Farm Boy

Author : Michael Morpurgo
Publisher : HarperCollins Children's Books
ISBN 13 : 9780008638603
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Farm Boy written by Michael Morpurgo and published by HarperCollins Children's Books. This book was released on 2024-01-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The extraordinary sequel to War Horse from the master storyteller 'If there are such things as contemporary classics, then this, surely, is one of them' Daily Mail Joey was the last working horse on the farm, and the apple of Grandpa's eye. When Joey was sent away to be a warhorse in the First World War, Grandpa joined the cavalry in order to find Joey and fight with him. Farm Boy brings us forward fifty years, as Grandpa tells his grandson all about Joey, and reveals a secret which he has kept to himself all these years...

Author : Phil Stong
Publisher : eNet Press
ISBN 13 : 1618867725
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Farm Boy written by Phil Stong and published by eNet Press. This book was released on 2015-07-03 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a nine-year old city boy travels from Des Moines, Iowa by train to visit his grandfather's farm in the early 1900s, he imagines how he will impress his cousins ― with stories of skyscrapers and trolley cars, automobiles and the Union Park Zoo, Ingersoll Amusement Park, and the Capitol ― things he thinks might dazzle farm boys. However, as his cousins and his grandfather introduce him to country life, the eyes that are dazzled become his own. The Iowa Kids 1910 series is a collection of three unforgettable stories -- humorously captured and simply told. Farm Boy, High Waters, No-Sitch the Hound.

Author : John O. Jacobs
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1477152911
Total Pages : 121 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Farm Boy's Dream written by John O. Jacobs and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My vision of flying started with C. Lindberg flying solo across the Atlantic and the pictures of him landing in France at night, I believe. I believe there was also a fellow by the name of Chamberln not sure of the spelling on his name who had planned the same trip, but Lindberg beat him to it; I believe he was from Iowa. And then there was Col. Roscoe Turner, who held world s speed record at, I believe it was, 300 mph sometime in the early thirties. And then there was Wily Post one-eyed pilot, who, with Will Rogers, a humorist from Oklahoma, attempted a round-the-world flight and crashed; and both were killed in Alaska. And then the China Clipper on its maiden flight John Music I used to; believe me. And then there was Amelia Earhart. Flying was in my blood, until I did not get to attend high school; so my flying dreams went out the window, knowing that I would need all the education to get there. So WW II came along, and as you see, my dream did come true to come out of service and to be qualified to fly any aircraft that was being flown in the world. And now you would wonder: why would anyone pass up an opportunity such as that? Good question . . . you were allowed only twenty hours a week flying time . . . free time that bothered me; being a farmer, we had no free time to speak of. There was nothing more boring than flying hours on end with nothing to look at. It was not boring on the way to a target but on the way back to base five hours of blue sky and water. We did not fly every day, maybe three missions a week. There was no recreation down there, believe me. Since I was the youngest, it was expected of me to take care of my parents on the farm.

Author : Monty Bryden
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1789014727
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Farm Boy written by Monty Bryden and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2019-01-08 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monty Bryden’s story spans almost a century and takes him from his childhood idyll within the farming community of Argyll, in Scotland, through the precarious world of commodities trading, import and export. At times, his life story reads like an epic action movie escaping hired killers in the dark underbelly of Central Africa, facing years in jail for international fraud and battling two separate life-threatening cancers. The book details his life from the beginning, from meeting his great love to farm management, from leading a family life to adventures abroad in Venezuela to Europe and deepest Africa where he traded in commodities and beyond. As a young man, he came face-to-face with death: on the farm, trapped underwater, behind the wheel of a runaway oil tanker and during a treacherous flood in Italy when he spent a long and anxious night perched high up in the swaying branches of a none-too-secure tree, facing the fear that he lost his wife and young children as they were swept away by strong and violent currents. Yet his closest dice with death came at the hands of a paid killer in Africa, having become involved in a major international fraud which hoodwinked several global banking giants and brought some world-leading commodities brokers to their knees in a textbook anatomy of a major scam of mammoth proportions, aided by the incompetence and secrecy of the world banking community. Having also won the battle of two life-threatening cancers in his later years, Monty - now in his 90s - is about to embark on his next big adventure. His story is both an education and inspiration.

