The North River

Author : Pete Hamill
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2007-06-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780316006583

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North River by Pete Hamill Pdf

Recreating 1930s New York with the vibrancy and rich detail that are his trademarks, Pete Hamill weaves a story of honor, family, and one man's simple courage that no reader will soon forget. It is 1934, and New York City is in the icy grip of the Great Depression. With enormous compassion, Dr. James Delaney tends to his hurt, sick, and poor neighbors, who include gangsters, day laborers, prostitutes, and housewives. If they can't pay, he treats them anyway. But in his own life, Delaney is emotionally numb, haunted by the slaughters of the Great War. His only daughter has left for Mexico, and his wife Molly vanished months before, leaving him to wonder if she is alive or dead. Then, on a snowy New Year's Day, the doctor returns home to find his three-year-old grandson on his doorstep, left by his mother in Delaney's care. Coping with this unexpected arrival, Delaney hires Rose, a tough, decent Sicilian woman with a secret in her past. Slowly, as Rose and the boy begin to care for the good doctor, the numbness in Delaney begins to melt.

Author : North West Company
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0773507140

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The English River Book by North West Company Pdf

Describes duties, wages, stations, and many other details concerning the approximately one hundred voyageurs in the English River district during 1785 and 1786.

Author : John Garbinski
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2007-02-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781411650695

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North River Depot by John Garbinski Pdf

The dawn of the Nuclear Age. The birth of the Cold War. These events are hauntingly portrayed in North River Depot. An historical novel about the United States First ""Operational"" Nuclear Weapons Stockpile Storage Site. This novel tells the story of the ""Silent Peacekeepers."" Men sworn to secrecy, during the most dangerous period in the History of the United States. North River Depot is a must read for anyone interested in the history of Nuclear Weapons and the Cold War.This book was originally published in 2005. In 2007 a second edition was published with minor changes. This third and final edition (2011) has been completely revised with the addition of several new photographs.

Author : Lloyd Vernon Briggs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : North River (Mass.)
ISBN : WISC:89067289447

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History of Shipbuilding on North River by Lloyd Vernon Briggs Pdf

Author : Lloyd Vernon Briggs
Publisher : Boston, Coburn brothers, printers
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : North River (Plymouth County, Mass.)
ISBN : HARVARD:32044013685292

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History of Shipbuilding on North River, Plymouth County, Massachusetts by Lloyd Vernon Briggs Pdf

Author : Lauraine Snelling
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2006-05-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781441203182

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An Untamed Land (Red River of the North Book #1) by Lauraine Snelling Pdf

Proud of Their Heritage and Sustained by Their Faith, They Came to Tame a New Land She had promised herself that once they left the fjords of Norway, she would not look back. After three long years of scrimping and saving to buy tickets for their passage to America, Roald and Ingeborg Bjorklund, along with their son, Thorliff, finally arrive at the docks of New York City. It was the promise of free land that fed their dream and lured them from their beloved home high above the fjords of Norway in 1880. Together with Roald's brother Carl and his family, they will build a good life in a new land that promises untold wealth and vast farmsteads for their children. As they join the throngs of countless immigrants passing through Castle Garden, they soon discover that nothing is as they had envisioned it. Appalled by the horrid stories of fellow immigrants bilked of all their money and forced to live in squalid living conditions, the Bjorklunds continue their long journey by train as far as Grand Forks. From there a covered wagon takes them into Dakota Territory, where they settle on the banks of the Red River. But there was no way for them to foresee the price they will have to pay to wrest a living from the indomitable land. The virgin prairie refuses to yield its treasure without a struggle. Will they be strong enough to overcome the hardships of that first winter?

Author : Jack Nisbet,David Thompson
Publisher : Sasquatch Books
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1570610061

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Sources of the River by Jack Nisbet,David Thompson Pdf

In this true story of adventure, author Jack Nisbet re-creates the life and times of David Thompson-fur trader, explorer, surveyor, and mapmaker. From 1784 to 1812, Thompson explored western North America and was the first to chart the entire length of the Columbia River. His field journals provide the earliest written accounts of the natural history and indigenous cultures of the region, and Nisbet uses them to guide his own discovery of the Northwest Territory some two centuries later. Book jacket.

