Postcards From The Highwaymen

Author : Gary Monroe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780813044095
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Postcards from the Highwaymen written by Gary Monroe and published by . This book was released on 2012-10-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The days are long past when tourists could buy an original landscape painting on the side of the road for as little as $50 dollars sometimes before the paint dried. This new book of postcards allows you to experience the thrill of owning (miniature) versions of these exquisite paintings."

Author : Bob Beatty
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780977234431
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Florida's Highwaymen written by Bob Beatty and published by . This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This catalog contains over 65 Highwaymen paintings; written to accompany the Orange County Regional History Center's exhibit, Florida's Highwaymen : Legendary Landscapes ... Paintings from the collection of Geoff and Patti Cook.

Author : Gary Monroe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780813066707
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alfred Hair written by Gary Monroe and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-13 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The undervalued force behind the Highwaymen phenomenon A long-awaited testament to the life and work of Alfred Hair, the driving force of the Florida Highwaymen, this book introduces a charismatic personality whose energy and creativity were foundational to the success of his fellow African American artists during the era of Jim Crow segregation. Shot and killed in a barfight at the age of 29, Hair lived his short life fully, with a zest and intensity that informed his art. In high school he made canvas frames in the Fort Pierce studio of A. E. Backus, the painter who inspired the style of the Highwaymen, and soon became the artist's protégé. By the time Hair graduated in 1961, he was painting luminous South Florida landscapes and selling them door to door. One of the only formally trained Highwaymen, he spurred on the collective of artists as they traversed the state in search of the white clientele who would buy their artwork. Hair's paintings, reproduced here in brilliant color, are marked by their spontaneous, gestural, carefree flair. He was known for his fast painting, which yielded a sense of place well-suited for Florida's postwar residents. These oil paintings hung in their homes and offices like trophies. Sold before the oils were dry, Hair's paintings appeared to their first owners to glow from within. "Alfred could paint as fast as he wanted and as good as he wanted," said Highwayman Al Black. Hair would work on as many as 20 paintings at once to make more money. His goal, as he often declared, was to be a millionaire. Gary Monroe describes Hair's upbringing, growth as an artist, and romantic escapades and marriage, ending with the tragic events that unfolded at the juke joint known as Eddie's Place the night of August 9, 1970. Alfred Hair remembers a man who lifted the spirits of the Highwaymen painters and enhanced the idea of Florida through his art.

Author : Chris Naylor
Publisher : Lion Books
ISBN 13 : 0745956505
Total Pages : 121 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Postcards from the Middle East written by Chris Naylor and published by Lion Books. This book was released on 2015-03-20 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Newly married, Chris and Susanna Naylor set off for a new life in the Arab world - living first in Kuwait, then Jordan and finally Lebanon. In a region never far from the news, they discovered their expectations - of war, terrorism, desert sand dunes, men in white robes and veiled women, camels and Kalashnikovs, indeed their own reasons for being there - were to be constantly challenged. As they found out, the reality bore little resemblance to their pre-conceptions. Postcards from the Middle East is a tale of love from one family's experiences: a story of work, schooling, friendships, worship and shared family life, lived out in precious communities against a back drop of world-changing events and spectacular scenery. The Naylors had never experienced such hospitality, danger, wildlife spectacles or snow before they moved to the Middle East. Their story provides a multi-coloured window on an extraordinary and rapidly changing Arab world.

Author : Patricia Ann Miller
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439634750
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Marcus Hook written by Patricia Ann Miller and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2007-07-11 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marcus Hook is the northernmost city on the Delmarva Peninsula. Incorporated in 1892, Marcus Hook was originally named for a Native American chief and was once the haunt of English pirate Edward Teach (Blackbeard). It is now best known as the home of Sun Oil Refinery. Thanks to its location along the Delaware River, the town prospered as residents and businesses flocked to the area. Other large businesses located here include the former American Viscose and British Petroleum. Through vintage photographs, Marcus Hook commemorates the longstanding heritage of this small community and the growth of the Delaware River waterfront.

Author : Joanne C. Stokes
Publisher : ShieldCrest Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1911090623
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Highwayman’s Apprentice and the Reluctant Merman written by Joanne C. Stokes and published by ShieldCrest Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2017-03-20 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jude moves to a seaside fishing village from Surrey with his family after his grandfather suddenly dies. His grandfather leaves him a pocket watch which causes events to unfold and change his life forever. You see, Jude has a secret family history and, unknown to him, it would begin a strange and breath-taking adventure. A merman, Solorelle, is sent by the Mer King Abalone, who, together with the help of a highwayman, protect him from the evil master who wants his power.

Author : Nick Wallis
Publisher : Bath Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1838439056
Total Pages : 511 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Great Post Office Scandal written by Nick Wallis and published by Bath Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2021-11-18 with total page 511 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Post Office Scandal is the extraordinary story behind the recent ITV drama series Mr Bates vs The Post Office. This gripping page-turner recounts how thousands of subpostmasters were accused of theft and false accounting on the back of evidence from Horizon, the flawed computer system designed by Fujitsu, and how a group of them, led by Alan Bates, took their fight to the High Court. Their eventual victory in court vindicated their claims about the defects of the software and exposed the heavy handed attempts by the Post Office to suppress them. The book also chronicles how successive senior managers, business leaders, lawyers, civil servants and Government ministers, at best failed to expose the injustice or, even worse, sought to cover it up, resulting in one of the largest miscarriages of justice in UK history. The author, Nick Wallis, is a journalist and broadcaster who has been reporting on the scandal for over ten years and who acted as script consultant on Mr Bates vs The Post Office, the ITV drama that brought the affair into the national consciousness. As the public inquiry reaches its climax, and senior figures such as Paula Vennells come to be questioned, The Great Post Office Scandal reveals the full scale of what happened and will leave you enraged at how so many of our trusted institutions allowed the saga to go on for nearly a quarter of a century, shattering the lives of thousands of innocent people.

Author : China. You zheng zong ju
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 792 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Report on the Working of the Chinese Post Office written by China. You zheng zong ju and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 792 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Craig Johnson
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0735220905
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Highwayman written by Craig Johnson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-05-16 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sheriff Walt Longmire and Henry Standing Bear embark on their latest adventure in this novella set in the world of Craig Johnson’s New York Times bestselling Longmire series—the basis for the hit drama Longmire, now on Netflix Craig Johnson's new novel, The Western Star, will be available from Viking in Fall 2017. When Wyoming highway patrolman Rosey Wayman is transferred to the beautiful and imposing landscape of the Wind River Canyon, an area the troopers refer to as no-man's-land because of the lack of radio communication, she starts receiving “officer needs assistance” calls. The problem? They're coming from Bobby Womack, a legendary Arapaho patrolman who met a fiery death in the canyon almost a half-century ago. With an investigation that spans this world and the next, Sheriff Walt Longmire and Henry Standing Bear take on a case that pits them against a legend: The Highwayman.

Author : Harold Newton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Highwaymen Newton & Hair written by Harold Newton and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: