Vicky! Mascot First Class of the USS Iowa

Vicky! Mascot First Class of the USS Iowa
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Publisher : Mascot Books
Total Pages : 38
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ISBN-10 : 1643073737
ISBN-13 : 9781643073736
Rating : 4/5 (37 Downloads)

Synopsis Vicky! Mascot First Class of the USS Iowa by : Mike Hershman

The year is 1943 and Vicky, Mascot First Class of the USS Iowa, has a very important job to do. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt is coming aboard the Iowa! The ship will take FDR across the Atlantic Ocean to North Africa, and Vicky will have lots to do during that voyage. Come along with Vicky as he carries out his duties! A true story of Captain John McCrea's little dog Vicky, the mascot of the battleship USS Iowa.

Waiting in the Dugout

Waiting in the Dugout
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Publisher : Mascot Books
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1620861720
ISBN-13 : 9781620861721
Rating : 4/5 (20 Downloads)

Synopsis Waiting in the Dugout by : Judith Spaulding Merlo

Growing up with a big brother or big sister is fun, but it can also be a little frustrating. Everything they do seems fun and exciting, and they usually get to do it before you do. After watching Big Bro do so many interesting things, Li'l Sis is determined to get out of the dugout and take her own turn at bat!

Military Brats

Military Brats
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Publisher : Brightwell Publishing
Total Pages : 351
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ISBN-10 : 9780977603305
ISBN-13 : 097760330X
Rating : 4/5 (05 Downloads)

Synopsis Military Brats by : Mary Edwards Wertsch

Military brats' childhoods are often scarred by alcoholism, abuse, and an ever-present threat of a parent's loss to war. This eye-opening, sometimes shocking exploration tells what life is really like for the stepchildren of Uncle Sam. A new recovery group, Adult Children of Military Personnel, Inc., has been formed as a direct result of this book's publication.

Susan Angeline Collins: with a Hallelujah Heart

Susan Angeline Collins: with a Hallelujah Heart
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Publisher : WestBow Press
Total Pages : 377
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ISBN-10 : 9781664225749
ISBN-13 : 1664225749
Rating : 4/5 (49 Downloads)

Synopsis Susan Angeline Collins: with a Hallelujah Heart by : Janis Bennington Van Buren

Ten percent of book profits will go to the Susan Angeline Collins Scholarship at Upper Iowa University in Fayette, Iowa. Get ready to delve into a world of hardship, challenge, and fulfillment. Explore the life of African American Susan Angeline Collins and be inspired by her faith, pioneering attitude, missionary successes, unfailing courage, and belief in everyone’s right to an education. As Miss Collins’ life unfolds before you, relevant social issues affecting people of color are intertwined. Issues examined include economics, education, gender, race, religion, and Africa’s colonization from her 1851 birth in Illinois until her 1940 death in Iowa. Her resourcefulness in overcoming obstacles during her 33-year commitment to missionary service in the Congo Delta Region and Angola is compelling. Miss Collins’ story demonstrates the difference one person can make in the lives of an unknown number of women and children, some orphaned and homeless and others escaping early marriage and subservience. Her leadership is evidenced when starting a girls’ school in the northern Angolan high plateau region years before Mary Jane McLeod Bethune initiated her school for African-American girls in Florida. You will be gratified to discover how this diminutive bundle of energy achieved recognition as a stalwart missionary, leader, teacher, nurse, construction manager, and surrogate mother to “her girls.”

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Anne Morrow Lindbergh
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Publisher : Macmillan
Total Pages : 256
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ISBN-10 : 9780230604117
ISBN-13 : 0230604110
Rating : 4/5 (17 Downloads)

Synopsis Anne Morrow Lindbergh by : Kathleen C. Winters

Few people know that Anne Morrow Lindbergh was an accomplished and innovative pilot in her own right. In fact, she was one of the defining figures of American aviation, a bright and adventurous woman who helped to pioneer air routes, traveled around the world, and came to be adored by the American public. In this revealing biography, author and pilot Kathleen C. Winters vividly recreates the adventure and excitement of many of Anne's early flights, including never-before-revealed flight details from the Lindbergh archives. An intimate portrayal of a remarkable woman, Anne Morrow Lindbergh also offers a dazzling picture of the exciting and dangerous early years of aviation's Golden Age.

