Download or read book The House on Camp Ruby Road written by Twyla Ellis and published by Zimbell House Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inheriting an old southern homestead in the deep woods of East Texas may not always be a good thing.Eden Devereaux has a problem. After the death of her mother, she's left a house on the other side of the state, in The Big Thicket of East Texas, and no one seems to know why or by whom. The records have been sealed.When Eden shows up to investigate, she finds her inheritance is occupied by an elderly woman full of secrets she's unwilling to share. The local townsfolk are curious, and the river bottom people see her as an outsider and a threat. Then there's the ghosts.Handsome J.D. Callahan is swept up in the mystery and finds himself an unwitting protector of Eden's and it's messing with his plans for a quiet life.The further Eden and J.D. investigate, the more mystery they find. When lives are put in jeopardy, and blood feuds are called, will Eden stay and claim what's hers? Or will the ghosts of the past keep their secrets?
Download or read book Camp Ruby written by Norma Hammond Mc Loughlin and published by . This book was released on 2010-03-26 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The W. T. Carter Lumber Company founded the community of Camp Ruby in southeast Polk County, Texas, in 1925 to house the workers it employed to harvest the timber in the Big Thicket, as the surrounding tracks of forest were called. Before these very same forests overgrew and eventually concealed almost every vestige of the community's former existence, Camp Ruby had for more than 20 years been the cherished home of its hard-working residents. This is the story of their family and working lives as recalled by those former residents in conversations with the author. Included is a roster of the camp's families as well as a gallery of personal photographs. Indexed.
Download or read book 11 Ruby Road 1900 written by Barkla Charlotte and published by Walker Books Australia. This book was released on 2024-03-03 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perfect period fiction for middle-grade girls - for fans of the Our Australian Girl series It is 1900 and Dorothy and her family have just moved to a new house at 11 Ruby Road. Ruby Road is a busy street, bustling with activity - families and children, noisy carts and animals. The house is close enough to see the city and very different from the rural life Dorothy has known. Best of all it has a secret writing room that only she knows about! Dorothy has big plans for her new neighbourhood - she wants to put on a play and write it herself! But there are other reasons for her family's move to the city and, as Dorothy starts to learn about her new house, she discovers more about the period of time she's growing up in.
Download or read book Ruby s Road written by Lorraine Martin and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-05-12 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ruby Mast, a sullen high school senior, views her life as shallow and wishes for something more. One night, she hears a noise coming from the kitchen. Surprisingly, she is confronted by a tiny man, whose name is Ammond. He is prince of a land called Star End, and has become lost on a quest to save his sister, Fiodella, from an evil wizard. Ruby, thirsty for adventure, asks to accompany him on his journey. Neither youth knows what lies before them, but through their trials, they will have to decide whether to rely on each other, or completely fall apart, failing their mission and possibly losing their lives.
Download or read book Camp Nine written by Vivienne Schiffer and published by University of Arkansas Press. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, authorizing the U.S. military to ban anyone from certain areas of the country, with primary focus on the West Coast. Eventually the order was used to imprison 120,000 people of Japanese descent in incarceration camps such as the Rohwer Relocation Center in remote Desha County, Arkansas. This time of fear and prejudice (the U.S. government formally apologized for the relocations in 1982) and the Arkansas Delta are the setting for Camp Nine. The novel's narrator, Chess Morton, lives in tiny Rook Arkansas. Her days are quiet and secluded until the appearance of a "relocation" center built for what was, in effect, the imprisonment of thousands of Japanese Americans. Chess's life becomes intertwined with those of two young internees and an American soldier mysteriously connected to her mother's past. As Chess watches the struggles and triumphs of these strangers and sees her mother seek justice for the people who briefly and involuntarily came to call the Arkansas Delta their home, she discovers surprising and disturbing truths about her family's painful past.
