Download or read book Missing in the Minarets written by William Alsup and published by . This book was released on 2005-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This riveting narrative details the mysterious disappearance of Peter Starr, a San Francisco attorney from a prominent family, who set off to climb alone in the rugged Minaret region of the Sierra Nevada in July 1933. Rigorous and thorough searches by some of the best climbers in the history of the range failed to locate him despite a number of promising clues. When all hope seemed gone and the last search party had left the Minarets, mountaineering legend Norman Clyde refused to give up. Climbing alone, he persevered in the face of failure, resolved that he would learn the fate of the lost man. Clyde's discovery and the events that followed make for compelling reading. Recently reissued with a new afterword, this re-creation of a famous episode in the annals of the Sierra Nevada is mountaineering literature at its best.
Download or read book Missing Starr written by Wahletta Hale and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-12-12 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is going on in this small Florida fishing village of Capwater located on a seaport? A petite, young classy lady, Darla Starr has just opened her real estate brokerage, Starr Port Realty, as a hurricane has just veered away from the little fishing village. A month later she is planning her grand opening with much excitement when she receives a mysterious letter and a phone call before going home for the night. Now frightened, she leaves her office to go to the safety of her seaside home but her vehicle will not start. The handsome police officer becomes attracted to her after assisting her to her home. Everyone awaits her arrival for the big event of her grand opening but are soon informed by the police officers that she is missing and Officer Thomas has been shot and is in a coma, not expected to live.The captain of the Capwater Police Department notifies and relays the events to Darla best friend, Kathy Lee Day. Along with her sister Erica Daniels and Kathy's German shepherd dog, Sam, they drive from Asheville, North Carolina where they both live. Kathy Lee, as a still licensed real estate broker and a mystery writer will not only keep Darla's real estate brokerage open but try to solve the mystery. The two sisters are thrown into puzzling and dangerous situations while trying to find some clues as to who has taken Darla and who shot Officer Bill Thomas. Strange things begin after Kathy Lee and Erica arrive at Kathy's cottage in Capwater, Florida. A puzzling riddle left by the intruder, who has cut off their phone and electric lines leaving them in darkness, and the riddle concerns Darla Starr. Is she dead or alive? They search Darla's cottage and find Darla is not who she says she is. After discovering a vault hidden away in the wall of Darla's master bedroom closet, they are in more fear when the FBI agents show up.Who is the man hidden out on Brad Island who has forced Cary to navigate through the rough waters of the bay to bring him supplies? Why is he watching Darla's cottage from across the bay with high powered binoculars?The FBI agent, brings to light another woman, Dusty, who has been writing in her diary for over thirty years now. She met Jim Starr when she was young while cleaning his yacht. They fell in love and planned to spend their life together. Very powerful people in the political realm and wanting Jim to be the next governor of Alabama, Jim's parents threatened her, making her disappear from Jim's life. After reuniting with Jim Starr after all these years plans are made to reveal the truths. Upon her arrival to Capwater, Jim doesn't show up and Dusty and her son, Michael, are left wondering what happened. Plans had also been made that same day with Jim and Troy Masters, the FBI agent. Jim was to give him information regarding two crooked politicians who had embezzled six million dollars. The news the next day explained it. Jim and Thelma Starr had both been killed in a boating accident on their way to Brad Island.The impending hurricane now looks like it will hit Capwater for sure. Everyone is preparing for disaster and hope that Darla and Cary won't be killed. Huddling in Kathy's cottage with Erica, Greg and Troy Masters, the FBI agent, they are all shocked as he starts unveiling the true identity of Darla and her father's hidden secrets. News media has just reported that Dusty's son, Michael, a defense attorney, has just been abducted from a courtroom in Gulf View Shores, Alabama. Who is behind all of these kidnappings, threats, and mayhem? Capwater is now filled with reporters giving the latest on the hurricane damage. The real reason they are here is not the hurricane. Spoke persons for the family of the late Jim Starr are going to give a live news conference revealing all the events, past and present and how all these people fit in together. The reporters are in media heaven as they report live from this little Florida fishing village with so many mysteries.
Download or read book The Passing of Starr Faithfull written by Jonathan Goodman and published by Kent State University Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work, winner of the Crime Writers' Association's Gold Dagger Award, provides an account of the international scandal and media activity surrounding the death of Starr Faithfull in 1931. Granted access to the police dossier, the author arrives at an unexpected yet credible conclusion.
