| Author | : Athol Dickson |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 308 |
| Release | : 2006-11 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 9780764203381 |
A well-crafted tale of secrets and evil lurking under the surface in the Mississippi river town of Pilotville, Louisiana, during the great flood of 1927.
| Author | : Patricia Jabbeh Wesley |
| Publisher | : Press 53 |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2023-08-15 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 9781950413591 |
Patricia Jabbeh Wesley and her family fled their native country after suffering tremendous privations and violence during the bloody Liberian Civil War at the end of the 20th Century. These poems are more than the story of one woman who carried her children over dead bodies in the streets where she lived, who fled bombs and constant gunfire, who was locked with her daughters in an internment camp where she witnessed every kind of crime against women. Wesley did more than survive. She helped other women. She wrote. The River Is Rising is more than a collection of poems, it is a story of family, customs, struggle, survival, witness, and love. Originally published by Autumn House Press in 2007, Press 53 returns this important book to print as part of its Silver COncho Poetry Series, edited by Pamela Uschuk and William Pitt Root.
| Author | : Ashley Shelby |
| Publisher | : Minnesota Historical Society Press |
| Total Pages | : 288 |
| Release | : 2003 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780873515009 |
The gripping, true-life story of one of the most destructive floods in U.S. history and its effect on one city and its citizens.
| Author | : Tim Willocks |
| Publisher | : Random House |
| Total Pages | : 434 |
| Release | : 2007 |
| Genre | : Parolees |
| ISBN | : 0099509482 |
After Three Years' Hard Time, Minding No-One'S Business But His Own, Ray Klein Wins His Parole. That Same Day, The Disciplinary Perfection Of Green River State Penitentiary Is Torn Apart By Tribal War, And The Prison Falls Into The Hands Of Its Inmates.As The River Sucks Them All Towards The Abyss, Klein Must Choose Either To Claim His Freedom And Leave The Ones He Cares For To Die, Or Risk Everything And Fight...
| Author | : Enes Smith |
| Publisher | : Createspace Independent Pub |
| Total Pages | : 296 |
| Release | : 2010-08-11 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 9781453750957 |
"While on a spring break from college, Native American Tara Eagle was kidnapped in a foreign land. She and her friends struggle for survival, first against terrorists, and then against the army. Her relatives become frustrated, and then angry at the slow response from the United States Government. There are over five hundred Indian tribes recognized by Congress. In modern times a group of Indians used their sovereignty for something other than a casino. The Cold River Indian Nation of Oregon declared war on a foreign country. They were joined by others."--P. [4] of cover.
| Author | : John M. Barry |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 554 |
| Release | : 1997 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : |
The great Mississippi flood of 1927 and how it changed America.
| Author | : Pat Conroy |
| Publisher | : Dial Press Trade Paperback |
| Total Pages | : 322 |
| Release | : 2002-03-26 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 0553381571 |
A “miraculous” (Newsweek) human drama, based on a true story, from the renowned author of The Prince of Tides and The Great Santini The island is nearly deserted, haunting, beautiful. Across a slip of ocean lies South Carolina. But for the handful of families on Yamacraw Island, America is a world away. For years the people here lived proudly from the sea, but now its waters are not safe. Waste from industry threatens their very existence unless, somehow, they can learn a new way. But they will learn nothing without someone to teach them, and their school has no teacher—until one man gives a year of his life to the island and its people. Praise for The Water Is Wide “Miraculous . . . an experience of joy.”—Newsweek “A powerfully moving book . . . You will laugh, you will weep, you will be proud and you will rail . . . and you will learn to love the man.”—Charleston News and Courier “A hell of a good story.”—The New York Times “Few novelists write as well, and none as beautifully.”—Lexington Herald-Leader “[Pat] Conroy cuts through his experiences with a sharp edge of irony. . . . He brings emotion, writing talent and anger to his story.”—Baltimore Sun
| Author | : T. P. Jones |
| Publisher | : BookPros, LLC |
| Total Pages | : 394 |
| Release | : 2010 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0984235884 |
In the third and final installment of The Loss of Certainty trilogy, T. P. Jones once again delves into America's heartland to portray the gritty drama of life in the Midwest. Constant rains on top of melting winter snow fuel fears of a record flood in Jackson, Iowa. Construction of the town's dog track on an island in the Mississippi River is jeopardized, threatening Jackson's financial future. Even more ominous, city officials learn that the existing floodwall and levee system might fail to protect the city itself. With little time to lose, the people of Jackson must set aside old grievances and long-held prejudices to work together. Tensions build while they debate whether to add to the system, and as they argue, the river continues to rise.
| Author | : Victoria Pope Hubbell |
| Publisher | : Iris Press |
| Total Pages | : 240 |
| Release | : 2016-09-30 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9781604542349 |
The first time the author met eighty-six-year-old Hadley Thompson, he told her about the Thompson-Crismon feud in Missouri in the 1920s. He described his lifelong quest to understand his father's murder. This book describes a collaborative effort between the author and Thompson to investigate why his father was targeted by the Ku Klux Klan.
