Valley of Heart's Delight, The: True Tales from Around the Bay

Valley of Heart's Delight, The: True Tales from Around the Bay
Author: Robin Chapman
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2022-07
Genre: History
ISBN: 1467151475

The Santa Clara Valley, with its rich soil and sunny weather, has been home to great diversity and great innovation long before it became known as Silicon Valley. California's first immigrants from Mexico were astonished by its beauty. "The land is moist and the hills have an abundance of rosemary and herbs, sunflowers in bloom, vines as plentiful as a vineyard," wrote one. From the movie stars of Hollywood's golden era who once came to play to billionaires who grew apricots for pleasure, the valley has hosted orchards, electric railroads, Army camps and even a love-struck poet. Join author and historian Robin Chapman as she uncovers the true tales of this ever-changing place.

War Orphan in San Francisco

War Orphan in San Francisco
Author: Phyllis H. Mattson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 362
Release: 2005
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

"In March of 1940, as a result of Hitler's plans to eradicate the Jews, 10-year-old Lizzi left Vienna and joined a small transport of children seeking refuge in America. Two weeks later she began her new way of life in San Francisco, getting a new name, Phyllis, and having to learn a new language. Her family was scattered on three continents, but linked by letters. This coming-of-age story is told through the letters in this poignant memoir." -- page 4 of cover.

Life

Life
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 40
Release: 1917
Genre:
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The Yellowwood Tree

The Yellowwood Tree
Author: Rick Auterson
Publisher: Beacon Publishing Group
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2019-05-24
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

In 1918, World War One and the Spanish Flu left unimaginable numbers of orphaned children. In every corner of the planet, one person in twenty perished. Emma Taylor is a twelve-year-old girl, living on a farm in Indiana. Her mother is taken by the flu and her father dies in The Great War. Children left without their parents due to war or influenza do not fare well. They are most often thrown into orphanages and their homes auctioned off at pennies on the dollar to a select group of buyers. Emma must keep secret that only children are living at Yellowwood Farm. Emma struggles to cope and care for her younger brother. When her neighbor falls ill, she takes in his twin grandsons. Their parents were killed by the flu and they have nowhere to go. Emma cannot refuse him. He relieved her of the terrible burden of burying her mother. The following spring, two more children come to Yellowwood Farm. Emma hides a brother and sister who ran away from an orphan train to avoid being separated. In 1918, Indiana enacted a bone-dry law, prohibiting the possession of alcohol of any sort. When the state realized the enormous cost of enforcing the new law, Indiana’s Attorney General issued badges to Klan members. They were given powers to conduct investigations and make arrests. Accepting Holy Communion was punishable by law. This story is about six orphaned children struggling to stay together and run Yellowwood Farm in a time of war, pandemic and the second coming of the Ku Klux Klan. Emma changes the world with relentless gentle nudges—punctuated by the rare shotgun blast.