Protecting Virginia

Protecting Virginia
Author: Kate Bridges
Publisher: Cabin Lake Publishing
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2021-12-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 198919849X
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When Virginia is jilted at the altar, her former fiancé’s brother Zack, a rugged Mountie, proposes a marriage of convenience. For Mountie Inspector Zack Bullock, marrying his brother’s cast-off bride would fulfill his family obligations. Zack could marry Dr. Virginia Waters and not get emotionally involved. Their marriage would have other benefits. He could continue his risky work as a detective, and she could blossom in her role as a new doctor. However, the awkward girl that Zack recalls has grown into a stunning, desirable woman and he finds himself emotionally entangled. Virginia survived the shame of a first botched wedding. Now she has to survive the humiliation of knowing that Zack is marrying her only because of his sense of duty. But when dangerous criminals put her safety in jeopardy, Zack wonders if the marriage will ever happen. He does everything he can to guard Virginia, and protect himself from his growing feelings of love. All of the books in this exciting historical romance series, the Mountie Brides, are standalone novels. Prequel: FRONTIER MIDWIFE AMANDA Book 1: LOVING DIANA Book 2: RETURNING HOME TO MELODIE Book 3: MAIL-ORDER SARAH Book 4: PROTECTING VIRGINIA Book 5: GUARDING JESSICA Book 6: LONGING FOR JULIA Praise for PROTECTING VIRGINIA: "A perfect 10...For a romance that will leave you breathless and believing in the perfect man, be sure not to miss the latest Mountie adventure by Kate Bridges." -Romance Reviews Today "The characters, action and storyline were so vivid and consuming. Again and again, Ms. Bridges captures readers with her rare talent." -The Best Reviews "Vivid writing, an expertly detailed historical setting, and compelling characters, including a wonderfully strong heroine, all come together beautifully in Bridges' latest Mountie romance." -Booklist

Unionists in Virginia

Unionists in Virginia
Author: Lawrence M. Denton
Publisher: Civil War
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781626197459
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Whether the Civil War was preventable is a debate that began shortly after Appomattox and continues today. But even earlier, in 1861, a group of Union-loyal Virginians--led by George Summers, John Brown Baldwin, John Janney and Jubal Early--felt war was avoidable. In the statewide election for delegates to the Secession Convention that same spring, the Unionists defeated the Southern Rights Democrats with a huge majority of the votes across the state. These heroic men unsuccessfully negotiated with Secretary of State William Henry Seward to prevent the national tragedy that would ensue. Author and historian Lawrence M. Denton traces this remarkable story of Virginians working against all odds in a failed attempt to save a nation from war.

Intimate Reconstructions

Intimate Reconstructions
Author: Catherine A. Jones
Publisher: Nation Divided: Studies in the
Total Pages: 275
Release: 2015
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780813936758
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"This book examines the paths of black and white children, and disputes over rights and responsibilities with regard to them, through the tumultuous period following emancipation and Confederate defeat"--Provided by publisher.

Gerrymanders

Gerrymanders
Author: Brent Tarter
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780813943206
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Many are aware that gerrymandering exists and suspect it plays a role in our elections, but its history goes far deeper, and its impacts are far greater, than most realize. In his latest book, Brent Tarter focuses on Virginia's long history of gerrymandering to uncover its immense influence on the state's politics and to provide perspective on how the practice impacts politics nationally. Offering the first in-depth historical study of gerrymanders in Virginia, Tarter exposes practices going back to nineteenth century and colonial times and explains how they protected land owners' and slave owners' interests. The consequences of redistricting and reapportionment in modern Virginia--in effect giving a partisan minority the upper hand in all public policy decisions--become much clearer in light of this history. Where the discussion of gerrymandering has typically emphasized political parties' control of Congress, Tarter focuses on the state legislatures that determine congressional district lines and, in most states, even those of their own districts. On the eve of the 2021 session of the General Assembly, which will redraw district lines for Virginia's state Senate and House of Delegates, as well as for the U.S. House of Representatives, Tarter's book provides an eye-opening investigation of gerrymandering and its pervasive effect on our local, state, and national politics and government.

Virginia's Endangered Species

Virginia's Endangered Species
Author: Karen Terwilliger
Publisher: University of Tennessee Press
Total Pages: 672
Release: 1991
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780939923168
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An essential reference for anyone involved in protecting the environment, this book identifies and describes Virginia's endangered species and suggests ways that they might be managed to ensure their survival. It incorporates the contributions of more than eighty biologists. The volume provides extensive information for each endangered species, including a description, a written summary and a map of its distribution in Virginia and North America, an overview of its natural history, a synopsis of its legal and recommended statuses, a discussion of threats to its continued survival in Virginia, and recommendations for its conservation. Color photographs are included for mot of the plants and animals described in the book. Virginia's Endangered Species, first published in 1991, won the 1992 Outstanding Book Award from the Wildlife Society, Southeastern Section, and was cited by the American Library Association as one of the nation's Notable Government Documents in 1993. Karen Terwilliger is associated with the Nongame and Endangered Wildlife Program of the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries.