Download or read book The Lady and the Gandydancer written by Rob Robinson and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-07-12 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sean O'Sullivan, once a roaring twenties playboy, has been forced by his railroad president father to work as a Gandydancer, unskilled workers who use shovel and pick to keep the rail lines straight, a job that begins to have a positive effect, when one night he finds himself rescuing Anne Miller, a spoiled coed abandoned on a mean street in Baltimore by her feckless date when she resists his amorous advances. Sean lets her believe he is a common laborer, and she is charmed by his gentlemanly ways, but unsure that he could ever fit into her upper class life. When Sean meets the saddened sister of one of his fellow workers whose fiancé was lost in the Great War, he, too, is torn, unable to choose between two women who both believe he is merely a Gandydancer.
Download or read book Memories of a Gandy Dancer written by Rocky Myrtle and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-06 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PrologueAt a young age his life revolved around the next paycheck and nights at the local tavern. After three years he knew the mind numbing factory work, was but a slow death drowning in drudgery. The excitement of adulthood had long ago lost its luster. The endless cycle that he had fallen into with only a high school education he saw no favorable escape from. Traversing the highway of life between youth and responsibly there are unexpected bends and turns and even detours along the way. Decisions made, both good and not so favorable, affect each each leg of our journey. Late on a Friday night, in a smoke filled tavern, a seed was planted that would forever change a life. Full of a nights worth of drinking an old railroad employee steadied himself against the bar and said in a gruff voice, "If you want a real job be in Newton at 7:00 a.m. and I don't mean 7:01 either." Those few words were about to change a life. On April 20, 1970 a kid climbed on board this train. This is a collection of memories over thirty-seven plus years. It is the life of a kid who became a man during this journey. I am that kid and this is my story.
Download or read book Rohna Memories written by Michael Walsh and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005-03-25 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On November 26, 1943 the United States sustained its largest loss of troops at sea. Over 2,000 U.S. servicemen were aboard the British troop ship HMT Rohna in the Mediterranean on their way to the China-Burma-India Theater of war. Traveling in a convoy, the Rohna and 23 other ships were attacked by German bombers. After a fierce fight that ended with no ships lost, a single bomber made a final run. Armed with the latest technology (a rocket powered, remote controlled Henschel HS-293 glide bomb), it set its sights on the Rohna. Many men were killed instantly by the direct hit. Rescue ships spent hours pulling survivors from the water. By the time the losses were totaled, 1,015 U.S. servicemen had lost their lives. During a four-year period, author Michael Walsh met with survivors at their annual reunions, sitting with them as they recorded their stories of that night. Rohna Memories: Eyewitness to Tragedy is a repository of their recollections, whenever possible in their own words. Also included are: Diagrams and photos Letters home Witness reports Tributes by relatives Lists of survivors and casualties
Download or read book The Gandy Dancer and Other Short Stories written by B. D. Sparhawk and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All of the stories in The Gandy Dancer are touching and surprising, O'Henry twists to Jack London yarns. This delightful collection, full of beautiful imagery of land and skies and people, are stories of the USA told by an American girl, raised coast to coast, and north to south, who took off on her own at 17 to see what's up. There's persistent virtue to each adventure, triumph over adversity, as they reach heart and soul for a rare look at the lives of strangers and the paths they picked up for themselves. The classic independent spirit of the American adventurer is captured in each original tale, and the everlasting joy of charting new territory. Has anything, Sparhawk asks, got more punch to it than a road map? "Your book is very handsomely put together, and you write in a lively and engaging way." Larry P. Arnn, President Hillsdale College, Michigan, USA From the Monterey Herald, March 8, 2004, Page One, Section B, Five column story and photograph Author Draws from Rich Life "Sparhawk's life has been a coast to coast odyssey of day jobs, art and writing... she's worked as a radio producer and press secretary to onetime Vice Presidential Candidate Geraldine Ferraro, network news writer, newspaper reporter, painter and sculptor. 'I like doing things that are a challenge, ' she said."
