At the heart of Stephen Hunter's riveting new novel is a 40-year-old crime that has just resurfaced. Bob Swagger, the enormously popular character first introduced in "Point of Impact", is back--and this time he is both the hunter and the hunted as he tries to uncover the searing secrets of his long-dead father's murder.
Arkansas's rich folklore tradition is treated in this collection of eight essays covering the history of folklore research in the state, traditional songs and music, "tall tales," folk architecture, traditional foods and their preparation, ...
... private gain over public obligations , special interests over common good , wealth and fame over work and family . The 1980s ushered in a gilded age of greed , selfishness , irresponsibility , excess , and neglect . S & L crooks ...
“ Largest number of trucks we've ever had in the yard , " says manager Terry Stephens . " It's taking pretty near two full days to unload , now . Once the rice is weighed and off - loaded , it is transported by bucket elevator to men ...
January 13 , 1863 : Crossed War Eagle last night near Pearson's Mill on White River . The mill however is burnt but the dam is all right yet . Rain last night and some this morning . Ridge road pretty good . Marched to within 7 miles of ...
44 Just two weeks before Pratt was murdered , across the mountains about sixty miles away , a group of some forty Arkansas families from Marion , Crawford , Carroll , and Johnson counties gathered with all their worldly belongings at a ...
Missouri Botanical Garden's Shaw Arboretum 25. Missouri Botanical Garden 26. Mastodon SP 27. Meramec SP 28. Hawn SP 29. Elephant Rocks SP 30. Johnson's Shut - Ins SP 31. Ozark National Scenic Riverways 32.
Quickly, Kirby Smith became a general without an army. With hope gone, on 26 May generals Simon B. Buckner, Sterling Price, and Joseph Brent met with E. R. S. Canby in New Orleans where they signed a surrender document similar to that ...
The Holland Wildflower Farm , at 290 O'Neal Lane in Elkins 72727 , on Highway 16 , is where Bob and Julie Holland have another way to fill your yard — with the reds of cardinal flowers , the blue of flocks , the purple of coneflower ...
Cameron's small Third Division finally made its way around the cavalry train and set up between the battery and a copse of trees standing in front of the crossroads.39 The head of the wagon train was at the crossroads .
As Cameron's men solidified their line , they were met with a crashing charge — not by the Confederates but by the fleeing Union survivors of the opening phase of the battle . A northern reporter described the scene : " We found ...