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Author | : Jane Kirkpatrick |
Publisher | : Revell |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2019-09-03 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1493419498 |
In 1844, two years before the Donner Party, the Stevens-Murphy company left Missouri to be the first wagons into California through the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Mostly Irish Catholics, the party sought religious freedom and education in the mission-dominated land and enjoyed a safe journey--until October, when a heavy snowstorm forced difficult decisions. The first of many for young Mary Sullivan, newlywed Sarah Montgomery, the widow Ellen Murphy, and her pregnant sister-in-law Maolisa. When the party separates in three directions, each risks losing those they loved and faces the prospect of learning that adversity can destroy or redefine. Two women and four men go overland around Lake Tahoe, three men stay to guard the heaviest wagons--and the rest of the party, including eight women and seventeen children, huddle in a makeshift cabin at the headwaters of the Yuba River waiting for rescue . . . or their deaths. Award-winning author Jane Kirkpatrick plunges you deep into a landscape of challenge where fear and courage go hand in hand for a story of friendship, family, and hope that will remind you of what truly matters in times of trial.
Author | : James Haskins |
Publisher | : Scholastic Paperbacks |
Total Pages | : 215 |
Release | : 1994-01-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780590428972 |
Presents brief biographies of twelve African Americans who courageously fought against racism to become leaders in their fields, including Marian Anderson, Ralph Bunche, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Malcolm X.
Author | : Keith Boykin |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : African American gays |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Bryan Prince |
Publisher | : Dundurn |
Total Pages | : 203 |
Release | : 2012-01-28 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1459701534 |
Accused of the attempted murder of a plantation owner in Maryland during the early 1800s, Isaac Brown, a slave, survived harsh punishment, escaped, was recaptured, escaped again, and in the face of multiple challenges, ultimately made his way to freedom in Canada. This is his story.
Author | : Breena Clarke |
Publisher | : Little, Brown |
Total Pages | : 222 |
Release | : 2017-08-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0759520070 |
The acclaimed bestseller -- a selection of Oprah's Book Club -- that brings vividly to life the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, DC, circa 1925, and a community reeling from a young girl's tragic death. When five-year-old Clara Bynum drowns in the Potomac River under a seemingly haunted rock outcropping known locally as the Three Sisters, the community must reconcile themselves to the bitter tragedy. Clarke powerful charts the fallout from Clara's death on the people she has left behind: her parents, Alice and Willie Bynum, torn between the old world of their rural North Carolina home and the new world of the city; the friends and relatives of the Bynum family in the Georgetown neighborhood they now call home; and, most especially, Clara's sister, ten-year-old Johnnie Mae, who is thrust into adolescence and must come to terms with the terrible and confused emotions stirred by her sister's death. This highly accomplished debut novel reverberates with ideas, impassioned lyricism, and poignant historical detail as it captures an essential and moving portrait of the Washington, DC community.
Author | : J. H. Joiner |
Publisher | : Pen and Sword |
Total Pages | : 492 |
Release | : 1990-12-31 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0850527880 |
Military bridging, often impeded by mines and hostile enemy fire, is a vital part of the advance of any modern army. Britain's Royal Engineers have played a leading role in this crucial military operation, from the ravines behind the D-Day beaches to recent operations in Bosnia and Kosovo. The Royal Engineers have displayed incredible ingenuity in developing responses to the increasing amounts of firepower directed at bridging troops. This definitive study has been prepared with the assistance of the Royal Engineers and contains details on 170 pieces of bridging equipment, the history of all Royal Engineer assault squadrons, and accounts of all Victoria Crosses won during bridging actions.
Author | : Walter Dean Myers |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1999-10 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780756907242 |
This intimate collection of photographs documents the African-American experience and celebrates the courageous achievements of men and women whose defiant rejection of inequality and subjugation put their own lives at risk.
Author | : Barbara Emberley |
Publisher | : Ammo Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2015-03 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781623260590 |
Woodcut illustrations and brief text based on an American folk song relate the story of the animals on Noah's ark.
Author | : Essie Summers |
Publisher | : Ulverscroft Large Print Books |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Cousins |
ISBN | : 9780708926864 |
Cousins Rebecca and Becky were as different as chalk and cheese, yet in appearance were identical. This was to cause complications in their love lives.
Author | : Daehaeng |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 2012-11-12 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0861717309 |
It is often said that enlightenment means "crossing over to the other shore," that far-off place where we can at last be free from suffering. Likewise, it is said that Buddhist teachings are the raft that takes us there. In this sparkling collection from one of the most vital teachers of modern Korean Buddhism, Zen Master Daehaeng shows us that there is no raft to find and, truly, no river to cross. She extends her hand to the Western reader, beckoning each of us into the unfailing wisdom accessible right now, the enlightenment that is always, already, right here. A Zen (or seon, as Korean Zen is called) master with impeccable credentials, Daehaeng has developed a refreshing approach; No River to Cross is surprisingly personal. It's disarmingly simple, yet remarkably profound, pointing us again and again to our foundation, our "True Nature" - the perfection of things just as they are.