Looking Back: A Local and Family History of Tacoma, Virginia
Miss Brandt was the Walhalla weather observer from 1950 to 2000. She assumed that duty upon the death of her father, H.W. Brandt, who had undertaken it since 1916. Therefore, the two of them held the job for a combined 85 years, ...
This book consists of two sections: first, feature stories about various local area people and events taken from old issues of the Keowee Courier; and second, week-to-week highlights from the years 19631965 as reported in the Courier.
We quartered my moose out and hauled it a kilometer out of the bush to the boats and back to Bennett's cabin. ... Dad wanted to take the 4 wheeler and go down a dug out road where trucks, can't go down, but he wanted to be there at day ...
At a time when there is the great debate in the USA about which countries interfere in other's democratic elections and a time of great turmoil in Venezuela, this is a most relevant and timely publication.
The following program sums up the events of the day: First Race—Half-Mile Open, won by G.C. Garrett of Anderson, with a $20 gold watch as first prize. Second Race—One Mile, first place won by Claude Myers of Seneca; second place, ...
Maybe we'll have the fun of a controversy! Brad Kingston Brad Kingston came into Mary-Lou's life at about 203 LOOKInG BaCK.
University professor and chairman of Pathology in New York, prominent scientist and author of medical textbooks recalls his early life in Romania under the fascists and communist dictatorships followed by his academic career in the US. ...
Morris was the seventh of ten children of Ereney Cesar and Lorentine Lavergne and served :in the US Army for three and a half years. jake and Pete jake, Pete, and tourbigitin making rope Martel.
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memories from life in Torrington, CT, through college and including the fourteen years she spent in NYC working in the financial district as a female in a male dominated world....
A ball hit into the creek was considered “in play,” and a former left fielder who attended the reunion said he used to wear rubber boots when in the field. He recalled one time an opposing team's left fielder fell into the creek chasing ...
When John Osborne died at Christmas 1994, his obituaries cited his autobiographical writings as perfect examples of undiluted talent and acerbic wit.
In a land far, far away there is a galaxy full of stars. If you have ever wished upon one, ... In the galaxy far, far away lives another kind of life to be. Yet to be discovered, as we venture to ... Undiscovered galaxies await us all.
WP, short for Willy Peter, which stood for White Phosphorus, was one of the last things you wanted to be hit by. Apparently the red orange glow was a WP artillery round that sent both of us back into the trench.
Edna and Tommie Jr. went home as I did—one of the most lonesome times of my life—not a thing I could do or say to bring him back. All I could think of is the many times we looked at and stared down death while it looked us in the eye, ...
In this special anniversary edition, Maynard’s candid introductory reflections on the girl behind the girl who wrote Looking Back lend a new dimension to this iconic analysis of a generation.
Mania Salinger was born in Radom, Poland and enjoyed a childhood blessed with love, friends, and good luck until horrors unleashed by Nazi invasion changed her life forever.
Using family photographs and quotes from her books, the author provides glimpses into her life.
They are the most unlikely friends: rich, kind, Cecile; brave, talented Norma; and Amanda, the poor girl they met at college. Now Cecile has married her talented architect, Amanda has...