Author : Henry Wallace
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Letters to the Farm Boy written by Henry Wallace and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Bud Veer
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1434391418
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Farm Boy's Journey written by Bud Veer and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2008-08 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jr. Horatio Alger
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book From Farm Boy to Senator written by Jr. Horatio Alger and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-11-21 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This biographical narrative chronicles the life of Daniel Webster, tracing his journey from a humble farm boy to a renowned U.S. senator. Through Alger's engaging storytelling, readers gain insights into Webster's challenges, achievements, and contributions to American history. The book serves as both an inspiring tale of perseverance and a testament to Webster's enduring legacy.

Author : John "Gene" E. Dawson
Publisher : MiRiona Publishing
ISBN 13 : 173462602X
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Farm Boy, City Girl written by John "Gene" E. Dawson and published by MiRiona Publishing. This book was released on 2021-03-17 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Honorable Mention, Non-Fiction–Autobiography, Readers’ Favorite International Book Awards, 2021 Winner, LGBTQ Non-Fiction, Book Excellence Awards, 2021 Runner Up, Nonfiction–Memoir, PenCraft Awards, 2020 Finalist, First Non-Fiction, Independent Author Network Book of the Year Awards, 2020 Finalist, LGBTQ: Non-Fiction, American Book Fest Best Book Awards, 2020 Honorable Mention, LGBT, Royal Dragonfly Book Awards, 2020 Pinnacle Book Achievement Award, Best LGBT Memoir, National Association of Book Entrepreneurs, Summer 2020 Dive into the extraordinary life of John “Gene” E. Dawson in Farm Boy, City Girl: From Gene to Miss Gina and gain insight into the struggles of growing up gender-fluid and gay in the Great Depression era and the courage it took to live as Miss Gina in St. Louis. This powerful memoir provides a rare glimpse into the Mid-20th Century history of both rural Iowa and of LGBTQ individuals in Middle America—told by one who was there. Learn about: • The Great Depression era in the Midwest and how it impacted the life of a gender-fluid gay person. • Gene’s memories of gut-wrenching family drama in his 20s that resulted in his returning to his family’s Iowa farm to help raise three younger brothers. • Living as both Gene and Miss Gina in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and St. Louis. • Tales of police brutality, gay bar life, and the unsung heroism of Midwestern LGBTQ people.

Author : Isaac Phillips Roberts
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501729705
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Autobiography of a Farm Boy written by Isaac Phillips Roberts and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-07-05 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This autobiography of the first Dean of the College of Agriculture at Cornell University offers an unconventional account of farm life in New York and the Middle West during the nineteenth century, and of the difficulties attendant upon building up a vital and progressive agricultural college. Born in Seneca County, New York, in 1833, Isaac Phillips Roberts emigrated west—first to Indiana, where he worked as a carpenter until he was able to buy a farm, and taught school during the winters; then, in 1862, to Mount Pleasant, Iowa, in a pioneer wagon with his wife, Margaret, and daughter. In 1869, he became the Superindent of the Farm and Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the Iowa Agricultural College at Ames, where he soon became Professor of Agriculture. In 1873, he returned to New York to take a similar position at Cornell University; shortly thereafer, he was made Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture and Director of the Experiment Station. During his thirty years of service in Ithaca, he wrote voluminously on agricultural subjects, and after his retirement, penned Autobiography of a Farm Boy, initially published in 1916, reissued by Cornell University Press in 1946, and now made available in paperback. He died in Palo Alto, California, in 1928.

Author : Horatio Alger
Publisher : Litres
ISBN 13 : 5041270554
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book From Farm Boy to Senator written by Horatio Alger and published by Litres. This book was released on 2018-08-11 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: