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Book Synopsis Tales from Missouri and the Heartland by : Ross Malone
Download or read book Tales from Missouri and the Heartland written by Ross Malone and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010-04 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These one hundred short stories are inspirational, humorous, and interesting for students or anyone interested in the people and events that figured in the life of Missouri, the Mother of the West. Learn things you didn't know about Jesse James, Walt Disney, Kit Carson, Bald Knobers, Ozarkers and prairie folks who gave us what we enjoy today. American Exceptionalism is proudly and laughingly on display in the pages of Tales From Missouri and the Heartland. This is a great gift for students, teachers, former Midwesterners, people in the military or travelers who enjoy light reading in the airport or on the plane. Every story is bound to make them think of another story just as good.
Book Synopsis Tales from Missouri and the Heartland by : Virginia Publishing Corporation
Download or read book Tales from Missouri and the Heartland written by Virginia Publishing Corporation and published by . This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis History in the Heartland Volume 2 by : Robert Turek
Download or read book History in the Heartland Volume 2 written by Robert Turek and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-02-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore 30+ Little Known Stories of Missouri History! Did You Know? The World's Largest Mosaic Collection is in Missouri? One Major Religion believes the Garden of Eden is in Missouri? A UFO Crashed in Cape Girardeau years before Roswell? John the Baptist's Finger Bone is in a Missouri Museum? These and many more stories of Missouri's past are explored in History in the Heartland Missouri Stories!
Book Synopsis Lessons from the Heartland by : Barbara J. Miner
Download or read book Lessons from the Heartland written by Barbara J. Miner and published by The New Press. This book was released on 2013-08-06 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Miner’s story of Milwaukee is filled with memorable characters . . . explores with consummate skill the dynamics of race, politics, and schools in our time.” —Mike Rose, author of The Mind at Work Weaving together the racially fraught history of public education in Milwaukee and the broader story of hypersegregation in the rust belt, Lessons from the Heartland tells of a city’s fall from grace—and its chance for redemption in the twenty-first century. A symbol of middle American working-class values, Wisconsin—and in particular urban Milwaukee—has been at the forefront of a half century of public education experiments, from desegregation and “school choice” to vouchers and charter schools. This book offers a sweeping narrative portrait of an all-American city at the epicenter of public education reform, and an exploration of larger issues of race and class in our democracy. The author, a former Milwaukee Journal reporter whose daughters went through the public school system, explores the intricate ways that jobs, housing, and schools intersect, underscoring the intrinsic link between the future of public schools and the dreams and hopes of democracy in a multicultural society. “A social history with the pulse and pace of a carefully crafted novel and a Dickensian cast of unforgettable characters. With the eye of an ethnographer, the instincts of a beat reporter, and the heart of a devoted mother and citizen activist, Miner has created a compelling portrait of a city, a time, and a people on the edge. This is essential reading.” —Bill Ayers, author of Teaching Toward Freedom “Eloquently captures the narratives of schoolchildren, parents, and teachers.” —Library Journal
Book Synopsis The Haunted Boonslick by : Mary Collins Barile
Download or read book The Haunted Boonslick written by Mary Collins Barile and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2011-08-23 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A slim, riveting tome dedicated to the haunts of the Mid-Missouri region . . . [This] book is chock-full of history” (Columbia Daily Tribune). There is some uncertainty about the exact borders of the region that surrounds the Boonslick Trail but little doubt about the palpable and unsettling presence of its history. Stir up Missourians from St. Louis to Jackson County with the mention of ghosts, and after a few minutes of demurring, you will soon have more stories than you can shake a sheet at. Attend to the haunting music of John “Blind” Boone or the otherworldly poetry of Patience Worth. Crouch down in Civil War battlefields, crowded taverns, or the uncomfortable saddle of a headless horse. Wend your way through Missouri’s haunted heart: the Boonslick. Includes photos! “The book covers a broad history of hauntings and unexplained occurrences since 1812. It is peppered with ghost stories that have very human explanations.” —Missourian “Mary Collins Barile gives a history of the area, and mentions that these ghost stories are ones that are unknown to outsiders, yet important to the history of the region.” —St. Louis magazine
Download or read book Midwest Maize written by Cynthia Clampitt and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2015-02-28 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Food historian Cynthia Clampitt pens the epic story of what happened when Mesoamerican farmers bred a nondescript grass into a staff of life so prolific, so protean, that it represents nothing less than one of humankind's greatest achievements. Blending history with expert reportage, she traces the disparate threads that have woven corn into the fabric of our diet, politics, economy, science, and cuisine. At the same time she explores its future as a source of energy and the foundation of seemingly limitless green technologies. The result is a bourbon-to-biofuels portrait of the astonishing plant that sustains the world.