The Illio

The Illio
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 536
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015068546269
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Rating : 4/5 (69 Downloads)

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Anthropology Goes to the Fair

Anthropology Goes to the Fair
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Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages : 553
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ISBN-10 : 9780803213944
ISBN-13 : 0803213948
Rating : 4/5 (44 Downloads)

Synopsis Anthropology Goes to the Fair by : Nancy J. Parezo

As scientists claiming specialized knowledge about indigenous peoples, especially American Indians, anthropologists used expositions to promote their quest for professional status and authority. This title shows how anthropology showcased itself "to show each half of the world how the other half lives".

Johnny's Girl

Johnny's Girl
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Publisher : Graphic Arts Books
Total Pages : 242
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ISBN-10 : 9780882409764
ISBN-13 : 088240976X
Rating : 4/5 (64 Downloads)

Synopsis Johnny's Girl by : Kim Rich

Johnny’s Girl the nationally acclaimed memoir of growing up in Alaska’s underworld as the only child of gambler John F. “Johnny” Rich and exotic dancer, Frances “Ginger” Rich. It chronicles Alaska’s mean streets and her parent’s tragic lives that were cut short. Kim Rich was an ordinary girl trapped in an extraordinary childhood, someone who dreamed of going to parties and getting good grades while living in an after-hours hell of gamblers, pimps, and con men. She longed for normalcy, yet she was inescapably her father's child, and she had no choice but to grow up fast. Her mother, who suffered from mental illness, was a stripper and B-girl: her father was a major player in the underworld of Anchorage, Alaska in the sixties, a city flush with newfound oil money. Only after her father was gruesomely murdered when she was 15, and Kim became a journalist, was she able to fill in the missing pieces of one American dream gone horribly wrong. Kim's true story is a tale of a woman's search for her parent's secrets. What she finds is both shocking and tragic, but in the end she's able to discover her true self amid the remnants of her parents' lost lives.

Wooden: A Coach's Life

Wooden: A Coach's Life
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Publisher : Times Books
Total Pages : 608
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ISBN-10 : 9780805099416
ISBN-13 : 0805099417
Rating : 4/5 (16 Downloads)

Synopsis Wooden: A Coach's Life by : Seth Davis

A provocative and revelatory new biography of the legendary UCLA coach John Wooden, by one of America's top college basketball writers No college basketball coach has ever dominated the sport like John Wooden. His UCLA teams reached unprecedented heights in the 1960s and '70s capped by a run of ten NCAA championships in twelve seasons and an eighty-eight-game winning streak, records that stand to this day. Wooden also became a renowned motivational speaker and writer, revered for his "Pyramid of Success." Seth Davis of Sports Illustrated and CBS Sports has written the definitive biography of Wooden, an unflinching portrait that draws on archival research and more than two hundred interviews with players, opponents, coaches, and even Wooden himself. Davis shows how hard Wooden strove for success, from his All-American playing days at Purdue through his early years as a high school and college coach to the glory days at UCLA, only to discover that reaching new heights brought new burdens and frustrations. Davis also reveals how at the pinnacle of his career Wooden found himself on questionable ground with alumni, referees, assistants, and even some of his players. His was a life not only of lessons taught, but also of lessons learned. Woven into the story as well are the players who powered Wooden's championship teams – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill Walton, Walt Hazzard, and others – many of whom speak frankly about their coach. The portrait that emerges from Davis's remarkable biography is of a man in full, whose life story still resonates today.

At His Side The Story Of The American Red Cross Overseas In World War II

At His Side The Story Of The American Red Cross Overseas In World War II
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Publisher : Legare Street Press
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1022889036
ISBN-13 : 9781022889033
Rating : 4/5 (36 Downloads)

Synopsis At His Side The Story Of The American Red Cross Overseas In World War II by : George Korson

This book is a gripping account of the American Red Cross's crucial role in World War II, told from the perspective of one of its key officers. George Korson paints a vivid picture of the challenges and triumphs that faced the organization as it worked tirelessly to provide aid and support to millions of people caught up in one of the darkest periods of human history. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.