First Came Forever

Author : Bess Streeter Aldrich
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803259072
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Spring Came on Forever written by Bess Streeter Aldrich and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1985-01-01 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acclaimed for her 1928 novel A Lantern in Her Hand, Bess Streeter Aldrich became one of the most widely read interpreters of the prairie pioneer experience. In 1935, she published her masterpiece, Spring Came on Forever, a novel of two Nebraska pioneer families from settlement to the 1930s. Elsewhere an artist of the romance, here Aldrich turns romance on its head. The heroine is Amalia Holmsdorfer, one of a band of German immigrants who settle on the prairie. From her late teens to her mid-eighties she confronts and defeats the forces of nature and society that discourage or ruin others. Her life might be a modest triumph but for one detail: she married the wrong man. Quickly paced and precisely drawn, this novel is Aldrich's greatest tribute to the complexity, humor, endurance, and intelligence of the people who settled the prairie. Whatever its sentiments, it has as many cutting edges as a buzz saw.

Author : Society for American Baseball Research (SABR)
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 0803240252
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The Team That Forever Changed Baseball and America written by Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2012-04-01 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of all the teams in the annals of baseball, only a select few can lay claim to historic significance. One of those teams is the 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers, the first racially integrated Major League team of the twentieth century. The addition of Jackie Robinson to its roster changed not only baseball but also the nation. Yet Robinson was just one member of that memorable club, which included Carl Furillo, Gil Hodges, Pee Wee Reese, Pete Reiser, Duke Snider, Eddie Stanky, Arky Vaughan, and Dixie Walker. Also present was a quartet of baseball’s most unforgettable characters: co-owners Branch Rickey and Walter O’Malley, suspended manager Leo Durocher, and radio announcer Red Barber. This book is the first to offer biographies of everyone on that incomparable team as well as accounts of the moments and events that marked the Dodgers’ 1947 season: Commissioner Happy Chandler suspending Durocher, Rickey luring his old friend Burt Shotton out of retirement to replace Durocher, and brilliant outfielder Reiser being sidelined after running into a fence. In spite of all this, the Dodgers went on to win the National League pennant over the heavily favored St. Louis Cardinals. And of course, there is the biggest story of the season, where history and biography coalesce: Jackie Robinson, who overcame widespread hostility to become Rookie of the Year—and to help the Dodgers set single-game attendance records in cities around the National League.

Author : Bob Vorwald
Publisher : Triumph Books
ISBN 13 : 160078044X
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Cubs Forever written by Bob Vorwald and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2008-03-01 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cubs Forever celebrates the 60-year romance between the team, the superstation, and the fans. It brings to life some of the great games and moments in the team's history, such as Ernie Banks' 500th home run, the first night game at Wrigley Field, and four no-hitters. Add in stories from the men who work behind the scenes at Wrigley and WGN, plus interviews with the team's many stars over this six-decade period, and you have a baseball bonanza for fans of all ages.

Author : Nick Bryant
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1399409328
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The Forever War written by Nick Bryant and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2024-06-06 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of When America Stopped Being Great, an insightful and urgent reassessment of America's past, present and future – as a country which is forever at war with itself. The Forever War tells the story of how America's extreme polarisation is 250 years in the making, and argues that the roots of its modern-day malaise are to be found in its troubled and unresolved past. As we approach the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the American experiment is failing. Division, mistrust and misinformation are now the country's defining characteristics. The storming of the Capitol, the prosecution of Donald Trump and battles over gun rights and abortion raise the spectre of further political violence, and even the possibility of a second civil war. Nick Bryant explains how the hate, divisiveness and paranoia we see today are in fact a core part of America's story. Combining brilliant storytelling, historical research and first-hand reportage, Bryant argues that insurrections, massacres and civil disturbances should sadly not be seen as abnormalities; they are a part of the fabric of the history of America. The compromises originally designed to hold the union together have never truly been resolved and today, a country that once looked so confidently to the future has become captive to its contentious past.

