The Rankin Street Raiders

Author : Mark W MacMillan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0228845319

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The Rankin Street Raiders by Mark W MacMillan Pdf

Welcome to the world of the Rankin Street Raiders, or Tom Sawyer times five. Their exploits and misadventures took place in a time when guys driving flashy candy-coloured muscle cars ruled the roads, girls wore frilly polka-dotted party dresses to school, dogs ran free and drug store soda fountains sold root beer floats stacked with ice cream, and yes, there was always a cherry on top. The Raiders practiced their artful piracy in Detroit, Windsor and their home town of Amherstburg, or A'burg. It was where and when CKLW brought a brand-new beat to the airwaves with hit after hit from the Motown song factory. Newly minted Great Lakes Freighters parted the waters like 747s preparing for takeoff. Boblo, an island amusement park, drew merrymakers from around North America. Fort Malden stood strong, still a bastion of the War of 1812. Point Pelee, the southernmost tip of Canada, became a migratory bird sanctuary and the guardian of countless plant species. Embracing this rich environment, the Raiders pulled off escapade after escapade that were created in a combined spirit of friendship and glee. So climb aboard their good ship, unfurl the Rankin Street Raider flag and sail into a past that contains unbridled fun with some lessons for the future. "The Rankin Street Raiders is an absolute pleasure to read. The book is a warm, inspiring story, rife with the kind of adventure, mischief, and even melancholy that only a pack of young teenagers could manifest and share with us. The author has chosen to pull the Raiders closer and closer to our hearts with each sentence. By the end, we feel like closing the book is like saying goodbye to friends." -Jessica Kirby, Editor

Author : Mark W MacMillan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0228845327

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The Rankin Street Raiders by Mark W MacMillan Pdf

Welcome to the world of the Rankin Street Raiders, or Tom Sawyer times five. Their exploits and misadventures took place in a time when guys driving flashy candy-coloured muscle cars ruled the roads, girls wore frilly polka-dotted party dresses to school, dogs ran free and drug store soda fountains sold root beer floats stacked with ice cream, and yes, there was always a cherry on top. The Raiders practiced their artful piracy in Detroit, Windsor and their home town of Amherstburg, or A'burg. It was where and when CKLW brought a brand-new beat to the airwaves with hit after hit from the Motown song factory. Newly minted Great Lakes Freighters parted the waters like 747s preparing for takeoff. Boblo, an island amusement park, drew merrymakers from around North America. Fort Malden stood strong, still a bastion of the War of 1812. Point Pelee, the southernmost tip of Canada, became a migratory bird sanctuary and the guardian of countless plant species. Embracing this rich environment, the Raiders pulled off escapade after escapade that were created in a combined spirit of friendship and glee. So climb aboard their good ship, unfurl the Rankin Street Raider flag and sail into a past that contains unbridled fun with some lessons for the future. "The Rankin Street Raiders is an absolute pleasure to read. The book is a warm, inspiring story, rife with the kind of adventure, mischief, and even melancholy that only a pack of young teenagers could manifest and share with us. The author has chosen to pull the Raiders closer and closer to our hearts with each sentence. By the end, we feel like closing the book is like saying goodbye to friends." -Jessica Kirby, Editor

Author : Lora Schmidt Cahill,David L Mowery
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 9780989805438

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Morgan’s Raid Across Ohio: The Civil War Guidebook of the John Hunt Morgan Heritage Trail by Lora Schmidt Cahill,David L Mowery Pdf

From July 13-26, 1863, Confederate Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan led a daring group of more than 2,000 men across Southern Ohio. His mission: to distract and divert as many Union troops as possible from the action in Middle Tennessee and East Tennessee. Union troops under the command of Major General Ambrose Burnside gave chase. Although they were ultimately successful, ending Morgan's raid was a much harder job than anyone anticipated. With the John Hunt Morgan Heritage Trail, you too can follow Morgan's route through southern and eastern Ohio. Fifty-six interpretive signs covering 557 miles through nineteen counties tell the story of the raid's successful beginnings, the battle with Union forces at Buffington Island, Morgan's desperate escapes, and finally his capture.

