Good, clean and fun reading for anyone who loves dogs, cats and humans. Ages 12 through adult will enjoy this quick read. Lots of laughter inevitable for those who have pets. Insightful information for those who are thinking about getting pets and for those who do not have or want pets....this book will remind you why you don't. Perceptive views given by two dogs and a cat that live with three humans tell of the adventures, mishaps and joys that come to this family. Told from the individual perspective of the big dog, small dog and snooty cat, you will laugh as well as not believe some of the (all true) accounts these animals encounter in daily living. A must read for anyone who needs a quick mood "pick-me-up" and ultimately a sense of reality. Pick it up, you won't put it down as you read each chapter; first through the eyes of Franky, the little puppy, (newest edition to the family), Tasha, the older, wiser dog that has trouble following her everywhere she goes and Sara the glamorous cat that loves herself more than anything else. You will pass this book along to friends and family.

It's been a century and a half since the country was rocked with the news that a "monster mill" in Lawrence, Massachusetts, collapsed while hundreds of employees were at work. The Pemberton Mill in 1860 was like others huge, productive, but not safe for employees. The Pemberton Casualties tells the stories of the 1,003 men, women, and children oh, so many children! who were to suffer and die in this disaster. On these pages, the reader will find the names of every one of the thousand. Charts show ages, addresses, and even their final month's wages. Genealogists will find this a gold mine awaiting their searching.

Reviews problems with civilian casualty care and refugee welfare in South Vietnam encountered by U.S. Also considers U.S. responsibilities to civilian casualties and refugees.

This reference work chronicles and categorizes more than 23,000 Union casualties at Gettysburg by generals and staff and by state and unit. Thirteen appendices also cover information by brigade, division and corps; by engagements and skirmishes; by state; by burial at three cemeteries; and by hospitals. Casualty transports, incarceration records and civilian casualty lists are also included.

This is the first biography of the "Defender of Vicksburg," General John C. Pemberton. A Philadelphia native, Pemberton resigned from the United States Army in 1861 to fight on the side of the South, influenced by his Virginia-born wife and by his years o