Download or read book Stewball written by Peter Bowen and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2005-04 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gabriel Du Pré's Aunt Pauline has a list of husbands and ex-husbands and future husbands even she herself has trouble remembering. So Du Pré isn't exactly surprised when she shows up in Toussaint complaining that her current man, a lovable roughneck named Badger, has run off. His longer-than-usual absence has Pauline worried, and Du Pré promises to look into exactly what sort of trouble he has gotten himself into. No one quite imagines, least of all Pauline, that the first thing Du Pré will find in his investigation is Badger's body, lying in a remote part of the Montana wilderness with a bullet-hole in the base of his skull. Du Pré has a hunch his old friend and foil Harvey Wallace will be interested in the case-after all, Gabriel Du Pré's Montana is teeming with just the sorts of people that tend to interest Wallace's employers, the FBI, and the odds that Badger got mixed up with them seem inordinately high. The trail leads straight into the teeming underworld of illegal, remote brush races involving a ragtag bunch of traveling horsemen, with many thousands of dollars wagered upon each race. Forced to go undercover to determine how Badger met his end, Du Pré finds his own horse and jockey to bet on in another complicated, fascinating outing for Montana's favorite Métis son. Peter Bowen's tough, rough-edged, likable hero rides again in Stewball, an intricate installment in a classic series by one of the genre's quirkiest and most beloved practitioners.
Download or read book American Ballads and Folk Songs written by Alan Lomax and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Music and lyrics for over 200 songs. John Henry, Goin' Home, Little Brown Jug, Alabama-Bound, Ten Thousand Miles from Home, Shack Bully Holler, Black Betty, The Hammer Song, Bad Man Ballad, Jesse James, Down in the Valley, The Bear in the Hill, Shortenin' Bread, The Ballad of Davy Crockett, and many more.
Download or read book Ten Great Ideas about Chance written by Persi Diaconis and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2019-10-08 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, gamblers and mathematicians transformed the idea of chance from a mystery into the discipline of probability, setting the stage for a series of breakthroughs that enabled or transformed innumerable fields, from gambling, mathematics, statistics, economics, and finance to physics and computer science. This book tells the story of ten great ideas about chance and the thinkers who developed them, tracing the philosophical implications of these ideas as well as their mathematical impact.
Download or read book The Leadbelly Songbook written by Oak Publications and published by Oak Publications. This book was released on 2008-07-03 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 70 songs by Huddie Ledbetter, with chord names and musical transcriptions by Jerry Silverman and biographical notes by Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, Fred Ramsey, and Charles Smith. Includes: Midnite Special, Backwater Blues, John Henry, and House Of The Rising Sun.
Download or read book Carole The Inside Story written by Bonnie Bryant and published by Skylark. This book was released on 2013-01-30 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stevie, Lisa, and Carole form a club to share their love of horses. Only two rules govern the club. Members must always be horse crazy and members must always help each other. Together the three girls embark on many horse-centric adventures.
Download or read book Around the Campfire written by Peter, Paul, and Mary (Musical group) and published by Hachette Book Group. This book was released on 1998 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Our Appalachia written by Laurel Shackelford and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2021-11-21 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many books have been written about Appalachia, but few have voiced its concerns with the warmth and directness of this one. From hundreds of interviews gathered by the Appalachian Oral History Project, editors Laurel Shackelford and Bill Weinberg have woven a rich verbal tapestry that portrays the people and the region in all their variety. The words on the page have the ring of truth, for these are the people of Appalachia speaking for themselves. Here they recollect an earlier time of isolation but of independence and neighborliness. For a nearer time they tell of the great changes that took place in Appalachia with the growth of coal mining and railroads and the disruption of old ways. Persisting through the years and sounding clearly in the interviews are the dignity of the Appalachian people and their close ties with the land, despite the exploitation and change they have endured. When first published, Our Appalachia was widely praised. This new edition again makes available an authentic source of social history for all those with an interest in the region.
Download or read book Cutting Horse written by Bonnie Bryant and published by Skylark. This book was released on 2013-01-30 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Handsome teen actor Skye Ransom is on location out West at The Bar None Ranch. He needs The Saddle Club's help. Skye has to ride a cutting and roping horse, but the Hollywood-style steed he's been given doesn't know a cow from a canape. Then the girls get a brilliant idea. They must enlist the help of their friend John Brightstar, who works at the ranch. Unfortunately, John hates having the California movie crew wander around the ranch, making his job impossible. The last thing he wants to do is help them! It looks as if the girls are in a fix that will see the movie director looking The Saddle Club's way and shouting, "Cut!"
Download or read book Horse Tale written by Bonnie Bryant and published by Skylark. This book was released on 2013-01-30 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Helping Kate at the Bar None Ranch, Lisa, Stevie, and Carole are delighted Stevie's parents give her permission to buy her favorite horse at the Devine's auction, until Stevie wonders if Stewball is happier with ranch life.
