art” (The Denver Post). On Memorial Day in Jewel, Minnesota, the body of wealthy landowner Jimmy Quinn is found floating in the Alabaster River, dead from a shotgun blast. The investigation falls to Sheriff Brody Dern, a highly decorated war hero who still carries the physical and emotional scars from his military service. Even before Dern has the results of the autopsy, vicious rumors begin to circulate that the killer must be Noah Bluestone, a Native American WWII veteran who has recently returned to Jewel with a Japanese wife. As suspicions and accusations mount and the town teeters on the edge of more violence, Dern struggles not only to find the truth of Quinn’s murder but also put to rest the demons from his own past. Caught up in the torrent of anger that sweeps through Jewel are a war widow and her adolescent son, the intrepid publisher of the local newspaper, an aging deputy, and a crusading female lawyer, all of whom struggle with their own tragic histories and harbor secrets that Quinn’s death threatens to expose. Both a complex, spellbinding mystery and a masterful portrait of mid-century American life that is “a novel to cherish” (Star Tribune, Minneapolis), The River We Remember offers an unflinching look at the wounds left by the wars we fight abroad and at home, a moving exploration of the ways in which we seek to heal, and a testament to the enduring power of the stories we tell about the places we call home.
Holiday Symbols & Customs, 5th Ed.
Author: James ChambersPublisher: Infobase Holdings, Inc
ISBN: 0780813650
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 2004
Book Description
A guide to the legend and lore behind the traditions, rituals, foods, games, animals, and other symbols and activities associated with holidays and holy days, feasts and fasts, and other celebrations.
Family and Community Life in Northeastern Ontario
Author: Françoise NoëlPublisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 077358370X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
Françoise Noël explores the social context of Canada’s most famous family to show how family ritual and communal events structured everyday life between the wars.
Journal of Proceedings ...
Author: Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Grand Lodge of PennsylvaniaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
New England Journal of Education
Author: Thomas Williams BicknellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 412
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