Download or read book Blood Memory written by Colleen J. McElroy and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 2016-03-31 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blood Memory, Colleen J. McElroy's collection of narrative poetry, emerges from deep seated memories with enormous emotion. Through the rhythms and musicality unique to McElroy's voice, it portrays an extended family, a complex culture spanning several decades, multiple victories and failures, and a single brilliant soul that frames the poems. Dedicated to McElroy's mother, the book is universal in its scope, inescapable in its earthy particularity. McElroy writes, "I am the last female of a family/ of women who wove the fabric/ of stories into doilies and slip coversÉ/" Blood Memory offers consummate storytelling and unforgettable poetry capturing a place and time gone forever. And as an evolving history, the poetry has a cinematic quality, large and intimate and at the same time, characters utterly vivid.
Download or read book Memories of the U S S Mississippi written by John E. Kent and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2023-02-09 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Except for the official record of the USS Mississippi, there are not many accounts from the men who served on her during WWII. Now fifty years after my dad was in the Navy, he tells his story. ItaEUR(tm)s not in the order of how it was in WWII, but you have to remember it was fifty years ago. He told me, aEURoeYou had to be stupid not to be scared.aEUR Every man was fighting to survive. It was the most decorated battleship in WWII.
Download or read book Memories War Stories and STANS Shoot That Ain t Nothing written by Oliver Hurt and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2016-12-30 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you grew up during the baby boomer years, you will enjoy reading this book, and if not, you will enjoy learning what it was like growing up in the late fifties. It will spark memories of your own childhood. OJ Hurt grew up instilled with a Christian faith and describes himself as "just a man living as best I know how and as taught me by my parents and grandparents." This book will take you into small-town memories and describe what it's like to be a police officer. As a police pilot, OJ will place you in the cockpit of a police helicopter and will make you feel as though you are in the cockpit flying with him. This book will describe what it's like being a federal investigator and will allow you some insight into investigative questioning techniques. OJ's three decades of investigative experience and his experience as an army counterintelligence officer is a career-rich in action and stories. OJ describes his leadership philosophy and how committed leadership can effect improvement. OJ describes what it's like as an army counterintelligence officer and developing a tough mindset as a leader of combat operations. Learn how he put together six intelligence teams from scratch and how tactical intelligence sources are determined and why one does not leave a footprint on an intelligence source. Enjoy.
Download or read book Madwoman written by Shara McCallum and published by Alice James Books. This book was released on 2017-02-13 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Haunting, alarming, transformative, and elusive, these poems bridge together the gaps between development stages: from girl, to woman, and then mother. With the complexities that intertwine them, can you be all three at once? Who shapes our identity, and who is in control here? How do we recognize, acknowledge, and honor the changing of who we are?
Download or read book On Our Way Home from the Revolution written by Sonya Bilocerkowycz and published by Mad Creek Books. This book was released on 2019 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the 2014 Ukrainian revolution, a child of the Ukrainian diaspora challenges her formative ideologies, considers innocence and complicity, and questions the roots of patriotism.
Download or read book Railroads and the American People written by H. Roger Grant and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2012-10-17 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Railroads and the American People is a sparkling paean to American railroading by one of its finest historians.
Download or read book Irish Gandy Dancer written by Ryan Michael Collins and published by Createspace Indie Pub Platform. This book was released on 2010-05-03 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John McGlinchey, a young Irish transplant from County Donegal finds little opportunity in South Philadelphia during Reconstruction era America. His war time savings nearly depleted, he is determined to find work and joins hundreds of his countrymen in one of the greatest engineering quests of the time, building the Trans-Continental Railroad. McGlinchey provides a first person narrative of the events he encounters that overturn many of his contemporary views of race and religion while at the same time providing an unvarnished view of people great and small that shaped this grand endeavor.
Download or read book River of Iron written by David Lee and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-08-23 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: HEMATITE AND TALES of streets paved with gold drew boatloads of Europeans to the Marquette Iron Range in Michigan's Upper Peninsula in the late 1800s--including my ancestors. the rugged terrain and savage winters of their new home on the "mountain of iron" threatened their survival, yet they had no chance of returning to the Old County--and they knew it. Some left, but the hardy ones stayed, threw up mining camps and drove mineshafts deep into the granite. They raised families--built churches, railroads, and schools--they created a river of iron that cascaded out of the wilderness. Then the Great Depression struck in 1929 and the river of iron dwindled to a trickle. Without means of support the iron miners and their families persevered against a destroyed economy and fierce winters. This is a tale of how my family survived those tough times. It tells of simple things like collecting water, chopping firewood, and slaughtering hogs, but it is also a template for raising and educating a family on challenging terrain in the midst of poverty.
