A Barnaby Skye Novel Richard S. Wheeler ... Skye wished he had a horse to reconnoiter the country; they were vulneraole not only to predatory war and hunting parties, but also to sears, migrating buffalo herds, ...
These dams and this hydropower, to me, we need them out West,” Kirk says, as we watch water pound out into the eddy below the dam. After Kirk's tour, I head south, back toward Flaming Gorge, the next major reservoir on the river, ...
The artistic history of Louisiana, from the French and Spanish Baroque painters of colonial Louisiana to the abstraction of the New Orleans modernists, can be studied through the diverse styles that are seen here.
Estill Curtis Pennington , Look Away : Reality and Sentiment in Southern Art . ( Atlanta : 1989 ) . 10. Pal Lelman , Peruvian Colonial Painting ( Brooklyn : 1971 ) . 11. John Burton Harter and Mary Louise Tucker , The Louisiana Portrait ...
Downriver is an evocative, gorgeously written short story: the tale of one woman's past—and her inability to escape it—from Jess Montgomery, author of the Kinship series.
Mixing lyrical accounts of quiet paddling through breathtaking beauty with nights spent camping solo and lively discussions with farmers, city officials, and other people met along the way, Downriver is the story of that journey, a foray ...
Amos Walker investigates when, at Detroit's Marianne Motors, Commodore Stutch's takeover plans threaten Timothy Marianne's ambitions, and Edith Marianne's machinations collide with an innovative stock swindle and an ex-con
Fifteen-year-old Jessie and the other rebellious teenage members of a wilderness survival school team abandon their adult leader, hijack his boats, and try to run the dangerous white water at the bottom of the Grand Canyon.
"Crazy, dangerous, prophetic" Angela Carter In DOWNRIVER, Iain Sinclair traces the ruins of Margaret Thatcher's reign through the lens of a fictional film crew that has been hired to make...
Winner of the 2006 Doris Bakwin Award for Writing by a Woman. Contest judge Quinn Dalton wrote: 'These eleven stories are fueled by a robust mix of voices children, young...
This is a poetry of both delicacy and gravity, assuagement as well as agitation, rivers that start in hell but later fall as rain – and will only strengthen his reputation as one of the most gifted English poets at work today.
DeVries has already paid for stealing that $200,000, and now it’s time to collect it. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Loren D. Estleman including rare photos from the author’s personal collection.
As Barnaby Skye, a seaman-deserter from the Royal Navy, Rocky Mountain trapper, and frontiersman, and his wife Victoria journey to St. Louis so that Barnaby can apply for a job as a post trader, the couple encounter danger in the form of ...
The author chronicles his experiences rafting and trekking the seven-hundred-mile-length of the Yellowstone River with vignettes of the region's heritage
This riveting novel includes an author’s note about his own rafting experiences and has been ranked by the American Library Association as a “100 Best of the Best” for twenty-five years—a testament to the enduring popularity of the ...
History of an American family from the 1870's to the 1960's. When one of their own is raped and murdered, it falls to the last of the Harts to strike...
Downriver is a brilliant London novel by its foremost chronicler, Iain Sinclair.
The history of the Yellowstone River and Yellowstone River Valley, blending descriptions of contemporary travel with tales of historical events.
No one, including Troy, who emerges as the group's magnetic and ultimately frightening leader, can forsee the challenges and conflicts. What will be the consequences of their reckless adventure?
Downriver