Ruby's Spoon

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Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1409089282
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)

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Book Synopsis Ruby's Spoon by : Anna Lawrence Pietroni

Download or read book Ruby's Spoon written by Anna Lawrence Pietroni and published by Random House. This book was released on 2010-02-04 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the tale of three women - one witch, one mermaid and one missing - and how Ruby was caught up in between. The Black Country town of Cradle Cross - home to buttonmakers, canal folk, and more than its share of widows - is bounded by canals, grief and superstition. Caught within this web is motherless thirteen-year-old Ruby, who dreams of escaping the soot and smoke of her home-town for the clear air of the sea. When a mysterious stranger named Isa Fly appears on a quest to find her dying father's missing wife and daughter, Ruby is enchanted. But some of the townsfolk are instantly suspicious of the outsider and when Ruby introduces Isa to Truda Blick, the bluestocking graduate who has just inherited the town's button factory, the town is pushed to the brink of riot. Only Ruby knows enough to save them. But first she must save herself.

The Calamity Falls Small Town Romance Box Set

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Publisher : EK Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 874 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Book Synopsis The Calamity Falls Small Town Romance Box Set by : Erika Kelly

Download or read book The Calamity Falls Small Town Romance Box Set written by Erika Kelly and published by EK Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2020-01-21 with total page 874 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four sexy, badass athletes who'll never be tamed...and the women who win their hearts. Book 1: KEEP ON LOVING YOU ✔️ Second chance romance ✔️ Sexy athlete hero ✔️ Hot, passionate--all the feels! Six years ago Fin Bowie made a decision that cost him the love of his life. Now his ex is coming back to town for her brother's wedding, and he can finally make things right. Except, right before the event, a text he sent goes viral. Overnight, he becomes an international meme. And it's hard to win your woman back when the whole world's calling you The World's Worst Boyfriend. The last thing on Calliope Bell's mind is getting back with Fin. Not when her life's just gone sideways, forcing her to spend the summer in Calamity, Wyoming. She can't be away from the New York art world this long, so she comes up with the idea to turn the hottest pop culture event of the moment into a museum exhibition. The two have every intention of avoiding each other--until the county judge sentences Fin to community service...helping her exploit the meme he's trying to make go away. Book 2: WE BELONG TOGETHER There's not an athlete alive who can match Will's drive and self-discipline...until an adorable two year old and a fiery chef land on his doorstep and turn his life upside down. If he wants to keep his girls, he's going to have to learn to lead with his heart and not his mind. Will Bowie is supposed to be training for the Olympics, but the toddler unexpectedly dropped into his life isn’t interested in his schedules. Still, he’s pretty sure he’s got things under control… …until a sexy chef lands on his doorstep and offers a temptation he can’t resist. Hours after losing her restaurant, chef Delilah Lua enters a cooking competition thousands of miles away from home. Winning would resurrect the dream that’s been stolen from her. If—no, when—she wins, she’ll go back with the capital to open her own place and enough fame to do it with flair. Her roommate, though, is a delicious surprise she hadn’t anticipated… …but she’s not sure how to have her cake and eat it, too. Despite the undeniable sparks in the kitchen, Will’s not about to give his heart to another woman who’s leaving, and Delilah must decide if the delectable future she could cook up with Will is worth more than a childhood dream. Book 3: THE VERY THOUGHT OF YOU Gray Bowie broke the bro code: he fell in love with his best friend’s girlfriend. For years, he hid his feelings…until one terrible night, it all came to a head. Since her life blew up in high school, Knox Holliday has spent her time honing her skills as a couture wedding dress designer. But, just weeks before her debut, a freak accident wipes out her collection. The culprit: her ex’s former best friend, Gray Bowie. Gray does everything he can to get her career back on track. As they work together, they find forgiveness and start to stitch together something that looks a lot like love. But, at the very moment they realize they have a chance for something real, her ex comes back to town, bringing opportunities Gray can’t provide. This time, Gray’s not going to step aside, so he can only hope Knox will hold onto his heart. She’s his dream, but will he be hers? Previously published as The Bad Boyfriends

We Belong Together

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Publisher : EK Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 0998517704
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (985 download)

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Download or read book We Belong Together written by Erika Kelly and published by EK Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2018-10-16 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I wanted to fight anyone who stood in the way of their happily ever after." A single dad, a woman on the run, and the adorable two-year-old who lands on their doorstep. Will Bowie is supposed to be training for the Olympics, but the toddler unexpectedly dropped into his life isn’t interested in his schedules. Still, he’s pretty sure he’s got things under control… …until a sexy chef lands on his doorstep and offers a temptation he can’t resist. Hours after losing her restaurant, chef Delilah Lua enters a cooking competition thousands of miles away from home. Winning would resurrect the dream that’s been stolen from her. If—no, when—she wins, she’ll go back with the capital to open her own place and enough fame to do it with flair. Her roommate, though, is a delicious surprise she hadn’t anticipated… …but she’s not sure how to have her cake and eat it, too. Despite the undeniable sparks in the kitchen, Will’s not about to give his heart to another woman who’s leaving, and Delilah must decide if the delectable future she could cook up with Will is worth more than a childhood dream. Previously published at The Heartless Boyfriend

The Bowie Brothers (A Calamity Falls Small Town Romance, Books 1-4)

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Publisher : EK Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1181 pages
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Download or read book The Bowie Brothers (A Calamity Falls Small Town Romance, Books 1-4) written by Erika Kelly and published by EK Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2021-07-08 with total page 1181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Steamy, small town romance starring four sexy, badass athletes who'll never be tamed...and the women who win their hearts! Book 1: Keep On Loving You A steamy second chance, sports romance! Six years ago Fin Bowie made a decision that cost him the love of his life. Now, his ex is coming back to town for her brother's wedding, and he can finally make things right. Except, right before the event, a text he sent goes viral. Overnight, he becomes an international meme. And it's hard to win your woman back when the whole world's calling you The World's Worst Boyfriend. Book 2: We Belong Together Steamy, small town, single dad romance! A disciplined Olympic athlete doesn't stand a chance against the runaway woman and the adorable two-year-old who land on his doorstep. Book 3: The Very Thought of You Small town, second chance, friends to lovers romance! Gray Bowie broke the bro code: he fell in love with his best friend’s girlfriend. For years, he avoided her, but when he accidentally crashes back into her life, he pulls out all the stops to win her heart! Book 4: Just The Way You Are Steamy, small town, royal romance! When Princess Rosalina lands in Calamity, she sees her chance to go incognito, shake off her royal roots, and go wild! Brodie Bowe's not the settling down type, but then he's never met anyone like the woman who jumps in front of his bulldozer, refusing to let him dig up his meadow. The feisty chemist and perfumer is everything he never knew he wanted.

Ruby and Olivia

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Publisher : Puffin Books
ISBN 13 : 0147512913
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (475 download)

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Book Synopsis Ruby and Olivia by : Rachel Hawkins

Download or read book Ruby and Olivia written by Rachel Hawkins and published by Puffin Books. This book was released on 2018-10 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quiet Olivia and brash Ruby are paired at a camp for troublemakers to work in an old mansion and must unite when strange things begin to happen.

Ruby's War

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Publisher : Allison & Busby
ISBN 13 : 0749013796
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (49 download)

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Book Synopsis Ruby's War by : Johanna Winard

Download or read book Ruby's War written by Johanna Winard and published by Allison & Busby. This book was released on 2014-03-20 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes the right choice is the hardest of all. In the autumn of 1942, fifteen-year-old Ruby is collected from her aunt's guesthouse by her grandfather and taken to live with him in a small Lancashire village. A few days after her arrival, American GIs take over a nearby army camp, but although the young black soldiers are ready to help with the war effort, they are mistrusted by their own army officers, and spend their time in the village. Before long tension rises between the troops and the locals, some of whom still have embedded racial prejudices. As the village becomes increasingly divided, Ruby and her friends must struggle with first love, dangerous friendships and the difficultly of doing what is right in a chaotic and unfair world.