Download or read book Laker Girl written by Jeanie Buss and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The never-before-told story of the Buss family and of one woman's rise to the top in a man's world, Laker Girl is an unprecedented glimpse into the glamorous world of the Los Angeles Lakers. It is also a behind-the-scenes journal of the 2009–10 Lakers season, a year in which the franchise captured its 16th world championship. By the time Jeanie was 19, she was already a high-ranking executive with World Team Tennis. Today, she is the Lakers' executive vice president of business operations and one of the most influential women in professional sports. Along the way, she's rubbed elbows with everyone from Michael Jordan, John McEnroe, and Shaquille O'Neal to Ryan Seacrest, Khloe Kardashian, Hugh Hefner, and Jack Nicholson. And she's done it all in her own unique, inimitable style. In this updated edition, Buss discusses her recent engagement to Phil Jackson and looks back on the Lakers' eventful past three seasons—an era that has included multiple coaching changes, changes in the front office, a new TV deal, and much more.
Download or read book Iconic Restaurants of Ann Arbor written by Jon Milan and Gail Offen and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2016 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of Ann Arbor's most iconic local eateries from college hangouts to elegant eateries is sure to satisfy. What is an iconic Ann Arbor restaurant? Ask anyone who has ever spent time there as a student, traveler, or townie, and they are likely to name several favorites in an instant. From debating the best place to celebrate or console on football Saturdays to deciding where to eat after the bars close, the choices have always sparked passionate conversation. In Ann Arbor, people are known to have strong feelings about the best places for pizza, coffee, beer, burgers, noodles, and burritos. Although many of the go-to hangouts are long gone, a surprising number still thrive. And there are always a few newcomers coming along to win the hearts of the next generation of diners, nibblers, and noshers. Some are fine restaurants and taverns, and others are lunch counters, diners, carry-outs, and drive-ins--but in each and every case, they are unique and together make up a collection of iconic local eateries.
Download or read book Fast Scrapbooking with 4x6 Photos written by and published by Leisure Arts. This book was released on 2012 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This ingenious book from the editors of Creating Keepsakes scrapbook magazine encourages readers to scrapbook their layouts with 4" x 6" photos straight from the printer--with minimal or even no, cropping required. And best of all, with no time-consuming photo resizing or expensive photo enlargements! This ground-breaking approach helps readers speed up their scrapbooking process and get caught up with their always-growing stack of photos. The book is organized by the number of photos on each layout, which helps readers quickly identify the layouts that will be most helpful to them. Also included are ideas for using 4" x 6" photos to create mini albums, photo gifts for the family, and home décor items.
Download or read book Montana Ghost Dance written by John B. Wright and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2013-09-26 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Montana has been the "last best place" for so many people. A century ago, Native Americans gathered here to perform the Ghost Dance—a last, doomed attempt to make white settlers vanish and bring back the old ways of life. Today, people are still pouring into Montana, looking for the pristine wilderness they saw in A River Runs through It. The reality of Montana—indeed, of all the West—has never matched the myths, but this book eloquently explores how the search for a perfect place is driving growth, development, and resource exploitation in Big Sky country. In ten personal essays, John Wright looks at such things as Montana myths; old-timers; immigrants; elk; ways of seeing the landscape; land conservation and land trusts; the fate of the Blackfoot, Bitterroot, and Paradise valleys; and some means of preserving the last, best places. These reflections offer a way of understanding Montana that goes far beyond the headlines about militia groups and celebrities' ranches. Montana never was or will be a pristine wilderness, but Wright believes that much can be saved if natives and newcomers alike see what stands to be lost. His book is a wake-up call, not a ghost dance.
Download or read book Context written by Gary Dwyer and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2007-10-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
