The Tales Of Hackett County

Author : Connie Johnson
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1503564924
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Tales of Hackett County written by Connie Johnson and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2015-05-08 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hackett County, West Virginia, set far enough off the beaten path to give the residents of this quaint community a sense of security. In 1955, the economy and population of the country were expanding after the end of World War II, and with it came changes that the people of Hackett County were reluctant in accepting. Life was slow and predictable and thats how everyone liked it. However, Beth Mayfield, the librarian for the Hackett County Public Library, had come across a journal and several letters that had the potential to turn the lives of more than a few citizens, including the town matriarch, upside down. Visit the town of Hackett County, and see how lives are intertwined with mystery, surprises, laughter, and love. The story continues

Author : Connie Johnson
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1543427510
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Tales of Hackett County written by Connie Johnson and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2017-06-09 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hackett County, West Virginia, finds itself in the middle of a storm when the ladies at Millies Salon learn that the town council voted to demolish a longtime landmark. Join them as they climb on their soapbox and fight for the good of their community. The battle begins, and it is anyones guess as to the outcome of the old Mabrys Ice House. While Beth Mayfield and Daniel Crawley are about to begin their lives together, be among the family and friends who witness their unforgettable wedding. Beth finds herself hurdling one difficulty after another as God teaches her to depend on him for the peace she seeks in overcoming the many unexpected trials she faces. And to add to the drama, Jake Holder of Holder Land Company swoops into town with the proverbial deal of a lifetime. Louise Barker, among others, finds herself swayed by his charm and appeal. The citizens of Hackett County invite you to be a part of their quaint southern community as they live, laugh, and love one another.

Author : Dutchess County Historical Society
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Year Book of the Dutchess County Historical Society written by Dutchess County Historical Society and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Emma Hackett Knox
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Story of the Old Homestead (the Smith-Hackett Homestead) written by Emma Hackett Knox and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : David Hackett Fischer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780195088472
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Paul Revere's Ride written by David Hackett Fischer and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paul Revere's midnight ride looms as an almost mythical event in American history--yet it has been largely ignored by scholars and left to patriotic writers and debunkers. Now one of the foremost American historians offers the first serious look at the events of the night of April 18, 1775--what led up to it, what really happened, and what followed--uncovering a truth far more remarkable than the myths of tradition. In Paul Revere's Ride, David Hackett Fischer fashions an exciting narrative that offers deep insight into the outbreak of revolution and the emergence of the American republic. Beginning in the years before the eruption of war, Fischer illuminates the figure of Paul Revere, a man far more complex than the simple artisan and messenger of tradition. Revere ranged widely through the complex world of Boston's revolutionary movement--from organizing local mechanics to mingling with the likes of John Hancock and Samuel Adams. When the fateful night arrived, more than sixty men and women joined him on his task of alarm--an operation Revere himself helped to organize and set in motion. Fischer recreates Revere's capture that night, showing how it had an important impact on the events that followed. He had an uncanny gift for being at the center of events, and the author follows him to Lexington Green--setting the stage for a fresh interpretation of the battle that began the war. Drawing on intensive new research, Fischer reveals a clash very different from both patriotic and iconoclastic myths. The local militia were elaborately organized and intelligently led, in a manner that had deep roots in New England. On the morning of April 19, they fought in fixed positions and close formation, twice breaking the British regulars. In the afternoon, the American officers switched tactics, forging a ring of fire around the retreating enemy which they maintained for several hours--an extraordinary feat of combat leadership. In the days that followed, Paul Revere led a new battle-- for public opinion--which proved even more decisive than the fighting itself. ] When the alarm-riders of April 18 took to the streets, they did not cry, "the British are coming," for most of them still believed they were British. Within a day, many began to think differently. For George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Thomas Paine, the news of Lexington was their revolutionary Rubicon. Paul Revere's Ride returns Paul Revere to center stage in these critical events, capturing both the drama and the underlying developments in a triumphant return to narrative history at its finest.