Fiction Junction

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Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1469185539
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (691 download)

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Book Synopsis Fiction Junction by : JB Sargent

Download or read book Fiction Junction written by JB Sargent and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-05-11 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: JB Sargent breaks into the literary world with Fiction Junction, a collection of short stories about friendship, love and heartache, and the characters that grow through the different hardships that they face. From Christmas time in a hospital to a spec-ops units struggle in a terrifying laboratory, and from a fifteen year old assassin dealing with his first crush and a young woman going through tribulations as a movie executive trying to find the one, no two stories are alike! Spanning several different imaginary worlds that span equally different thematic elements, JB Sargent shows that he can take his writing in diverse directions and still arrive at one simple point or moral, sometimes the things you need the most are friends, and sometimes what youre searching for comes up when you least expect it in the form of something you wouldnt.

Move Over Santa - Ruby's Doin' Christmas!

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Publisher : Citadel Press
ISBN 13 : 9780806526652
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (266 download)

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Book Synopsis Move Over Santa - Ruby's Doin' Christmas! by : Ruby Ann Boxcar

Download or read book Move Over Santa - Ruby's Doin' Christmas! written by Ruby Ann Boxcar and published by Citadel Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There's nothing like Christmastime in the High Chaparral Trailer Park, and Ruby Ann knows just how to do it up right. Divided into twelve chapters, one for each day of Christmas, Move Over Santa, Ruby's Doin' Christmas serves up plenty of ideas for crafts, decorating, recipes, hostess tips, dinner menus, and just about anything else anyone might need to make each of the days special. With plenty of gossip and Ruby Ann's own personal trailer park Christmas memories, Move Over Santa, Ruby's Doin' Christmas is the most G-rated fun readers can have under the mistletoe.

Ruby's Secret

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Publisher : Summit Publishing Company Inc.
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Book Synopsis Ruby's Secret by : SWEETBLUNCH

Download or read book Ruby's Secret written by SWEETBLUNCH and published by Summit Publishing Company Inc.. This book was released on with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At eighteen, Ruby St. Clair ran away from home and never looked back. Even after her parents’ tragic death, the rebellious heiress stayed out of the public eye. Six years later, she had traded her glamorous lifestyle for a simple life of a waitress. She was content.But an encounter with the notorious businessman Roman Vasquez turns her perfectly simple life upside down. Before she knows it, she's made the greatest mistake of her life: marrying the Spanish billionaire! So the prodigal princess does what she does best when things don’t go her way: run away—all the way back home

Brunch at Ruby's

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Publisher : DL White
ISBN 13 : 1386750093
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (867 download)

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Download or read book Brunch at Ruby's written by DL White and published by DL White. This book was released on 2018 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three Friends. One City. Waiting to Exhale in the "A." Brunch at Ruby's is a tale of love, friendship, and unbreakable bonds between women who are like sisters. The women in Debra Macklin’s circle always compliment her on having everything they could want: a successful career, a long marriage to an attentive man, and a happy child. However, none of them know the explosive secret that she keeps tucked away from everyone else. If it were to ever get out, it could shatter the perfect image she has crafted for herself, not to mention destroying both her marriage and career. Maxine Donovan has worked tirelessly to obtain the life she believes she deserves, and she isn't sorry for it. But even with her accomplishments, Maxine still searches for her significant other. A breathtaking yet distant man has caught her eye--only he seems to be preoccupied with someone else. Will Maxine pursue this potential suitor the same way she's chased after everything else in her life? When Renee Gladwell left a life and a loving boyfriend to return to Atlanta, she was hoping to reinvigorate her father and Gladwell Books, a family-owned bookstore. However, four years later, she's mourning the diagnosis of Alzheimer's that is slowly making him forget his past—including her- and the shop that a long way from being able to sell. With her life seemingly stuck in limbo between caring for her dad and wanting something more, Malcolm Brooks enters the picture and brings some light into her darkness. But will love be worth risking a friendship? Brunch at Ruby's is Book 1 in a growing series set in the heart of Decatur, Georgia.

