Searching for Augusta
Title | Searching for Augusta PDF eBook |
Author | Martin King |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Pages | 257 |
Release | 2017-09-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1493029088 |
A brutal siege. A forgotten heroine. A war-torn romance. And a historian determined to uncover the truth. Untold millions who saw and read Band of Brothers can finally know the whole story of what happened to American soldiers and civilians in Bastogne during that arduous Winter of 1944/45. In the television version of Band of Brothers, a passing reference is made to an African nurse assisting in an aid station in Bastogne. When military historian Martin King watched the episode, he had to know who that woman was; thus began a multi-year odyssey that revealed the horror of a town under siege as well as an improbable love story between a white Army medic, Jack Prior, and his black nurse, Augusta Chiwy, as they saved countless lives while under constant bombardment. Based on the recent discovery of Prior's diary as well as an exhaustive and occasionally futile search for Augusta herself, King was at last able to bring belated recognition of Augusta's incredible story by both the U.S. Army and Belgian government shortly before she died. This is not only a little-known story of the Battle of the Bulge, but also the author's own relentless mission to locate Augusta and bestow upon her the honors she so richly deserved.
Finding Augusta
Title | Finding Augusta PDF eBook |
Author | Heidi Rae Cooley |
Publisher | Dartmouth College Press |
Pages | 217 |
Release | 2014-03-04 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1611685222 |
Finding Augusta breaks new ground, revising how media studies interpret the relationship between our bodies and technology. This is a challenging exploration of how, for both good and ill, the sudden ubiquity of mobile devices, GPS systems, haptic technologies, and other forms of media alter individuals' experience of their bodies and shape the social collective. The author succeeds in problematizing the most salient fact of contemporary mobile media technologies, namely, that they have become, like highways and plumbing, an infrastructure that regulates habit. Audacious in its originality, Finding Augusta will be of great interest to art and media scholars alike.
Miracle at Augusta
Title | Miracle at Augusta PDF eBook |
Author | James Patterson |
Publisher | Little, Brown |
Pages | 206 |
Release | 2015-04-06 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0316410969 |
One year after his big golf tournament win, Travis McKinley struggles to find a place in the world of professional sports in this inspiring novel. A year ago, unknown golfing amateur Travis McKinley shocked the world by winning the PGA Senior Open at Pebble Beach. Now he's famous, he makes his living playing the game he loves, and everything should be perfect. Still, Travis can't shake the feeling that he's a fraud, an imposter who doesn't deserve his success-and after a series of disappointments and personal screw-ups, he might just prove himself right. A shot at redemption arrives in an unexpected form: a teenage outcast with troubles of his own . . . and a natural golf swing. As this unlikely duo sets out to achieve the impossible on the world's most revered golf course, Travis is about to learn that sometimes the greatest miracles of all take place when no one is watching.
Waiting for Augusta
Title | Waiting for Augusta PDF eBook |
Author | Jessica Lawson |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 253 |
Release | 2016-05-10 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1481448412 |
From the author of The Actual & Truthful Adventures of Becky Thatcher and Nooks & Crannies comes a “whimsical, heartwarming,” (Kirkus Reviews) and profound tale of love, loss, and family. Eleven-year-old Benjamin Putter has a lump in his throat, and he’s certain it’s a golf ball. He knows it sounds crazy, but everything’s been topsy-turvy since his father died last month. And he doesn’t know how to fix it. Then, one day, something starts tugging at Ben, telling him to hurry to Augusta, Georgia—home of the most famous golf course in the world. Ben might be going a little crazy, but escaping Hilltop, Alabama, sounds like a darn good idea. (And just maybe it will make that lump go away.) As he makes his way to Augusta, Ben partners up with a mysterious runaway named Noni, and they embark on a journey full of strange and wonderful surprises—and possibly magic—at every turn.
Augusta Savage
Title | Augusta Savage PDF eBook |
Author | Jeffreen M. Hayes |
Publisher | Giles |
Pages | 156 |
Release | 2021-04-20 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9781913875176 |
A visual exploration of the lasting legacy of sculptor Augusta Savage (1892-1962), African-American sculptor associated with the Harlem Renaissance.
In Her Hands
Title | In Her Hands PDF eBook |
Author | Alan Schroeder |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | African American sculptors |
ISBN | 9781600603327 |
A recreation of events from the childhood and early career of Augusta Savage, a pioneering female sculptor and major figure of the Harlem Renaissance.
Searching the Law - The States
Title | Searching the Law - The States PDF eBook |
Author | Francis R Doyle |
Publisher | Martinus Nijhoff Publishers |
Pages | 695 |
Release | 2022-11-14 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 9004531149 |