Author : Beth MacDonald
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781737476085
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book A History of Forever written by Beth MacDonald and published by . This book was released on 2023-10-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2016, Sarah Bolling places a memoir on an old chair in her office to be found upon her disappearance. In its pages she makes personal confessions, including the account of a forty-year-old clandestine relationship with her American history professor. But, most startling is her recollection of a three month journey during the winter of 1974-1975. Had Sarah's adventure been revealed during her long career as a respected historian it could have easily derailed her professional life or, if believed, created an upheaval in reality as we know it.

Author : Kay Talbot
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135057532
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book What Forever Means After the Death of a Child written by Kay Talbot and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-13 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: List of Tables. List of Figures. Series Editor's Foreword. Preface. Prologue. Acknowledgements. What It Means to Be a Parent After a Child Had Died. The "Mothers Now Childless" Study: Research Design and Findings. When a Child Dies, Does Grieving Ever End? One Death - A Thousand Strands of Pain: Finding the Meaning of Suffering. Bereaved Parents' Search for Understanding: The Paradox of Healing. Confronting a Spiritual Crisis: Where is God When Bad Things Happen? Confronting an Existential Crisis: Can Life Have Purpose Again? Deciding to Survive: Reaching Bottom - Climbing Up. Remembering With Love: Bereaved Parents as Biographer. Reaching Out to Help Others: Wounded Healers. Reinventing the Self: Parents Ask, "Who Are We Now?". The Legacy of Loss. References. Resources. Appendices. Index.

Author : Richard Newby
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1420843931
Total Pages : 734 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Kill Now, Talk Forever written by Richard Newby and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2006 with total page 734 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Principally an abridgement of the transcript of the trial as published in: The Sacco-Vanzetti case. 2nd ed. Mamaroneck, N.Y. : P. P. Appel, 1969; followed by a collection of remarks over the past 80 years about the trial and its significance.

Author : Jennifer P. Tanabe
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1365961850
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Beloveds, Forever Together: Letters of Eternal Love written by Jennifer P. Tanabe and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-05-13 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is in the form of letters, written in English by Dietrich Seidel (whose native language is German) and his wife Elisabeth (whose native language is French) during various periods over the course of their four decades of married life when they were separated from each other. Many are pure love letters, while others include practical matters of concern while their spouse was far away. The final entry is a letter written by Elisabeth to her beloved Dietrich after he transitioned into the next world.

Author : Garry J. Williams
Publisher : Crossway
ISBN 13 : 1433550857
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book His Love Endures Forever written by Garry J. Williams and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2016-06-14 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: God is love—there are few more quoted statements from all of Scripture. Although wonderfully simple, the idea that God is fundamentally loving is incredibly profound. And yet, sometimes we confuse God’s love with our human understanding of love—an understanding that is inherently imperfect, sometimes self-serving, and often fickle. Helping us walk in the belief that God is love—not that love is God—this book explores what the Bible actually teaches about how and what God loves. Readers will discover that, although we often misunderstand, misuse, and take for granted God’s love, it’s actually more wonderful, pure, and satisfying than we ever imagined.

Author : Erma Bombeck
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1453290095
Total Pages : 427 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Forever, Erma written by Erma Bombeck and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2013-01-15 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times Bestseller: This anthology of Erma Bombeck’s most memorable and humorous essays is a tribute to one of America’s sharpest wits. When she began writing her regular newspaper column in 1965, Erma Bombeck’s goal was to make housewives laugh. Thirty years later, she had published more than four thousand columns, and earned countless laughs—from housewives, presidents, and everyone in between. With grace, good humor, and razor-sharp prose, she gently skewered every aspect of the American family. This collection holds the best of her columns—not just her famous quips, but also the heartbreaking observations that gave her writing such weight. In 1969, Erma wrote: “screaming kids, unpaid bills, green leftovers, husbands behind newspapers, basketballs in the bathroom. They’re real . . . they’re warm . . . they’re the only bit of normalcy left in this cockeyed world, and I’m going to cling to it like life itself.” With what Publishers Weekly calls her “infectious sense of human absurdity,” Erma Bombeck’s writing remains a timeless examination of the still-cockeyed world. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Erma Bombeck including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the author’s estate.