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In Flew Enza

Author : James Gottesman

Publisher : Jayeddy Publisher

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 33,24 MB

Release : 2020-09-22

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ISBN : 9780991155750

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In Flew Enza - Synopsis: An impoverished, young, Jewish woman, Sarah, from Brooklyn loses her fiancé and mother from the 1918 influenza and, having no options, answers a marriage advertisement from a small town, Protestant, widower with three children.Spring 1918 Brooklyn Sarah, from the age of 10, relies on a neighbor, Belinda Murphy. Sarah's life turns for the better with an engagement to Jacob Silverman. The Spanish Flu strikes, killing her mother, brother, and fiancé on the same day in November 1918. About to be evicted, Sarah answers an ad from a small town widower with a newborn who seeks a wife.She finds that the widower, Oliver Tipton, has two older boys, 5 and 3, in addition to the baby. Ollie admits that if Sarah fails, he will give up his successful store. Sarah stays but remains hounded by post-traumatic depression and wants to return to Brooklyn.Behind the scenes, Reggie Harrington, Ollie's attorney, needs Sarah to fail so he can sell Ollie's lands to the A&P grocery chain for profit. Ollie and Sarah marry, but Sarah won't consummate the marriage. Sarah realizes the boys need her and she vows to love Ollie. She consummates the marriage, slowly sheds her past, and falls in love.Sarah receives a letter from the Midwest that her father committed suicide in a frozen river. His body is not found.Attempting to discover the reasons for Reggie's actions, Sarah seeks help from Henry Silverman, the father of her deceased fiancé. Silverman discovers the A&P plans. Sarah realizes Reggie has been intercepting their mail to gain information and arranges a sting. Reggie and the postmaster are arrested, Ollie's development plans with A&P proceed with great success.A&P promotes Ollie to Vice President of development and the family moves to New Jersey, allowing Sarah to reunite with Belinda. Sarah finds out her father is alive and reunites.



And in Flew Enza

Author : Sherri Fuchs

Publisher : Publishamerica Incorporated

Page : 138 pages

File Size : 29,45 MB

Release : 2004-01

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 9781413705164

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Alice is growing up in Cincinnati during World War I. Her life is turned upside-down when her favorite older brother enlists in the army. SheA[a¬a[s left at home with a perfect older sister who doesnA[a¬a[t understand her and a tidy, tattling younger brother whom Alice always has to take care of. At least Alice has her best friend Alex living next door. Little does she know that she will soon be fighting a war of her ownA[a¬anot against the Germans in Europe, but against a deadly disease which invades her city, the United States, and the world. Will someone so young be able to make a difference against such a killer? Will this epidemic end before it has taken the people Alice loves, or Alice herself?



American History in Song

Author : Diane Holloway

Publisher : iUniverse

Page : 508 pages

File Size : 16,14 MB

Release : 2001

Category : Popular music

ISBN : 9780595193318

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Songwriters dramatically captured the details of how Americans lived, thought and changed in the first half of the twentieth century. This book examines 1033 songs about WWI and WWII wars, presidents, Women’s Suffrage, Prohibition, the Great Depression, immigration, minority stereotypes, new modes of transportation, inventions, and the changing roles of men and women. America invited immigrants and went to war to ensure democracy but within its borders, lyrics display intolerant attitudes toward women, blacks, and ethnic groups. Songs covered labor strikes, communism, lynchings, women voting and working, love, sex, airships, radio, telephones, the lure of movies and new movie star role models, drugs, smoking, and the atom bomb.History books cannot match the humor, poignancy, poetry and thrill of lyrics in describing the essence of American life as we moved from a rural white male dominated society toward an urban democracy that finally included women and minorities.



War, Peace, and All that Jazz

Author : Joy Hakim

Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA

Page : 240 pages

File Size : 46,7 MB

Release : 2002-09-09

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 9780195153354

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Presents the history of America from the earliest times of the Native Americans to the Clinton administration.





Chez Vicalle

Author : J. Blovian

Publisher : iUniverse

Page : 124 pages

File Size : 12,14 MB

Release : 2003-09-22

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0595292968

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A young male university graduate contracts an unusual marriage which results in a set of dizygotic twins and the ownership of an unusual home and life style.