Download or read book In the Wind written by Ron Peterson Jr and published by Post Hill Press. This book was released on 2024-07-30 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1981, detective Kay Schucker was the lead investigator in the high-profile missing persons case of Old Dominion University student Janice Starr. The beautiful coed disappeared without a trace from ODU’s Norfolk, Virginia campus. Among the only leads was Janice’s diary, which included detailed journal entries about her daily activities. As Kay studied the diary—going several years back—she learned that Janice, a US Army veteran, had faced the same challenges in the military that Kay did in law enforcement. They were both women trying to succeed in a man’s world. Feeling a kinship toward Janice, Kay became consumed with unraveling the mystery of Janice’s disappearance and possible death. As the investigation unfolded, Kay began to suspect that Janice had an affair with her ROTC professor at ODU, Army captain Dwight Beddingfield—a well-respected family man married with three kids. Kay was warned by superiors to tread lightly in her investigation of Beddingfield and cautioned not to dig too deeply. But she soon uncovered a life insurance scheme and discovered that Janice had been assigned a series of dangerous tasks by Captain Beddingfield. Did these circumstances play a role in Janice’s demise? Was the highly regarded Beddingfield actually a killer? If so, what did he do with Janice’s remains?
Download or read book Lost Enlightenment written by S. Frederick Starr and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2015-06-02 with total page 694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The forgotten story of Central Asia's enlightenment—its rise, fall, and enduring legacy In this sweeping and richly illustrated history, S. Frederick Starr tells the fascinating but largely unknown story of Central Asia's medieval enlightenment through the eventful lives and astonishing accomplishments of its greatest minds—remarkable figures who built a bridge to the modern world. Because nearly all of these figures wrote in Arabic, they were long assumed to have been Arabs. In fact, they were from Central Asia—drawn from the Persianate and Turkic peoples of a region that today extends from Kazakhstan southward through Afghanistan, and from the easternmost province of Iran through Xinjiang, China. Lost Enlightenment recounts how, between the years 800 and 1200, Central Asia led the world in trade and economic development, the size and sophistication of its cities, the refinement of its arts, and, above all, in the advancement of knowledge in many fields. Central Asians achieved signal breakthroughs in astronomy, mathematics, geology, medicine, chemistry, music, social science, philosophy, and theology, among other subjects. They gave algebra its name, calculated the earth's diameter with unprecedented precision, wrote the books that later defined European medicine, and penned some of the world's greatest poetry. One scholar, working in Afghanistan, even predicted the existence of North and South America—five centuries before Columbus. Rarely in history has a more impressive group of polymaths appeared at one place and time. No wonder that their writings influenced European culture from the time of St. Thomas Aquinas down to the scientific revolution, and had a similarly deep impact in India and much of Asia. Lost Enlightenment chronicles this forgotten age of achievement, seeks to explain its rise, and explores the competing theories about the cause of its eventual demise. Informed by the latest scholarship yet written in a lively and accessible style, this is a book that will surprise general readers and specialists alike.
Download or read book Missing in the Minarets written by William Alsup and published by Yosemite Conservancy. This book was released on 2020-06-23 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This riveting narrative details the mysterious disappearance of Peter Starr, a San Francisco attorney from a prominent family, who set off to climb alone in the rugged Minaret region of the Sierra Nevada in July 1933. Rigorous and thorough searches by some of the best climbers in the history of the range failed to locate him despite a number of promising clues. When all hope seemed gone and the last search party had left the Minarets, mountaineering legend Norman Clyde refused to give up. Climbing alone, he persevered in the face of failure, resolved that he would learn the fate of the lost man. Clyde’s discovery and the events that followed make for compelling reading. Recently reissued with a new afterword, this re-creation of a famous episode in the annals of the Sierra Nevada is mountaineering literature at its best.
Download or read book Abandon written by Elana Johnson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-06-04 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Jag, Zenn, Vi, and the rest of the resistance are determined to take down the Thinkers, but there is a traitor among them, who could cost them their cause--and their lives"--
Download or read book Wrecked Lives and Lost Souls written by Jerry Thompson and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2019-10-24 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing up, Jerry Thompson knew only that his grandfather was a gritty, “mixed-blood” Cherokee cowboy named Joe Lynch Davis. That was all anyone cared to say about the man. But after Thompson’s mother died, the award-winning historian discovered a shoebox full of letters that held the key to a long-lost family history of passion, violence, and despair. Wrecked Lives and Lost Souls, the result of Thompson’s sleuthing into his family’s past, uncovers the lawless life and times of a man at the center of systematic cattle rustling, feuding, gun battles, a bloody range war, bank robberies, and train heists in early 1900s Indian Territory and Oklahoma. Through painstaking detective work into archival sources, newspaper accounts, and court proceedings, and via numerous interviews, Thompson pieces together not only the story of his grandfather—and a long-forgotten gang of outlaws to rival the infamous Younger brothers—but also the dark path of a Cherokee diaspora from Georgia to Indian Territory. Davis, born in 1891, grew up on a family ranch on the Canadian River, outside the small community of Porum in the Cherokee Nation. The range was being fenced, and for the Davis family and others, cattle rustling was part of a way of life—a habit that ultimately spilled over into violence and murder. The story “goes way back to the wild & wooly cattle days of the west,” an aunt wrote to Thompson’s mother, “when there was cattle rustling, bank robberies & feuding.” One of these feuds—that Joe Davis was “raised right into”—was the decade-long Porum Range War, which culminated in the murder of Davis’s uncle in 1907. In fleshing out the details of the range war and his grandfather’s life, Thompson brings to light the brutality and far-reaching consequences of an obscure chapter in the history of the American West.
Download or read book Runaway Twin written by Peg Kehret and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-10-15 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirteen-year-old Sunny runs away from her current foster parent in search of her twin sister, from whom she was separated ten years earlier. On the way, she'll face a tornado, bullies, and a stray dog- and the fact that her sister may not be who Sunny hoped she would be.
Download or read book Missing Starr Revised Plus Recipes Edition 4 written by Wahletta Hale and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-12-12 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is going on in this small Florida fishing village of Capwater located on a seaport? A petite, young classy lady, Darla Starr has just opened her real estate brokerage, Starr Port Realty, as a hurricane has just veered away from the little fishing village. A month later she is planning her grand opening with much excitement when she receives a mysterious letter and a phone call before going home for the night. Now frightened, she leaves her office to go to the safety of her seaside home but her vehicle will not start. The handsome police officer becomes attracted to her after assisting her to her home. Everyone awaits her arrival for the big event of her grand opening but are soon informed by the police officers that she is missing and Officer Thomas has been shot, is in a coma and not expected to live. The captain of the Capwater Police Department notifies and relays the events to Darla best friend, Kathy Lee Day. Along with her sister Erica Daniels and Kathy's German shepherd dog, Sam, they drive from Asheville, North Carolina where they both live. The two sisters are thrown into a puzzling, and dangerous situations while trying to find some clues as to who has taken Darla and who shot Officer Bill Thomas. Strange things begin after Kathy Lee and Erica arrive at Kathy's cottage in Capwater, Florida. A puzzling riddle is left by the intruder concerning Darla Starr. They search Darla's cottage and find Darla is not who she says she is. After their find in Darla's master bedroom closet, they are more than frightened when the FBI agents show up. Who is the man hidden out on Brad Island who has forced Cary to navigate through the rough waters of the bay to bring him supplies? Why is he watching Darla's cottage from across the bay with high powered binoculars? Dusty has been writing in her diary for over thirty years now. She met Jim Starr when she was young while cleaning his yacht. They fell in love and planned to spend their life together. Very powerful people in the political realm and wanting Jim to be the next governor of Alabama, Jim's parents threatened her, making her disappear from Jim's life. After reuniting with Jim Starr after all these years plans are made to reveal the truths. Upon her arrival to Capwater, Jim doesn't show up and Dusty and her son, Michael, are left wondering what happened. Plans had also been made that same day with Jim and Troy Masters, the FBI agent. Jim was to give him information regarding two crooked politicians who had embezzled six million dollars. The news the next day explained it. Jim and Thelma Starr had both been killed in a boating accident on their way to Brad Island. The impending hurricane now looks like it will hit Capwater for sure. Everyone is preparing for disaster and hope that Darla and Cary won't be killed. Huddling in Kathy's cottage with Erica, Greg and Troy Masters, the FBI agent, they are all shocked as he starts unveiling the true identity of Darla and her father's hidden secrets. News media has just reported that Dusty's son, Michael has just been abducted from the courtroom in Gulf View Shores, Alabama by two men at gunpoint. Who is behind all of these kidnappings, threats, and mayhem? Capwater, Florida is filled with reporters giving the latest on the hurricane damage. The real reason they are here is not the hurricane. Spoke persons for the family of the late Jim Starr are going to give a live news conference revealing all the events, past and present and how all these people fit in together. When they had finished with the story, the reporters were in media heaven. They had the most sensational story of the year. Real estate, yachts, romance, gambling, kidnappings, crime, politics, police and FBI agents, money, greed, embezzlement, murders, mystery, intrigue, pets, lost and found loved ones, and newly discovered family. To top it off was a hurricane in the middle of it all in one small Florida fishing village on the bay. .
Download or read book Missing in the Minarets written by William H. Alsup and published by Yosemite Conservancy. This book was released on 2001 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A riviting narrative detailing the mysterious disappearance of Peter Starr, a San Francisco attorney from a prominent family, who set off to climb alone in the rugged Minaret region of the Sierra Nevada in July 1933. Rigorous and thorough searches by some of the best climbers in the history of the range failed to locate him despite a number of promising clues. When all hopes seemed gone, legendary mountaineer Norman Clyde continued the search to learn the fate of the lost man.
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Download or read book Status Update written by Alice E. Marwick and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2013-11-26 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents an analysis of social media, discussing how a technology which was once heralded as democratic, has evolved into one which promotes elitism and inequality and provides companies with the means of invading privacy in search of profits.
Download or read book Jane Austen s Lost Letters written by Jane K. Cleland and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2021-12-14 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jane K. Cleland returns with Jane Austen's Lost Letters, the fourteenth installment in the beloved Josie Prescott Antiques series, set on the rugged New Hampshire coast. Antiques appraiser Josie Prescott is in the midst of filming a segment for her new television show, Josie’s Antiques, when the assistant director interrupts to let her know she has a visitor. Josie reluctantly pauses production and goes outside, where she finds an elegant older woman waiting to see her. Veronica Sutton introduces herself as an old friend of Josie’s father, who had died twenty years earlier. Veronica seems fidgety, and after only a few minutes, hands Josie a brown paper-wrapped package, about the size of a shoebox, and leaves. Mystified, Josie opens the package, and gasps when she sees what’s inside: a notecard bearing her name—in her father’s handwriting—and a green leather box. Inside the box are two letters in transparent plastic sleeves. The first bears the salutation, “My dear Cassandra,” the latter, “Dearest Fanny.” Both are signed “Jane Austen.” Could her father have really accidentally found two previously unknown letters by one of the world’s most beloved authors—Jane Austen? Reeling, Josie tries to track down Veronica, but the woman has vanished without a trace. Josie sets off on the quest of a lifetime to learn what Veronica knows about her father and to discover whether the Jane Austen letters are real. As she draws close to the truth, she finds herself in danger, and learns that some people will do anything to keep a secret—even kill.
Download or read book Genius written by Patrick Dennis and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following in the tradition of Auntie Mame, bestselling author Patrick Dennis turns his wicked satirical pen on the insane world of fictional film director Leander Starr. Fleeing the IRS, creditors, and jilted lovers, Starr holes up in a Mexico City apartment—Casa Ximenez—with his faithful valet, Alistair St. Regis. Soon others descend on the villa—Starr's ex-wife, his estranged socialite daughter, a shady Mexican film producer, a tax collector who has chased Starr around the world, and a dim young widow sitting on a fortune in laxative stock. Starr concocts a plan to distract them all: an abbreviated cinematic epic covering the history of Mexico titled Valley of the Vultures, starring them. Will the scheme work? In addition to Dennis's uproarious novel, this fresh edition includes a long-lost short story of Leander Starr, "'Twas the Night Before Christmas in the Railway Station," as well as a new afterword by the author's son.
Download or read book Frederick Starr written by Donald McVicker and published by AltaMira Press. This book was released on 2012-11-10 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This definitive, detail-packed biography is the first of Frederick Starr (1856-1933), a founding father of American anthropology at the University of Chicago. It presents a major reevaluation of Starr’s place as the missionizer of anthropology, illuminates the consequences of the professionalization of anthropology, and yields a greater understanding of the United States as it moved into a position of global power. Donald McVicker considers Frederick Starr’s colorful life in the context of the times.In many respects Starr’s early career paralleled that of Franz Boas, “the architect of American anthropology.” Nonetheless, as Boas led professional anthropology into the twentieth century in the United States, Starr, the popularizer, increasingly fell behind. Today, if Starr is remembered at all, he is usually described in terms of his intellectual, professional, and ethical failings. Yet his collections, publications, and photographic and paper archives provide a rich set of resources for archaeologists, ethnologists, folklorists, and historians. McVicker argues that Starr’s mission to bring anthropology to the public and enlighten them was as valid a goal during his career as was Boas’s goal to professionalize the field.
Download or read book The Last Place You d Look written by Carole Moore and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2011-03-03 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every day people go missing. Some run away, some are kidnapped, some are the victims of foul play. This book examines true stories of missing persons and their families alongside the various resources available to them.