Author : United States. Post Office Department
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Zip codes
ISBN : MINN:31951D03715689T

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Zip Code Directory by United States. Post Office Department Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1906 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Postal service
ISBN : MINN:31951D02234383H

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National Five Digit Zip Code and Post Office Directory: Nebraska-Wyoming by Anonim Pdf

Author : Janice E. Thomson
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1996-07-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781400821242

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Mercenaries, Pirates, and Sovereigns by Janice E. Thomson Pdf

The contemporary organization of global violence is neither timeless nor natural, argues Janice Thomson. It is distinctively modern. In this book she examines how the present arrangement of the world into violence-monopolizing sovereign states evolved over the six preceding centuries.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1909
Category : History
ISBN : UCAL:C2735664

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Street's Pandex of the News by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance. Subcommittee on Social Security and Income Maintenance Programs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Supplemental unemployment benefits
ISBN : UOM:39015082325377

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Unemployment Compensation Issues by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance. Subcommittee on Social Security and Income Maintenance Programs Pdf

Author : United States. Post Office Department
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105131458932

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Postal Zip Code Directory by United States. Post Office Department Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1909
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UIUC:30112087536766

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Street's Pandex of the News and Cumulative Index to Current History by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Postal service
ISBN : UIUC:30112042453644

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National Zip Code & Post Office Directory by Anonim Pdf

Author : Robert Rankin
Publisher : Random House
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : English fiction
ISBN : 9780552138338

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Raiders of the Lost Car Park by Robert Rankin Pdf

Hugo Rune returns. And just in time, for the evil fairies of Brentford are planning to conquer the world. To publicise his mission, Hugo plans to kidnap the Queen while she addresses the world before a gig by the greatest rock band on earth, Gandhi's Hairdryer.

Author : Robin W. Winks
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Canada
ISBN : 9780773518193

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The Civil War Years by Robin W. Winks Pdf

New edition of a work first published in 1960 under the title Canada and the United States: The Civil War Years by the Johns Hopkins Press. It examines the impact of the American Civil War on Canada, especially on the movement toward Confederation, offers a survey of Canadian public opinion on the war, and discusses the role of Confederate sympathizers in Canada, and the number of Canadians enlisted in the armies of the North and South. A new introduction gives an overview of Civil War studies since 1960. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : William A. Penn
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2016-10-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813167732

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Kentucky Rebel Town by William A. Penn Pdf

On April 22, 1861, within weeks of the surrender at Fort Sumter, fresh recruits marched to the Cynthiana, Kentucky, depot -- one of the state's first volunteer companies to join the Confederate army. The soldiers boarded a waiting train as many sympathetic city and county officials cheered. A Confederate flag was raised at the Harrison County courthouse but it was taken down within six months, as the influence of pro-Southern officials diminished. However, this "pestilential little nest of treason" became a battlefield during some of the most dramatic military engagements in the state. In this fascinating book, William A. Penn provides an impressively detailed account of the military action that took place in this Kentucky region during the Civil War. Because of its political leanings and strategic position along the Kentucky Central Railroad, Harrison County became the target of multiple raids by Confederate general John Hunt Morgan. Conflict in the area culminated in the Second Battle of Cynthiana, in which Morgan's men clashed with Union troops led by Major General Stephen G. Burbridge (the "Butcher of Kentucky"), resulting in the destruction of much of the town by fire. Penn draws on dozens of period newspapers as well as personal journals, memoirs, and correspondence from citizens, slaves, soldiers, and witnesses to provide a vivid account of the war's impact on the region. Featuring new maps that clearly illustrate the combat strategies in the various engagements, Kentucky Rebel Town provides an illuminating look at divided loyalties and dissent in Union Kentucky.

Author : ROBERT. RANKIN
Publisher : Corgi
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0552173576

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The Book of Ultimate Truths by ROBERT. RANKIN Pdf

He had walked the earth as Nostradamus, Uther Pendragon, Count Cagliostro and Rodrigo Borgia. He could open a tin of sardines with his teeth, strike a Swan Vesta on his chin, rope steers, drive a steam locomotive and hum all the works of Gilbert & Sullivan without becoming confused or breaking down in tears. He died, penniless, at a Hastings boarding house, in his ninetieth year. His name was Hugo Artemis Solon Saturnicus Reginald Arthur Rune, and he was never bored. Hailed as the 'guru's guru', Rune penned more than eight million words of genius including his greatest work, The Book of Ultimate Truths. But vital chapters of The Book were suppressed, chapters which could have changed the whole course of human history. Now, seventeen-year-old Cornelius Murphy, together with his best friend Tuppe, sets out on an epic quest. Their mission - recover the missing chapters. Re-publish The Book of Ultimate Truths. And save the world.