Winnie's War

Author : Jenny Moss

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Page : 194 pages

File Size : 49,63 MB

Release : 2011-10-01

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 0802728219

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Life in Winnie's sleepy town of Coward Creek, Texas, is just fine for her. Although her troubled mother's distant behavior has always worried Winnie, she's plenty busy caring for her younger sisters, going to school, playing chess with Mr. Levy, and avoiding her testy grandmother. Plus, her sweetheart Nolan is always there to make her smile when she's feeling low. But when the Spanish Influenza claims its first victim, lives are suddenly at stake, and Winnie has never felt so helpless. She must find a way to save the people she loves most, even if doing so means putting her own life at risk. Winnie's take-charge attitude will empower and inspire readers, as Jenny Moss's lyrical writing beautifully captures the big-time worries of a small-town girl.



The Unknowns

Author : Patrick K. O'Donnell

Publisher : Atlantic Monthly Press

Page : 446 pages

File Size : 20,52 MB

Release : 2018-05-01

Category : History

ISBN : 080214926X

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The award-winning combat historian and author of Washington’s Immortals honors the Unknown Soldier with this “gripping story” of America’s part in WWI (Washington Times). The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is sacred ground at Arlington National Cemetery. Originally constructed in 1921 to hold one of the thousands of unidentified American soldiers lost in World War I, it now receives millions of visitors each year. “With exhaustive research and fluid prose,” historian Patrick O’Donnell illuminates the saga behind the creation of the Tomb itself, and the stories of the soldiers who took part in its consecration (Wall Street Journal). When the first Unknown Soldier was laid to rest in Arlington, General John Pershing selected eight of America’s most decorated veterans to serve as Body Bearers. These men appropriately spanned America’s service branches and specialties. Their ranks include a cowboy who relived the charge of the light brigade, an American Indian who heroically breached mountains of German barbed wire, a salty New Englander who dueled a U-boat for hours in a fierce gunfight, a tough New Yorker who sacrificed his body to save his ship, and an indomitable gunner who, though blinded by gas, nonetheless overcame five machine-gun nests. In telling the stories of these brave men, O’Donnell shines a light on the service of all veterans, including the hero they brought home. Their stories present an intimate narrative of America’s involvement in the Great War, transporting readers into the midst of dramatic battles that ultimately decided the conflict.



We Were There, Too!

Author : Phillip Hoose

Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

Page : 282 pages

File Size : 38,54 MB

Release : 2001-08-08

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 146681179X

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"This may be the most exhilarating and revelatory history of our country. It is must reading for today's youth-as well as their elders." --Studs Terkel From the boys who sailed with Columbus to today's young activists, this unique book brings to life the contributions of young people throughout American history. Based on primary sources and including 160 authentic images, this handsome oversized volume highlights the fascinating stories of more than 70 young people from diverse cultures. Young readers will be hooked into history as they meet individuals their own age who were caught up in our country's most dramatic moments-Olaudah Equiano, kidnapped from his village in western Africa and forced into slavery, Anyokah, who helped her father create a written Cherokee language, Johnny Clem, the nine-year-old drummer boy who became a Civil War hero, and Jessica Govea, a teenager who risked joining Cesar Chavez's fight for a better life for farmworkers. Throughout, Philip Hoose's own lively, knowledgeable voice provides a rich historical context-making this not only a great reference-but a great read. The first U.S. history book of this scope to focus on the role young people have played in the making of our country, its compelling stories combine to tell our larger national story, one that prompts Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States, to comment, "This is an extraordinary book-wonderfully readable, inspiring to young and old alike, and unique." We Were There, Too! is a 2001 National Book Award Finalist for Young People's Literature.



Pandemic Survival

Author : Ann Love

Publisher : Tundra Books

Page : 130 pages

File Size : 41,64 MB

Release : 2013-08-27

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 1770494995

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The Black Death. Yellow Fever. Smallpox. History is full of gruesome pandemics, and surviving those pandemics has shaped our society and way of life. Every person today is alive because of an ancestor who survived--and surviving our current and future pandemics, like SARS, AIDS, bird flu or a new and unknown disease, will determine our future. Pandemic Survival presents in-depth information about past and current illnesses; the evolution of medicine and its pioneers; cures and treatments; strange rituals and superstitions; and what we're doing to prevent future pandemics. Full of delightfully gross details about symptoms and fascinating facts about bizarre superstitious behaviors, Pandemic Survival is sure to interest even the most squeamish of readers.