Call Me Hank
Title | Call Me Hank PDF eBook |
Author | Henry Pennier |
Publisher | University of Toronto Press |
Pages | 189 |
Release | 2006-01-01 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0802094260 |
'My name is Henry George Pennier and if you want to be a friend of mine please you will call me Hank.' So begins 'Call Me Hank,' the autobiography of Hank Pennier (1904-1991): logger, storyteller, and self-described 'halfbreed.' In this work, Pennier offers thoughtful reflections on growing up as a non-status Aboriginal person on or near a Stó:lõ reserve, searching for work of all kinds during hard times as a young man, and working as a logger through the depression of the 1930s up to his retirement. Known only to a small local audience when it was first published in 1972, this expanded edition of Pennier's autobiography provides poignant political commentary on issues of race, labour, and life through the eyes of a retired West Coast Native logger. 'Call Me Hank' is an engaging and often humorous read that makes an important contribution to a host of contemporary discourses in Canada, including discussions about the nature and value of Aboriginal identity. To Hank's original manuscript, Keith Carlson and Kristina Fagan have added a scholarly introduction situating Hank's writing within historical, literary, and cultural contexts, exploring his ideas and writing style, and offering further information about his life. A map of place names mentioned by Hank, a diagram of a steam logging operation, a glossary of logging terms, and sixteen photographs provide practical and historical complements to Pennier's original lively personal narrative. Pennier's book preceded the proliferation of Aboriginal writing that began with the publication of Maria Campbell's Halfbreed in 1973 and provides a markedly different view of Aboriginal life than other writings of the period. It also documents important aspects of Aboriginal participation in the wage labour economy that have been overlooked by historians, and offers a unique reflection on masculinity, government policy, and industrialization.
My Friends Call Me C.C.
Title | My Friends Call Me C.C. PDF eBook |
Author | William Gardiner Hutson |
Publisher | Sunstone Press |
Pages | 132 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780865341432 |
He seemed to work magic in the oil business as he established wildly successful ventures. California at the turn of the century was his stage and his adventures read like fiction until his luck seems to run out and he exits to China. Was he a huckster from the outset?
The Next Call
Title | The Next Call PDF eBook |
Author | Nicole Higgins |
Publisher | Lulu.com |
Pages | 276 |
Release | 2015-03-07 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1312974990 |
Len MacAfee, a scarred veteran of 2 wars, takes a job as a paramedic for a private ambulance service located in a small mining town in northern Nevada. Hoping for a quiet and steady job, he begins to suspect that someone is targeting the little town. After 2 suspicious accidents and 1 near-miss, 2 bogus call outs to the middle of nowhere, Len is soon convinced that the incidents are more menacing than just prank calls and graffiti scrawled on the sides of the ambulance shed.
Due Process
Title | Due Process PDF eBook |
Author | G. T. Hartigan |
Publisher | iUniverse |
Pages | 318 |
Release | 2003-11 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0595297056 |
The year is 2084. America is laboring under a vast reconstruction plan designed to rebuild the cities and bring the country out of a long depression. All hard copy records are declared illegal and computers are the only source of information, a source that can be manipulated to distort the facts and hide the truth to promote treason. Hank Rittemeyer is a New York City Police Detective who has learned to live with the stifling rules and regulations brought about by restrictive laws imposed throughout the country. During a routine burglary investigation he discovers an error in the police computer when the suspect, Colin O'Riley, is erased from the computers. He sets out to find him and enlists O'Riley's lawyer and the burglar's sister. They learn that the rule of law has been corrupted into a conspiracy to deny justice in an attempt to turn America's citizens into sheep who blindly follow the new lords of conquest. Colin O'Riley is one of the victims of this new found tyranny. As in the tyrannies of the past this new one, that hides under the cover of due process and lawful restriction, also uses treachery, kidnapping, and murder to gain its evil end.
COMMAND PLAN
Title | COMMAND PLAN PDF eBook |
Author | C. SMITH |
Publisher | Author House |
Pages | 305 |
Release | 2013-09 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1491804823 |
When Sam Hawk was forced into retirement due to injuries sustained in the line of duty for the Chicago vice squad, he thought his days of danger were over. He had planned on just laying back relaxing and writing his memoirs, but fate had plans for him. By happen stance an old friend drafts him back into service, and before he knows it, he's back up to his eyeballs in the Chicago gangland. He discovers that there's a powerful political faction that's trying to take over the U. S. Government. He stumbles onto some information that endangers him and his soon to be love connection, librarian Helen McAllister. As he delves into this, his investigation leads him all the way to the white house. Against all odds, he teams up with Helen and tries to take a stand against the totalitarian socialistic regime. Can they pull it off, or will they suffer for trying? Command Plan, is a fictional account, that shows us just how slippery the slope is that leads to a dictatorial socialistic government. It discloses how frail our freedom is and how easy we make it for our enemies to conquer us from within.
The Secret of Vanderhagan's Gold
Title | The Secret of Vanderhagan's Gold PDF eBook |
Author | Hollister King |
Publisher | AuthorHouse |
Pages | 177 |
Release | 2001-02-01 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0759608903 |
The first mystery in the Judson Coolidge series finds Jud and his pal Hank on the trail of a long dead miser coming back for his wealth.
Rock Chick Reckoning
Title | Rock Chick Reckoning PDF eBook |
Author | Kristen Ashley |
Publisher | Kristen Ashley |
Pages | 291 |
Release | 2011-11-14 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0615781608 |
Stella Gunn is the lead singer and lead guitarist of the Blue Moon Gypsies and Stella used to be Mace’s girl. But Kai “Mace” Mason ended things and the loss of him rocked her world. One night, Stella gets a call, late (again), from one of the members of her crazy band. She has to go play clean up (again), runs into Mace (and a shed load of police) and ends up getting shot. Mace finds he doesn’t like it much that his ex-girlfriend got shot right in front of him, but it’s worse. A very bad man has thrown down the gauntlet and all the Rock Chicks are in the firing line. Stella doesn’t want Mace to be the one to keep her alive, but she has no choice. Mainly because Mace isn’t giving her one.