John Smith is NOT Boring! 4: Sheriff John the (Partly) Wild

John Smith is NOT Boring! 4: Sheriff John the (Partly) Wild
Author: Johnny Smith
Publisher: Scholastic Fiction
Total Pages: 106
Release: 2015-06-04
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1407155121

8-year-old John Smith might have the most boring name in the world, but his life is anything but dull! This time he's the Sheriff of the Wild West and must save the land from the no-good Wayward gang of thieves. Using his quick wit and cowboy antics, John will prove he's ANYTHING but boring.

They Called Him Wild Bill

They Called Him Wild Bill
Author: Joseph G. Rosa
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Total Pages: 420
Release: 2012-11-28
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0806188626

His contemporaries called him Wild Bill, and newspapermen and others made him a legend in his own time. Among western characters only General George Armstrong Custer and Buffalo Bill Cody are as readily recognized by the general public. In writing this biography, Joseph G. Rosa has expressed the hope that "Hickok emerges as a man and not a legend." For this comprehensive revision of his earlier biography of Wild Bill the author was allowed to work from newly available materials in the possession of the Hickok family. He also discovered new material pertaining to Wild Bill’s Civil War exploits and his service as a marshal and found the pardon file of his murderer, John McCall. Additional, rare photographs of Wild Bill are published here for the first time. The results of Rosa’s additional research make this second edition the best biography of Wild Bill likely to be written for years to come.

Spaceman John the (Nearly) Bold

Spaceman John the (Nearly) Bold
Author: Johnny Smith
Publisher:
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2015-06-04
Genre:
ISBN: 9781407151960

'My name is JOHN SMITH. Dad says with a name like John Smith no one will EVER make fun of you. Mum says I'm 'one in a MILLION'. But just because I got what my sister calls 'the most BORING name in the history of names..,.' do not judge a book by its cover. My life is ANYTHING but boring! But here's this thing you should know: I have this massive, massive, MASSIVE secret. I can travel into other worlds and go on AMAZING adventures. Granddad was an adventurer too. It's this big thing we share. Granddad says we're members of something called the John Smith Club. He says you don't have to have a fancy name to have a big adventure - just because you sound like a NOBODY you might be a SOMEBODY. Granddad says if you meet somebody called John Smith, he might have this BIG secret too. I joined the John Smith Club on my last birthday and since then I've been on all kinds of incredible escapades. So now you know.' A brand new series by Johnny Smith, the creator of Disney's Gnomeo & Juliet. Book 1: Cap'n John the (slightly) fierce. Book 2: Sir John the (mostly) brave. Book 3: Sheriff John the (partly) wild. Book 4: Spaceman John the (nearly) bold.

John Smith is NOT Boring! 2: Sir John the (Mostly) Brave

John Smith is NOT Boring! 2: Sir John the (Mostly) Brave
Author: Johnny Smith
Publisher: Scholastic Fiction
Total Pages: 112
Release: 2015-04-02
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1407155024

Johnny Smith might have the most boring name in the world, but his life is anything but dull! All he has to do is say a few magic words and he can whisk off into other worlds and go on amazing adventures. This time he's a brave Knight of the Realm. Using his quick wit and royal courage, Johnny will prove he's ANYTHING but boring.

John Wilkes Booth: Day by Day

John Wilkes Booth: Day by Day
Author: Arthur F. Loux
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 295
Release: 2014-09-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 0786495278

By 1865, at the age of 26, Booth had much to lose: a loving family, hosts of friends, adoring women, professional success as one of America's foremost actors, and the promise of yet more fame and fortune. Yet he formed a daring conspiracy to abduct Lincoln and barter him for Confederate prisoners of war. The Civil War ended before Booth could carry out his plan, so he assassinated the president, believing him to be a tyrant who had turned the once-proud Union into an engine of oppression that had devastated the South. This book gives a day-by-day account of Booth's complex life--from his birth May 10, 1838, to his death April 26, 1865, and the aftermath--and offers a new understanding of the crime that shocked a nation.