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ISBN: 978-1-59824-759-6
Edition: Paperback, 129 Pages
Publication Date: January 11, 2008
Reminiscences of a group of school girls growing up in
Germany during WWII, including the naivety, fellowship
and propaganda of grade school Hitler Youth camps,
growing disillusion during the war, hardships and
survival within total destruction at the end, and the
search for an education after the war.
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ISBN: 978-1-59824-749-7
Edition: Paperback, 161 Pages
Publication Date: January 1, 2008
Like every American president, Andrew Jackson’s legacy
is up for debate. In this book I try to put aside
personal bias and preconceived notions to give a fair
look at Jackson’s eight turbulent years in the White
House. In doing so I found there were two different
Jacksons. There was the traditional Jackson who won the
Bank War and thwarted nullification and then there was
the unsure and sensitive Jackson who craved friendship
and loyalty. Historians have described Jackson as
everything from a criminal dictator to heroic patriot.
I’ll let you judge where the truth lies.
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ISBN: 978-1-59824-753-4
Edition: Paperback, 53 Pages
Publication Date: December 20, 2007
Come to the Catskills for three days of peace and music.
That’s how the Woodstock Festival was advertised to sell
tickets.
What the promoter expected was a crowd of 10,000 to
50,000 people. But what came to Woodstock was not what
they expected. A crowd of more than 500,000 people
showed up. This book is a behind the scenes look at
what went on at the Woodstock ‘69 Festival.
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ISBN: 978-1-59824-725-1
Edition: Paperback, 188 Pages
Publication Date: October 29, 2007
There are millions of words that have been written on
the divisive history of the War Between the States,
commonly referred to as, “The Civil War.” Thousands of
stories have been placed in book form.
Robert S. Heflin lived a truly remarkable life at a time
in our country’s development and change which required a
special courage, a steadfast and resolute commitment.
It was his country, above all else, that he pledged to
support. He felt it to be his duty. At risk were the
bonds of love and the nurturing of his wife and children,
his father and mother, his brothers and sisters and his
friends and neighbors.
It was the Union of the United States for which he
risked all of this. It was for more than honor; much
more.
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ISBN: 978-1-59824-700-8
Edition: Paperback, 348 Pages
Publication Date: October 1, 2007
This book is a detailed compendium of the moving image
relative to Salem, Massachusetts, and the infamous Witch
Trials of 1692. It is a vibrant account of television
and film productions where Salem (aka “The Witch City”)
is a plot point, reference or locale.
The one and only guide for the historian, film buff,
and/or Witch in your life.
This tome, penned by film historian and author Peter
Mac, is filled with never seen before pictures;
interviews with those associated with the town and
productions; as well as reviews, editorial essays, TV
episode guides and much much more!
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ISBN: 978-1-59824-428-1
Edition: Paperback, 185 Pages
Publication Date: February 7, 2006
Why is our culture so fascinated with tattoos? Is this
just a trend or a true reflection of our modern culture?
The reasons why people acquire tattoos in our modern
society today are vast and varied. Often people obtain a
tattoo for very personal reasons. This text captures the
true stories of why eighty-one people decided to get a
tattoo. Through personal interviews conducted by the
author, the book explains the meanings behind their
tattoos and the decisions leading to the placement of
that tattoo on their body in their own words.
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ISBN: 1-59824-294-6
Edition: Paperback, 384 Pages
Publication Date: September 28, 2006
The Red is not necessarily the most attractive river in
Texas but it certainly deserves its name...ask anyone
who has spent a day of fishing along the banks or
swimming in the murky waters....your clothes will be
stained for some time to come.
It is the red clay soil that gives the river its crimson
color and thus her name. I believe the Red River must be
feminine by the way she meanders her way along.
Sometimes she’s as docile as a lamb and her waters flow
gently along the banks, the catfish flopping, their
tails slapping the calm surface as they return to the
depths. At other times she’s as angry and honery as a
bumblebee as her waters rise high and the foam whirls
and bobs around the debris carried by the swiftly moving
currents. Like an angered demon the waters rise and
nothing along the banks are safe from her fury....saplings
are torn from their home in the sandy Oklahoma soil and
decayed fallen trees are picked up by her waves and
carried briskly along.
W.R. Strong, an early pioneer speaks of Cooke County:
“The first road or trail through Cooke County was made
by the Mormons when they left Missouri for Salt Lake and
it must have been not later than 1843 or 1844. There was
a big bunch of them and they left a pretty plain trail
which after wards became the old California Trail.
“They came from Preston and Whitesboro across the
prairie, keeping on the divide between Timber Creek and
Mineral Creek (Grayson County), around the head of Pecan
Creek and on around both Brushey and Dry Elm, crossed
Main Elm at the St. Jo crossing and on the divide
between Clear and Farmer’s Creeks on to Young County.
“This trail afterwards became the California Trail, and I
have seen lots of long wagon trains going over it on
their way to California especially during the years ‘49
and ‘50 when the gold fever was on. Also some of our own
men followed it-Capt. (W.C.) Twitty, Dr. (J. Pope) Long,
Mr. (William) Howeth, Marcus Webster, Joe Worth, Roy
Montague and others.”
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ISBN: 1-59824-239-3
Edition: Paperback, 304 Pages
Publication Date: June 7, 2006
A History of the Fur Trade in South Dakota and the
Upper Missouri
In this fascinating study, Professor Aaron Woodard sheds
new light on an old subject - the fur trade in the Upper
Missouri. Concentrating particularly on his own state of
South Dakota, Woodard weaves a tale of international
intrigue, vicious Indian fights and heroic mountain men.
Woodard uses government documents and primary evidence
to illustrate the grave danger confronting the American
fur trading fraternity during the War of 1812. Woodard
notes that but for the resolute actions of individual
mountain men, the Upper Missouri could well have become
another English colony, while the United States as we
know it today would never have been created.
Woodard also examines the key role played by Native
Americans as the fur trade became big business. Indians
were not simply tricked into trading with whites -
Woodard notes that a complex relationship developed
between traders and their Indian partners, often
involving marriages and family interaction.
The book also profiles individual traders and Mountain
Men such as Pierre Chouteau, Manuel Lisa and the
legendary Jedediah Smith - all of whom had hair raising
adventures in the Upper Missouri. Readers will learn of
Smith’s narrow escape from a marauding Grizzly Bear, and
of early battles between trappers and Indian tribes.
Any reader interested in early American frontier history
or the fur trade and Mountain Men will find this an
excellent and exciting reading adventure as well as a
reliable and useful reference tool. The book is also
generously illustrated with maps, western art and
drawings by Frederick Remington and George Catlin.
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ISBN: 978-1-59824-268-3
Edition: Paperback, 175 Pages
Publication Date: May 31, 2006
This book is the only one that will take you inside the
psychological aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Each heart-wrenching tale will leave you shaking your
head and counting your blessings.
The testimonies are forthright and will allow you to see
beyond the picture that the media has painted of them.
They’re still in shock, still without official word of
where some loved ones are, and to add insult to injury,
they’re having to make defiant declarations that they
deserve better than what they’ve been getting.
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ISBN: 1-59824-178-8
Edition: Paperback, 438 Pages
Publication Date: March 2006
French-Creoles: A Shattered Nation traces the origin,
evolution and development of Louisiana Creole culture
from the great Mali Empire of ancient Ghana to its
current existence in New Orleans today. It details the
sequence of connections between Africa, Europe, the
French West Indies, and America. America’s past and
present confrontations with French Creoles in Haiti and
in Louisiana are described in detail.
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