The Christian Science Monitor

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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313379955
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (133 download)

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Book Synopsis The Christian Science Monitor by : Linda K. Fuller

Download or read book The Christian Science Monitor written by Linda K. Fuller and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2011-09-12 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text provides a unique examination of The Christian Science Monitor, a highly respected, venerable news publication that has survived over a century of changes and challenges. The Christian Science Monitor is one of the world's leading journalistic publications, having won multiple Pulitzer prizes for its reporting. CSM is innovative and forward-thinking as well—it was one of the first newspapers to provide an online copy of its daily reporting in 1996, well before the popularization of the Internet. But just like other publications, The Christian Science Monitor will need to continue to reinvent itself in order to stay relevant and solvent in the face of plummeting readership numbers, corporate takeovers, and a widespread assumption that all of today's news sources are biased and inaccurate. This book provides a thorough discussion of CSM's treatment of sensitive topics like terrorism, international crises, gender issues, and sexual orientation. The paper's attitudes toward ethnicity, ethics, economics, philosophy, and racism are also profiled. The conclusion provides readers with an opportunity to draw upon their new knowledge of The Christian Science Monitor's past to project its direction for the future.

THE RANCHER'S BRIDE

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Publisher : Harlequin
ISBN 13 : 1460301358
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book THE RANCHER'S BRIDE written by Tara Taylor Quinn and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lost His bride. She’d turned tail and run minutes before her father was about to pronounce them man and wife. What demons were pursuing the girl Max Santana had waited eleven years to marry? Found Her flesh and blood. Rachel Blair thought she’d finally put her college days behind her, but the child she’d given up for adoption then haunted her still. Could Max really understand that her future included mothering this child, no matter what?

Iris and Ruby

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Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1468313347
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (683 download)

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Book Synopsis Iris and Ruby by : Rosie Thomas

Download or read book Iris and Ruby written by Rosie Thomas and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2016-04-05 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestselling author “writes with ravishing sensuality” in this saga of a wartime love that reverberates through three generations of women (The Times, London). The unexpected arrival of her willful teenage granddaughter, Ruby, brings life and disorder to eight-two-year-old Iris Black’s old house in Cairo. Ruby, driven by her fraught relationship with her own mother to run away from England, is seeking refuge with the grandmother she hasn’t seen for years. An unlikely bond develops between them, as Ruby helps Iris record her fading memories of the glittering, cosmopolitan Cairo of World War II—and of her one true love whom she lost to the ravages of conflict. This long-ago love has shaped Iris’s life, and, as becomes increasingly apparent, those of her daughter and her granddaughter. And it is to affect them all, again, in ways they could not have imagined. “[Thomas’s] evocation of the wartime Cairo has all the raffish, glittering brittleness of life on the edge . . . Touches on the varieties and nuances of love between men and women, and the power of family relationships to enhance and destroy lives.” —Elizabeth Buchan, Daily Mail “The pairing of these two women, at opposite life stages, shows how the generations can heal one another while discovering more about themselves . . . Lovely to read.” —Historical Novel Society “[A] brilliant tale. Rosie Thomas is a writer whose talent shines with every page. I was lost immediately as the pages began turning and the story swallowed me up whole and took me along the two women’s journeys.” —Urban Book Reviews

She Persisted: Ruby Bridges

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Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593115872
Total Pages : 81 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (931 download)

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Download or read book She Persisted: Ruby Bridges written by Kekla Magoon and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-08-24 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by the #1 New York Times bestseller She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger, a chapter book series about women who stood up, spoke up and rose up against the odds! In this chapter book biography by NAACP Image Award-winning author and Coretta Scott King Honor recipient Kekla Magoon, readers learn about the amazing life of Ruby Bridges--and how she persisted. As a first grader, Ruby Bridges was the first Black student to integrate William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans, Louisiana. This was no easy task, especially for a six-year-old. Ruby's bravery and perseverance inspired children and adults alike to fight for equality and social justice. Perfect for back-to-school reading! Complete with an introduction from Chelsea Clinton, black-and-white illustrations throughout, and a list of ways that readers can follow in Ruby Bridges's footsteps and make a difference! A perfect choice for kids who love learning and teachers who want to bring inspiring women into their curriculum. And don’t miss out on the rest of the books in the She Persisted series, featuring so many more women who persisted, including Oprah Winfrey, Harriet Tubman, Claudette Colvin, Coretta Scott King, and more! Praise for She Persisted: Ruby Bridges: "Bridges’ voice, quoted from various sources, gives readers access to her own perspective. A context-offering complement to Bridges’ own books for children." --Kirkus Reviews "Given the more relatable perspective of starting first grade, this volume makes Bridges’s story poignant for the intended audience." --School Library Journal