Author : Edward L. Underwood
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 161423728X
Total Pages : 127 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Forgotten Tales of Arkansas written by Edward L. Underwood and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2012-10-16 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a journey through Arkansas' forgotten past and find the colorful characters, unusual stories and strange occurrences left out of conventional history books. Authors Edward and Karen Underwood weave fact and fun in this offbeat, gripping and little-known history of the Natural State. Discover the Tantrabobus monster rumored to lurk in the hills of the Ozarks, meet the imposters who faked the state's first history museum and learn the story behind Arkansas' lost amusement park, Dogpatch, USA. Truth really is stranger than fiction in Arkansas, and this one-of-a-kind state has the stories to prove it

Author : Francess G. Halpenny
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9780802034526
Total Pages : 1132 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dictionary of Canadian Biography written by Francess G. Halpenny and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1988 with total page 1132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These biographies of Canadians are arranged chronologically by date of death. Entries in each volume are listed alphabetically, with bibliographies of source material and an index to names.

Author : Mark Twain
Publisher : e-artnow
ISBN 13 : 8027230462
Total Pages : 3102 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Complete Short Stories of Mark Twain - 190+ Humorous Tales & Sketches in One Edition (Illustrated) written by Mark Twain and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2017-11-15 with total page 3102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This carefully edited collection has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Contents: The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, and Other Sketches The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County Aurelia's Unfortunate Young Man A Complaint about Correspondents, Dated in San Francisco Answers to Correspondents Among the Fenians The Story of the Bad Little Boy Who Didn't Come to Grief Curing a Cold An Inquiry about Insurances Literature in the Dry Diggings 'After' Jenkins Lucretia Smith's Soldier The Killing of Julius Caesar 'Localized' An Item which the Editor Himself could not Understand Among the Spirits Brief Biographical Sketch of George Washington A Touching Story of George Washington's Boyhood A Page from a Californian Almanac Information for the Million The Launch of the Steamer Capital Origin of Illustrious Men Advice for Good Little Girls Concerning Chambermaids Remarkable Instances of Presence of Mind Honored as a Curiosity in Honolulu The Steed 'Oahu' A Strange Dream Short and Singular Rations Mark Twain's Burlesque Autobiography and First Romance Burlesque Autobiography Awful, Terrible Medieval Romance Merry Tales The Private History of a Campaign That Failed The Invalid's Story Luck The Captain's Story A Curious Experience Mrs. Mc Williams and the Lightning Meisterschaft The £1,000,000 Bank Note and Other New Stories The Million Pound Bank Note Mental Telegraphy The Enemy Conquered About all Kinds of Ships Playing Courier The German Chicago A Petition to the Queen of England A Majestic Literary Fossil Sketches New and Old The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories The Curious Republic of Gondour and Other Whimsical Sketches Alonzo Fitz, and Other Stories Mark Twain's Library of Humor Other Stories Biography Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer.

Author : Morton Rhue
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780590259323
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tall Tale written by Morton Rhue and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Daniel is entrusted with the deed to the family farm, he will need help from Pecos Bill, Paul Bunyan and John Henry, to stand up to a gang of bullies.

Author : Kelly Houston Jones
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 0820360198
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Weary Land written by Kelly Houston Jones and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2021-03-31 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the first book-length study of Arkansas slavery in more than sixty years, A Weary Land offers a glimpse of enslaved life on the South’s western margins, focusing on the intersections of land use and agriculture within the daily life and work of bonded Black Arkansans. As they cleared trees, cultivated crops, and tended livestock on the southern frontier, Arkansas’s enslaved farmers connected culture and nature, creating their own meanings of space, place, and freedom. Kelly Houston Jones analyzes how the arrival of enslaved men and women as an imprisoned workforce changed the meaning of Arkansas’s acreage, while their labor transformed its landscape. They made the most of their surroundings despite the brutality and increasing labor demands of the “second slavery”—the increasingly harsh phase of American chattel bondage fueled by cotton cultivation in the Old Southwest. Jones contends that enslaved Arkansans were able to repurpose their experiences with agricultural labor, rural life, and the natural world to craft a sense of freedom rooted in the ability to own land, the power to control their own movement, and the right to use the landscape as they saw fit.