Continuing his groundbreaking series about post-war Britain, Kynaston presents a breathtaking portrait of our nation through eyewitness accounts, newspapers of the time and previously unpublished diaries. Drawing on the everyday experiences of people from all walks of life, Smoke in the Valley covers the length and breadth of the country to tell its story. This is an unsurpassed social history- intensely evocative to those who were there and eye-opening for their children and grandchildren.
Smoke in the Valley
Western. It was a harsh land that took a toll of the people who lived there. The Whitlock family was going to suffer more than most. One would be claimed by the land, another would become an outlaw and one would help build the West.
Things had always been pretty peaceful in Trinity Valley, but with the formation of the cattlemen's association, trouble was not long in coming.
The Dammit Gang rides back to Chimney Rock to help Cliff Hanger with men who would rather take what they want instead of work for it.
This is a new release of the original 1945 edition.
... R., 164 Nicholls, Audrey, 94 Nicholls, Dandy, 199 Nichols, Joy, 307, 583 Nicolson, (Sir) Harold: on victory celebrations, 6–7; on class resentment, 55; on Harold Wilson, 81; and convertibility crisis, 226; reluctant socialism, 227; ...
POSSIBLE SPOILERS: Themes: Outlaw motorcycle club, organized crime, homophobia, hurt/comfort, forced proximity, coming out, seduction, forbidden attraction, first love, greed, player, family ties Genre: M/M romance, suspense Length: 110,000 ...
Smoke Wars traces the campaign against air pollution in southwestern Montana from the fight to abolish open-heap roasting--a process that created dense clouds of low-lying, noxious smoke and caused death rates in Butte to exceed those of ...