Clarence Darrow

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Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0767927591
Total Pages : 594 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (679 download)

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Download or read book Clarence Darrow written by John A. Farrell and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography The definitive biography of Clarence Darrow, the brilliant, idiosyncratic lawyer who defended John Scopes in the “Monkey Trial” and gave voice to the populist masses at the turn of the twentieth century, thus changing American law forever. Amidst the tumult of the industrial age and the progressive era, Clarence Darrow became America’s greatest defense attorney, successfully championing poor workers, blacks, and social and political outcasts, against big business, fundamentalist religion, Jim Crow, and the US government. His courtroom style—a mixture of passion, improvisation, charm, and tactical genius—won miraculous reprieves for men doomed to hang. In Farrell’s hands, Darrow is a Byronic figure, a renegade whose commitment to liberty led him to heroic courtroom battles and legal trickery alike.

The Encyclopedia of Old Fishing Lures

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Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1426967837
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (269 download)

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Book Synopsis The Encyclopedia of Old Fishing Lures by : Robert A. Slade

Download or read book The Encyclopedia of Old Fishing Lures written by Robert A. Slade and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2011-05-10 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert A. Slade, after collecting old fishing tackle since 1958 and contributing articles on old fishing lures for a collector magazine for several years started researching and writing books in the 1990's. He published the HISTORY & COLLECTIBLE FISHING TACKLE OF WISCONSIN in 1999 which sold 4,500 copies. Bob realized that even though there have been many books published on the subject of old fishing lures that few books covered any detailed history on the old lure makers. His latest book writing project was nine years in the making and covers over 100 years of lure making history starting in 1875 and covers over 2,500 lures makers throughout all of North America. THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF OLD FISHING LURES MADE IN NORTH AMERICA is the first publication with extensive history and patent information on old lure makers and the first to include extensive coverage on Canadian lure makers. The author traveled to 11 states and 3 Candian Providences visting collectors homes, newspaper archives, museums and other sources and has taken over 10,000 pictures in preparing the historical stories for these books. The set of books arranges for the individual and company lures makers to appear in alphabetical order. People purchasing these books can buy any one single book, a whole set, or even a book a month if they desire as the books will be printed and shipped on demand. Each book has over 400 pages of text, pictures and collector values with each book containing a table of contents and index as well as a master index for the complete set of books.

Glory of the Silver King

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Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 1603442677
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Glory of the Silver King written by Hart Stilwell and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2011-04-07 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tribute to a fish, a sport, and a time now past . . . Through a series of chance encounters over several years, fishing guide and journalist Brandon Shuler unearthed multiple drafts of a nearly finished manuscript by an almost forgotten Texas sports writer, Hart Stilwell. Titled “Glory of the Silver King,”the manuscript vividly captured the history of tarpon and snook fishing on the Texas and Mexico Gulf Coast from the 1930s to the end of Stilwell’s life in the early 1970s. Stilwell was a seasoned outdoors journalist with a passion for salt-water fishing. Now, with Shuler’s careful research, editing, and annotation, this lost manuscript has found new life as both an entertaining “fish tale” and a historical snapshot of a region’s natural heritage. It successfully conveys the thrill of fishing for these once abundant species at the same time it tracks—and laments—the rise, decline, and eventual fall of their fisheries in Texas (which Shuler is able to report are now experiencing a rebound). In a personal and informative introduction, Shuler paints a portrait of Stilwell and tells the story of the discovery and evolution of the manuscript. He also provides a look into his own life as an angler and writer, creating a connection with Stilwell that gives the work authenticity and relevance. Anglers will delight in Stilwell’s rollicking prose. Environmentalists will appreciate the book’s lesson in ocean conservation. For all who live on or near the Gulf Coast, Glory of the Silver King reintroduces a forgotten literary treasure and a magnificent fish that once filled the waters at our favorite coastal retreats. "Hart Stilwell was a world-class raconteur and storyteller. His unpublished manuscript on the glory days of coastal fishing became an underground legend, passed around like a sacred totem for decades. Editor Brandon Shuler has revived Stilwell’s folksy charm and penetrating insights, and the result is this engaging and important book."--Steven L. Davis, curator, The Wittliff Collections