Recounts the Civil War experiences of Almon Beneway, who, under the name Albert Walton, left home at fourteen to join the Union Army, eventually enlisted as a drummer in an Indiana regiment, and was taken prisoner at Chickamauga.
“Ap ko kya cahiye? What brings you to Karachi?” “Oh, I had things to tend to. Actually, I'm looking for Sikandar. Is he home?” “No, he's not. He went up to Murree after my grandfather's funeral.” Qayyum Akbar rubbed a three-day stubble ...
There, he met a figure from his boyhood—George Liele (now owned by Henry Sharp of Burke County, Georgia), who was a Baptist deacon. Liele had been converted and baptized and had begun preaching to the other slaves along the Savannah ...
During the American Revolution over 3,000 persons of African descent were promised freedom by the British if they would desert their American rebel masters and serve the loyalist cause. Those...
Women Who Kept the Lights details the careers of 34 intrepid women who were official keepers of light stations on the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific coasts, on Lake Champlain and the Great Lakes, staying at their posts for periods ranging from ...
Hundreds of American women have kept the lamps burning in lighthouses since Hannah Thomas tended Gurnet Point Light in Plymouth, Massachusetts, while her husband was away fighting in the War...
A condensed version of the authors' earlier Women who kept the lights; meant for younger readers.
Maine Lighthouses: Documentation of Their Past
During the American Revolution over 3,000 persons of African descent were promised freedom by the British if they would desert their American rebel masters and serve the loyalist cause.
From Cape Hatteras to Ocracoke Light, Jupiter Inlet to Tybee Island, St. Simons to Cockspur Island and others, these are the stories from a unique era in United States lighthouse history.
In Pakistan, fifteen-year-olds Mumtaz and Rashid become involved in political intrigue and drug trafficking when their efforts to stop a man who is spying on Mumtaz's powerful father cost Rashid...
In Pakistan, fifteen-year-olds Mumtaz and Rashid become involved in political intrigue and drug trafficking when their efforts to stop a man who is spying on Mumtaz's powerful father cost Rashid his job and home.