Download or read book Check list of Recorded Songs in the English Language in the Archive of American Folk Song to July 1940 written by Archive of Folk Song (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Playing Games written by Donna Jo Napoli and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine being a little angel... The Little Angel of Imagination loves to do creative things, like paint pictures and make up stories. And he always comes up with creative ways to help other people. But it will take a lot more than just imagination to help Louie.... Louie's little brother always wants to make up silly games, like pretending the family dog is actually a racehorse. But Louie won't play along -- he thinks make-up games are for babies. Besides, he'd rather watch TV after school than play outside. Is there a cure for this couch potato? The Little Angel of Imagination has a plan that just might work. Use your imagination!
Download or read book Wake Up Dead Man written by Bruce Jackson and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Making it in Hell, says Bruce Jackson, is the spirit behind the sixty-five work songs gathered in this eloquent dispatch from a brutal era of prison life in the Deep South. Through engagingly documented song arrangements and profiles of their singers, Jackson shows how such pieces as "Hammer Ring," "Ration Blues," "Yellow Gal," and "Jody's Got My Wife and Gone" are like no other folk music forms: they are distinctly African in heritage, diminished in power and meaning outside their prison context, and used exclusively by black convicts. The songs helped workers through the rigors of cane cutting, logging, and cotton picking. Perhaps most important, they helped resolve the men's hopes and longings and allowed them a subtle outlet for grievances they could never voice when face-to-face with their jailers.
Download or read book Trail Ride written by Bonnie Bryant and published by Skylark. This book was released on 2013-01-30 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lisa’s on the trail ride of her life! Lisa Atwood and Carole Hanson are going to the Bar None Ranch to see their friend Kate. Of course, the Bar None means horses, but this year there’s also a cool archaeological dig going on nearby, and the girls are frequent visitors to the site. They’re having a perfect trip–and what better way to enjoy it than with a bareback midnight trail ride to watch a meteor shower? On the trail ride, Carole falls seriously ill, and Lisa has to leave her to get help. But there are other people out in the desert that night, and they don’t want Lisa to go anywhere. Now Lisa must ride for her life–and Carole’s.
Download or read book Saddle Bags written by Bonnie Bryant and published by Skylark. This book was released on 2013-03-27 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kate Devine, an out-of-town member of the Saddle Club, has invited Carole, Lisa, and Stevie out West to visit her family's dude ranch. This time the girls' parents are coming along, and the Saddle Club is looking forward to showing them how much fun riding can be—as well as how much work and skill are involved. But out West, the family vacation doesn't go exactly as planned. Lisa's mom is acting like a total snob, and Carole's dad embarrasses her by dressing like a real Eastern dude. What's worse, none of the parents seems to be taking horseback riding very seriously. Soon the girls are wishing that their parents—or the "Saddlebags"—had stayed home where they belong. Then, during an overnight cattle drive, a terrible rainstorm breaks out while the parents are off exploring an arroyo. The Saddle Club knows the "Saddlebags" are in grave danger—but can they rescue them in time?
Download or read book HORSE TRADE written by Bonnie Bryant and published by Skylark. This book was released on 2013-01-30 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accepting her boyfriend Phil's offer to ride the Arabian that his family is boarding, Stevie promises to provide the beautiful horse with the best of care and is alarmed by a mysterious allergy that it develops.
Download or read book A Man of Substances written by David Partridge and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2010-06-03 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Gerry McCarthy hit the headlines in 1996, he was the man at the center of a five million dollar dope bust, the largest grow-op takedown in Canadian history. But when he hit the big city as a small-town teenager many years before, he was as green as grass. The story in between is a unique and winding journey through the vibrant, revolutionary years of the twentieth century. A Man of Substances looks unblinkingly at McCarthys invention, reaction, and folly over a life on the less sober side of the law. This memoir explores McCarthys journey, from a guitar slung across his shoulders to handcuffs around his wrists. In between are the exploits of one of Canadas marijuana cultivation pioneers, at turns resourceful and rash, sincere and sardonic, hardworking and hammered. He is paperboy and pot dealer, secret keeper and raconteur. Hes a devoted suburban family man with a pound of weed in the second car. Both entertaining and educational, A Man of Substances reflects the times and the culture of the world in which he grew up and explores that worlds folly and its shadows with equal candor. I liked...no, loved this book. - Betsy Powell, author of Bad Seeds
Download or read book Western Star written by Bonnie Bryant and published by Skylark. This book was released on 2013-01-30 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The members of the Saddle Club spend their winter break at the Bar None Ranch, where each member of the club has an experience that teaches them all an unforgettable lesson about the true meaning of the holiday season.
