Snow-Storm in August
Title | Snow-Storm in August PDF eBook |
Author | Jefferson Morley |
Publisher | Anchor |
Pages | 369 |
Release | 2013-04-09 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0307477487 |
In 1835, the city of Washington simmered with racial tension as newly freed African Americans from the South poured in, outnumbering slaves for the first time. Among the enslaved was nineteen-year-old Arthur Bowen, who stumbled home drunkenly one night, picked up an axe, and threatened his owner, respected socialite Anna Thornton. Despite no blood being shed, Bowen was eventually arrested and tried for attempted murder by district attorney Francis Scott Key, but not before news of the incident spread like wildfire. Within days Washington’s first race riot exploded as whites, fearing a slave rebellion, attacked the property of free blacks. One of their victims was gregarious former slave and successful restaurateur Beverly Snow, who became the target of the mob’s rage. With Snow-Storm in August, Jefferson Morley delivers readers into an unknown chapter in history with an absorbing account of this uniquely American battle for justice.
Snowstorm in August
Title | Snowstorm in August PDF eBook |
Author | Marshall Karp |
Publisher | Blackstone Publishing |
Pages | 294 |
Release | 2022-06-07 |
Genre | Fiction |
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The riveting new thriller from Marshall Karp, cocreator and coauthor, with James Patterson, of the #1 New York Times bestselling NYPD Red series The most powerful drug lord on the planet, Joaquín Alboroto, has a gift for New York City—four thousand pounds of uncut cocaine burying Central Park and raining death upon hundreds of innocent people enjoying a summer afternoon. The only NYPD unit trained to go up against this level of terrorism has been disbanded, so the task falls to former NYPD captain Danny Corcoran. In this heart-stopping, unflinching, and highly entertaining thriller of life and death, drugs and heroism, Corcoran leads a team of retired top cops, funded by four anonymous billionaires, on a mission to stop Alboroto before it’s too late. Snowstorm in August also features a sneak peek of the popular NYPD Red series, NYPD Red 7: The Murder Sorority.
A Balloon in the Snowstorm
Title | A Balloon in the Snowstorm PDF eBook |
Author | Sonja Van Leeuwe |
Publisher | Tate Publishing |
Pages | 142 |
Release | 2012-06 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1618628429 |
Baby Madison is born during a blizzard in southwestern Minnesota on Christmas Day 2009. Everything seems perfect, until Madison has trouble breathing and turns blue only hours after she is discharged home from the hospital. As she is rushed to the ER, her emotional and incredible journey begins. The doctors at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota, suspect that Madison is suffering from a metabolic condition called CPS deficiency, which can be associated with severe neurological damage and even death. Now only time will tell how badly Madison has been affected by this rare and devastating disorder. While the medical world labors to find a treatment for Madison, her parents, Eric and Sonja, struggle to keep their hope and faith alive. With the support and love of their family and friends, Eric and Sonja continue to fight for their beloved daughter, as Madison continues to show slow progress and much strength and love. Throughout Madison's unimaginable experience, she touches the lives of many and initiates many transformations within the medical community. By joining Eric and Sonja on Madison's Journey, you will discover the powerful message that Madison was sent to reveal.
Snow in August
Title | Snow in August PDF eBook |
Author | Pete Hamill |
Publisher | Grand Central Publishing |
Pages | 252 |
Release | 2009-10-31 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0446569666 |
Deeply affecting and wonderfully evocative of old New York, Snow in August is a brilliant fable for our time and all time -- and another triumph for Pete Hamill. Brooklyn, 1947. The war veterans have come home. Jackie Robinson is about to become a Dodger. And in one close-knit working-class neighborhood, an eleven-year-old Irish Catholic boy named Michael Devlin has just made friends with a lonely rabbi from Prague. Snow in August is the story of that unlikely friendship -- and of how the neighborhood reacts to it. For Michael, the rabbi opens a window to ancient learning and lore that rival anything in Captain Marvel. For the rabbi, Michael illuminates the everyday mysteries of America, including the strange language of baseball. But like their hero Jackie Robinson, neither can entirely escape from the swirling prejudices of the time. Terrorized by a local gang of anti-Semitic Irish toughs, Michael and the rabbi are caught in an escalating spiral of hate for which there's only one way out -- a miracle....
City of Snow
Title | City of Snow PDF eBook |
Author | Linda Oatman-High |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Pages | 40 |
Release | 2004-10-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0802789102 |
A fictionalized account, told in free-verse poems, of a young girl's experience living through the 1888 "Great Blizzard" in New York City.
The Crystal Snowstorm
Title | The Crystal Snowstorm PDF eBook |
Author | Meriol Trevor |
Publisher | Bethlehem Books |
Pages | 220 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9781883937256 |
On the eve of 1848 as small revolutions begin all over Europe, thirteen-year-old Catherine Ayre finds herself involved in dangerous political intrigue in the small but troubled country of Letzenstein where her grandfather, the Grand Duke Edmond, is ruler.
Big Snow
Title | Big Snow PDF eBook |
Author | Jonathan Bean |
Publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) |
Pages | 36 |
Release | 2013-09-24 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1466845007 |
An excited and frustrated boy watches hopefully as wintry weather develops slowly into a "big snow." While "helping" his mother with holiday housecleaning, a boy keeps a watchful eye on the progress of a winter storm. He's hoping for a big snow. A really big snow. Inside, he is underfoot, turning sheet-changing and tub-scrubbing into imaginary whiteouts. Outside, flakes are flying. But over the course of a long day (for Mom) the clouds seem slow on delivering a serious snowfall. Then comes a dreamy naptime adventure, marking just the beginning of high hopes coming true in this irresistible seasonal story.