The Ragan Brothers


Book Description

Johnny stopped his horse; he could hear shooting in the far distance. 'I'm too far away to give them help. I shouldn't have stayed at the line camp.' He put his horse into a cantor and turned toward the distant shooting. Johnny took his Sharp, hobbled his horse and mules, and climbed a hill overlooking the edge of the battlefield. Eagle Feather and Amos were pinned down by half a dozen rustlers.The Ragan Brothersis Joe Wayne Brumett's second western novel, which catches up with Melody, Tom, Eagle Feather, and the rest of the outfit on the TM Ranch sixteen years after the conclusion toNorth of Big Spring.This time, however, there's a newcomer in the bunkhouse—Johnny Ragan, who quickly proves himself as a fierce shot after Indians attack the ranch. He earns himself a job with Tom McDowell and soon falls in love with Ruth, the daughter of the nearby Indian chief. As word of Johnny's quick hands and loyal heart spread, he is reunited with his long-lost brother, and the two go into business. But their fortune takes a turn for the worse when Ruth files for divorce and a mysterious band of thieves threatens the town. For readers who love the old west, The Ragan Brothers has the perfect mix of romance, adventure, and a cast of unforgettable characters.




Inside Reality TV


Book Description

In the summer of 2010, Ragan Fox was one of twelve people selected to participate in the twelfth season of CBS's reality program Big Brother. Offering a rare, autobiographical, and behind-the-scenes peek behind Big Brother's theatrical curtain, Fox provides a scholarly account of the show's casting procedures, secret soundstage interactions, and viewer involvement, while investigating how the program's producers, fans, and players theatrically render identities of racial and sexual minorities. Using autoethnography, textual analysis, and spectator commentary as research, Inside Reality TV reflects on and critiques how identity is constructed on reality television, and the various ways in which people from historically oppressed groups are depicted in mass media.




Speaking My Mind


Book Description

The most important speeches of America's "Great Communicator": Here, in his own words, is the record of Ronald Reagan's remarkable political career and historic eight-year presidency.




The Book of Ragan/Reagan


Book Description

The Reagans are said to have originated in County Meath, Ireland. The O Regans of Meath consituted one of the four tribes of Tara. The earliest tracable ancestor was a Timothy Ragan who was born in about 1678 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. He was the father of eight children. one of his descendants was Timothy Ragan (1750-1830) who married Elizabeth Trigg (1760-?). They were the parents of twelve children and moved after the Revolutionary War to Tennessee where they settled in Sevier County. Descendants live in Tennessee.







The Lineage of the Amos Ragan Family


Book Description

James Regan Sr. (1748-1820) and his family were the only Regans living in Rowan County, North Carolina from about 1791 until after 1822 (when Davidson County was formed). Descendants (many spelling the surname Ragan, and some spellings of Reagan, Riggan, Regun, Reegan, etc.) and relatives lived in North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Missouri and elsewhere. Some of these descendants and relatives were Quakers, and some of these endowed Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina.




Ronald Reagan's Journey


Book Description

In this new work, Edward Yager examines Ronald Reagan's political development from New Deal liberal to conservative Republican. Yager argues that Reagan's presidency cannot be fully understood and evaluated without significant attribution to the spiritual, political, and economic beliefs that he formed during his journey from Democrat to Republican.