In the Palaces of the Sultan
Author : Anna Bowman Dodd
Publisher :
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 16,13 MB
Release : 1903
Category : Constantinople
ISBN :
Author : Anna Bowman Dodd
Publisher :
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 16,13 MB
Release : 1903
Category : Constantinople
ISBN :
Author : Matthew A. Henson
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 49,62 MB
Release : 2011-10-12
Category :
ISBN : 1105140695
A Negro Explorer At The North Pole. A Negro Explorer At The North Pole [1912]. By Matthew A. Henson.Introduction by Booker T. Washington. Forward presented by Robert E. Peary."In short, Matthew Henson, next to Commander Peary, held and still holds the place of honor in the history of the expedition that finally located the position of the Pole, because he was the best man for the place. During twenty-three years of faithful service, he had made himself indispensable. From the position of a servant, he rose to that of companion and assistant in one of the most dangerous and difficult tasks that was ever undertaken by men. In extremity, when both the danger and the difficulty were greatest, the Commander wanted by his side the man upon whose skill and loyalty he could put the most absolute dependence and when that man turned out to be black instead of white. The Commander was not only willing to accept the service, but was at the same time generous enough to acknowledge it.
Author : Nelson Harris
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 1 pages
File Size : 26,54 MB
Release : 2018
Category : History
ISBN : 1625859708
"Since Europeans first settled along the banks of Back Creek in the 1740s, southwest Roanoke County's history has been as fluid as the creek itself. The once dense forest with log cabins gave way to the sprawling suburbs of the present. The colonial-era Trader's Path that directed Scots-Irish homesteaders, the growth of the apple industry in Bent Mountain after the Civil War, a state highway built by convicts during the Depression and Cave Spring becoming a modern commercial center have shaped the region. The changing picture of daily life in Back Creek spanning two centuries emerges in stories of one-room schoolhouses, doctors on horseback, country stores, local baseball and NASCAR races at Starkey. Local historian Nelson Harris details the eclectic history of the area." -- Page [4] of cover.
Author : Rhett McLaughlin
Publisher : Crown
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 34,54 MB
Release : 2019-10-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1984822136
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Stranger Things meets the South. Chilling, hilarious, and suspenseful—I loved it!”—Felicia Day From the authors of Rhett & Link's Book of Mythicality and creators of Good Mythical Morning . . . It’s 1992 in Bleak Creek, North Carolina—a sleepy little place with all the trappings of an ordinary Southern town: two Baptist churches, friendly smiles coupled with silent judgments, and an unquenchable appetite for pork products. Beneath the town’s cheerful façade, however, Bleak Creek teens live in constant fear of being sent to the Whitewood School, a local reformatory with a history of putting unruly youths back on the straight and narrow—a record so impeccable that almost everyone is willing to ignore the suspicious deaths that have occurred there over the past decade. At first, high school freshmen Rex McClendon and Leif Nelson believe what they’ve been told: that the students’ strange demises were all just tragic accidents, the unfortunate consequence of succumbing to vices like Marlboro Lights and Nirvana. But when the shoot for their low-budget horror masterpiece, PolterDog, goes horribly awry—and their best friend, Alicia Boykins, is sent to Whitewood as punishment—Rex and Leif are forced to question everything they know about their unassuming hometown and its cherished school for delinquents. Eager to rescue their friend, Rex and Leif pair up with recent NYU film school graduate Janine Blitstein to begin piecing together the unsettling truth of the school and its mysterious founder, Wayne Whitewood. What they find will leave them battling an evil beyond their wildest imaginations—one that will shake Bleak Creek to its core. Praise for The Lost Causes of Bleak Creek “The Lost Causes of Bleak Creek is like your best friend from high school—kind of weird and a little twisted, but no matter how much trouble they caused, they always made you laugh. You don’t have to be a GMM fan to realize . . . The Lost Causes of Bleak Creek, Will It Awesome Book? F@*# yeah!”—Kurt Sutter, creator of Sons of Anarchy “Most people don’t read books, let alone write them. That puts Rhett and Link in the top 1% of smart people in the world. Read this book.”—Rachel Bloom, co-creator of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend “It’s scary, it’s fun, and it’s one hell of a carnival ride.”—Kirkus Reviews
Author : Jennifer Keats Curtis
Publisher : Arbordale Publishing LLC
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 50,89 MB
Release : 2020
Category : Stream ecology
ISBN : 9781643517735
Do you like scavenger hunts? How do you tell if creek water is clean and healthy? Join Lucas and his sister as they act like scientists looking for certain kinds of stream bugs (aquatic macroinvertebrates) that need clean, unpolluted water to survive. What will they find as they turn over rocks, pick up leaves and sort through the mud? Read along to find out if their creek gets a passing grade.
Author : Molly Cone
Publisher : Gibbs Smith
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 44,67 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0871564890
Describes the efforts of the Jackson Elementary School in Everett, Washington, to clean up a nearby stream, stock it with salmon, and preserve it as an unpolluted place where the salmon could return to spawn.
Author : Samuel Emery Chamberlain
Publisher : Texas State Historical Assn
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 12,70 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780876111567
Not control his amorous and pugilistic inclinations and so left for the West. According to his "Confession," he seduced countless women in the U.S. and Mexico, never missed a fandango, fought gallantly against Mexican guerrillas, and rode with the 1st Dragoons into the Battle of Buena Vista. His remarkable story is pure melodrama; but Goetzmann has proven by his painstaking research that much of it is true. In extensive annotation, the editor has been able to separate.
Author : Leonard Ward Roberts
Publisher :
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 32,31 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Sam McCoy (1855-1941) was a descendant of William McCoy (1750-1820), who was an early pioneer in Pike County, Kentucky. "Big Sam" or "Squirrel huntin' Sam" was involved in the Hatfield-McCoy feud. He married three or four times. Descentants lived in Kentucky, Mississippi, Texas, Colorado, Utah, Montana and elsewhere.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 728 pages
File Size : 23,19 MB
Release : 1904
Category : Geology
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Author : Gertrude Rachel 1883- Levy
Publisher : Hassell Street Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 15,8 MB
Release : 2021-09-10
Category :
ISBN : 9781014966322
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