Author : Mark Higginson
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2000-12-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780595149254

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North of the River by Mark Higginson Pdf

North of the River is a exciting and graphic tale of a young Army officer's first tour of duty in the Korean DMZ of 1969. The fact that a low grade war was being fought in Korea at that time is generally unknown to most of the American people. This story provides a fascinating and revealing tale, full of humor, adventure, romance, and an accurate picture of military life and life as a Red Cross "Doughnut Dolly" in this little know theater. It moves quickly through a thirteen month tour until the reader crashes head on into the surprise, action filled conclusion.

Author : W. Michael Gear,Kathleen O'Neal Gear
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2009-12-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781466817821

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People of the River by W. Michael Gear,Kathleen O'Neal Gear Pdf

People of the River is a gripping new saga of pre-historic America that takes us to the Mississippi Valley and the tribe known as the Mound builders. It is a time of troubles. In Cahokia, the corn crop is failing again and a warchief—and the warrior woman he may never possess—are disgusted by their Chief's lust for tribute. Now even the gods have turned their faces, closing the underworld to the seers. If the gods have abandoned the people, there is no hope—unless it comes in the form of a young girl who is learning to Dream of Power. A masterful story of North America's Forgotten Past by New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : J'Nell L. Pate
Publisher : TCU Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : 087565133X

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North of the River by J'Nell L. Pate Pdf

In 1848 the York and Gilmore families stopped their covered wagons north of the Trinity River near present-day Fort Worth. A century and a half later, the settlement they founded is North Fort Worth, with a colorful history centered around livestock, tourism, and family life. After the Civil War, life often revolved around massive cattle drives passing through North Fort Worth. Later, stockyards were built and the meat packing industry boomed, attracting thousands of people from around the world - Austria, Greece, Russia, Mexico, and Poland. North Fort Worth is now incorporated within the city of Fort Worth and continues to contribute a unique history and atmosphere essential to one of Texas' most diverse and fascinating cities.

Author : Graciela Limón
Publisher : Arte Publico Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781558855854

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The River Flows North by Graciela Limón Pdf

A group of would-be immigrants follows smuggler Leonardo Cerda in an attempt to cross the desert border between Mexico and the United States. The grueling and desperate trip will mark their lives forever.

Author : Oscar de la Torre
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781469643250

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The People of the River by Oscar de la Torre Pdf

In this history of the black peasants of Amazonia, Oscar de la Torre focuses on the experience of African-descended people navigating the transition from slavery to freedom. He draws on social and environmental history to connect them intimately to the natural landscape and to Indigenous peoples. Relying on this world as a repository for traditions, discourses, and strategies that they retrieved especially in moments of conflict, Afro-Brazilians fought for autonomous communities and developed a vibrant ethnic identity that supported their struggles over labor, land, and citizenship. Prior to abolition, enslaved and escaped blacks found in the tropical forest a source for tools, weapons, and trade--but it was also a cultural storehouse within which they shaped their stories and records of confrontations with slaveowners and state authorities. After abolition, the black peasants' knowledge of local environments continued to be key to their aspirations, allowing them to maintain relationships with powerful patrons and to participate in the protest cycle that led Getulio Vargas to the presidency of Brazil in 1930. In commonly referring to themselves by such names as "sons of the river," black Amazonians melded their agro-ecological traditions with their emergent identity as political stakeholders.

Author : Lauraine Snelling
Publisher : Bethany House
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2007-02-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781441202437

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Tender Mercies (Red River of the North Book #5) by Lauraine Snelling Pdf

Is She Really Leaving Forever? Tracing the difficulties and joys of carving out a life from the Dakota sod in the second half of the 800s, Tender Mercies continues Snelling's Red River saga and will pull your heartstrings and make you feel the joys and frustrations of life on the open lands of the 9th century mid-west. The rich farmlands of the Dakota Territory in 1887 are finally beginning to yield the abundant harvest the pioneers had dreamed about so long. The establishment of the railroad has brought significant changes to the small town of Blessing as well as prosperity to the Bjorklund family and their neighbors. Among the townsfolk, Reverend John Solberg--despite being wary of matchmaking efforts in the past--is developing a friendship with a delightful young woman through their common love of books. Mary Martha has a gentle southern charm that wins everyone in her circle but too soon she is called on to return home to care for her mother. She leaves behind many heavy hearts and countless questions of whether it will be the last time to see her.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Bridge Subcommittee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1934
Category : Bridges
ISBN : STANFORD:36105117931373

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North River Bridge Co. Bridge Across Hudson River by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Bridge Subcommittee Pdf

Author : Franklin D. Reeve
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 63 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1885214332

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North River by Franklin D. Reeve Pdf