Download or read book House Documents written by USA House of Representatives and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 750 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Upper Room written by Mary Monroe and published by Kensington Publishing Corp.. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The “magnificent, funny, and terrifying” debut novel from the New York Times bestselling author of God Don’t Like Ugly (The San Francisco Chronicle). Mama Ruby’s known for taking things that aren’t rightfully hers, like her best friend’s stillborn infant, who she brought back to life and christened Maureen. She’s also rumored to have done away with her husband. Some fear her, others try their best to avoid her. But Mama Ruby doesn’t pay them any mind. Not when she’s got the one gift God gave her—her precious baby girl. But growing up with a mama like Ruby is enough to make any half-sane girl wish for something—anything—else. And when Maureen gets the chance to explore the “real” world, you can bet she’s going to take it . . . and run like hell. “[An] engaging debut novel . . . The dialogue and setting are reminiscent of Zora Neale Hurston, but the story has a bizarre, violent edge la Stephen King . . . a candid portrayal of the cold-blooded yet fascinating Mama Ruby.” —Publishers Weekly “A chilling story that is bound to astound Monroe’s fans.” —Booklist Praise for Mary Monroe “An exceptional writer and phenomenal storyteller!” —Kimberla Lawson Roby, New York Times bestselling author “A remarkable talent.” —Chicago Sun-Times “Monroe is a masterful storyteller.” —Philadelphia Inquirer
Download or read book House Documents Otherwise Publ as Executive Documents written by United States. Congress. House and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 902 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Camp Ruby a Place in Time written by Norma Hammond McLoughlin and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book House Documents written by United States House of Representatives and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 916 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hearing on Forest Service Road Reconstruction Issues on the South Canyon Road written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Resources. Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book A Place with Promise written by Edward Swift and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-02-18 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVDIVThe magical multigenerational saga of an unforgettable Texas family/divDIV At the turn of the twentieth century, Isaac Overstreet goes looking for a bride and finds Elizabeth “Bessie” Treadway standing in the middle of the Sabine River. Leaving her sisters without explanation, carrying her three pet cranes, Bessie slips into Isaac’s boat and returns with him to Camp Ruby—a tiny backwoods East Texas community too humble to be called a real town./divDIV In Isaac’s broken-down shack, they start a family together. First come the twin daughters, the Ruby-Jewels, followed by Zeda Earl, always sour and dissatisfied with the life she has been born into./divDIV For all of Zeda Earl’s ennui, there is magic on the shores of the Sabine, where angels fish and the seriously deranged sometimes bring about miracles. For the Overstreets and their eccentric friends and neighbors, every day in Camp Ruby holds new wonder—until the simple ways they have come to rely on are threatened by a dangerous unwanted interloper called progress./divDIV Edward Swift, the acclaimed author of Splendora and Principia Martindale, brings us a fable for our time—a wondrous tale of family and community, rich in color and imagination and suffused with everyday magic./divDIV/div/div
Download or read book Nevada a Guide to the Silver State written by Best Books on and published by Best Books on. This book was released on 1940 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: compiled by workers of the Writers' program of the Work projects administration in the state of Nevada. Sponsored by Dr. Jeanne Elizabeth Wier, Nevada state historical society, inc.
Download or read book The WPA Guide to Nevada written by Federal Writers' Project and published by Trinity University Press. This book was released on 2013-10-31 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 1930s in the United States, the Works Progress Administration developed the Federal Writers’ Project to support writers and artists while making a national effort to document the country’s shared history and culture. The American Guide series consists of individual guides to each of the states. Little-known authors—many of whom would later become celebrated literary figures—were commissioned to write these important books. John Steinbeck, Saul Bellow, Zora Neale Hurston, and Ralph Ellison are among the more than 6,000 writers, editors, historians, and researchers who documented this celebration of local histories. Photographs, drawings, driving tours, detailed descriptions of towns, and rich cultural details exhibit each state’s unique flavor. America’s Silver State takes the gold in the WPA Guide to Nevada. Originally published in 1940, the guide features the newly built Hoover Dam (then called the Boulder Dam), the Great Basin, the many caves in the eastern part of the state, the state’s several ghost towns, and an engaging essay of one of Nevada’s more important industries—“Mining and Mining Jargon.”
Download or read book May God Have Mercy on Your Soul written by Jack Jenkins and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-09 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Houston is a big city, with a crime rate to match that of most big cities. Violent crimes occur daily. On this particular day, Matt Wakefield, a young HPD Robbery Investigator was dispatched to a robbery by firearms at a convenience store, with added info of "Shots Fired!" A two-time ex-con had attempted a carjacking. Matt arrived after the victim was rushed to a hospital by a Houston Fire Department ambulance. There, he learned Alice Renfro was DOA, and met her husband, Jim. Capital Murder charges would now take precedence over robbery charges. A suspect, identified by a witness, was arrested blocks from the scene. Jim was stunned at the loss of his beloved wife. Matt tried to comfort the devastated man, staying with him until the Coroner's Office sent a Unit to transport her to the County Morgue. He attended her funeral and kept Jim apprised of progress on the case. The suspect was indicted, tried, found guilty of Capital Murder and sentenced to death. Typically, execution didn't occur for 15 years or more, due to repeated appeals, on the taxpayers' dime, and support from Anti-Death Penalty groups. The convicted murderer was placed on Death Row at the Polunsky Unit in East Texas to await death. But Alice didn't get an extra 15 years. Jim met grief-stricken Celia Gomez at a Victims' Support Group; her husband had also been murdered by a hijacker. Seeking justice, they changed identities, becoming employees of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division. After almost 4 years, they worked on Death Row, on the night shift, with the required jobs. They were patient and smuggled pistols on to "The Row"; one foggy night the time was right. Their revenge would not be denied. They escaped to Mexico, but Matt was coming after them.
Download or read book Home Truths written by Gerald Duff and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Novelist Gerald Duff grew up both in Polk County, in Deep East Texas, and in Nederland, near the Gulf Coast, two drastically different areas in terms of social and economic status, and the way they interact. These communities shaped the way Duff thought and lived, causing him to build up certain false personae to fit in with the crowd. These changes and more are described within the pages of Duff’s new memoir, Home Truths: A Deep East Texas Memory. From dealing with intrusive family members to judgmental classmates to marital bliss and misery, Duff’s memoir describes situations familiar to anyone who has ever lived in a small town. Experiences unfamiliar to the youths of today include growing up during World War II and the descriptions of propaganda tactics, hunting for your own meals, and dealing with the social mores of the 1950s and 1960s. Other occurrences however, such as working a summer job and the awkwardness of first dates, speak to people of every generation, young and old. Early in life Duff learned to tell lies as a survival mechanism against his meddling family and occasionally cruel classmates. He describes the ordeal of hiding both his domestic situation and his talent for the written word. Duff’s talents for lies and half-truths helped him not only to discover a hidden talent within himself, but also a future career.