Book Synopsis The Rats of Plainville by : Gerald Hayes
Download or read book The Rats of Plainville written by Gerald Hayes and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rats of Plainville: Tales from the Heartland is a collection of fictional short stories which take place in the areas around the Mississippi River, between St. Louis, Missouri and Davenport, Iowa. The author worked on a long-term contract in the Heartland and found time to wander the highways, bi-ways, and back roads of Missouri, Illinois, and Iowa. The sixteen stories are filled with humor, and chronical the lives and situations of people and places found while traveling. Stories include tales of farmers who confront giant rats eating their crop, a sinkhole disaster that killed twelve people, a hitchhiker who finds a lost parrot who speaks impeccable English, and two old friends who test their friendship with leaf blowers. Other stories tell of love and loss for a rising Country and Western star, a town corrupted by a traveling snake oil salesman, and a small town reporter caught up in the biggest drug crime in Southern Illinois history. The author creates believable characters, and several of his characters weave their way through the stories. One character, Chris Jonson, is a retired reporter who feeds the author with content for many of the stories. In addition to twelve tales of fiction, the author takes your through the Heartland in four true stories of the road. The stories take the author down small lanes and dirt roads as he wanders between Hannibal, Missouri and Davenport, Iowa. All stories, both fiction and fact, take place in real places in the Heartland.
Book Synopsis Tales of the Missouri Indians by : Dennis Edwards Ph.D
Download or read book Tales of the Missouri Indians written by Dennis Edwards Ph.D and published by Covenant Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2020-09-24 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tales of the Missouri Indians reflects the folklore, values, and tales of the lost Missouri. Having no written language, verbal traditions passed down the important stories of this lost culture. Rich in Native American values, these tales carry both practical and spiritual tales meant to guide the members of tribe. Readers will find beautiful tales that weave stories of the past into practical guides for modern living.
Book Synopsis Tales from Missouri by : V. G. Taylor
Download or read book Tales from Missouri written by V. G. Taylor and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Forgotten Tales of Missouri by : Mary Barile
Download or read book Forgotten Tales of Missouri written by Mary Barile and published by Forgotten Tales. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of Missouri legends ranging from historical tales of wind wagons to tales of murder.
Book Synopsis Missouri's Forgotten Heroes by : Ross Malone
Download or read book Missouri's Forgotten Heroes written by Ross Malone and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-06-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Short stories of dozens of people who were amazing, ranging from soldiers and astronauts to pioneers and business women.
Book Synopsis History in the Heartland Volume 3 by : Robert Turek
Download or read book History in the Heartland Volume 3 written by Robert Turek and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-02-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover Little Known Stories of Iowa History! Captivating Little Known True Stories are sure to Entertain. The book may just inspire Your next Road Trip! Did You Know? The World's Largest Grotto is in Iowa? One Major Religion believes there is a Lost Sacred City in Iowa? German POW's Created a Nativity Scene You can Visit today? The 1st Train Heist of the West occured in Iowa? These and many more stories of Missouri's past are explored in History in the Heartland Volume 3: Iowa Stories!
Download or read book These and Other Lands written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Murder in the Heartland by : Jay Dix
Download or read book Murder in the Heartland written by Jay Dix and published by Academic Information Systems. This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four murders as case studies in Mid-Missouri.
Book Synopsis Tales from Missouri by : Jake S. Townsend
Download or read book Tales from Missouri written by Jake S. Townsend and published by . This book was released on 2018-07-12 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Tales of the Missouri Indians by : Dennis R. Edwards Ph. D
Download or read book Tales of the Missouri Indians written by Dennis R. Edwards Ph. D and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-07 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Long Way from Home by : Tom Brokaw
Download or read book A Long Way from Home written by Tom Brokaw and published by Random House. This book was released on 2002-11-05 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reflections on America and the American experience as he has lived and observed it by the bestselling author of The Greatest Generation, whose iconic career in journalism has spanned more than fifty years From his parents’ life in the Thirties, on to his boyhood along the Missouri River and on the prairies of South Dakota in the Forties, into his early journalism career in the Fifties and the tumultuous Sixties, up to the present, this personal story is a reflection on America in our time. Tom Brokaw writes about growing up and coming of age in the heartland, and of the family, the people, the culture and the values that shaped him then and still do today. His father, Red Brokaw, a genius with machines, followed the instincts of Tom’s mother Jean, and took the risk of moving his small family from an Army base to Pickstown, South Dakota, where Red got a job as a heavy equipment operator in the Army Corps of Engineers’ project building the Ft. Randall dam along the Missouri River. Tom Brokaw describes how this move became the pivotal decision in their lives, as the Brokaw family, along with others after World War II, began to live out the American Dream: community, relative prosperity, middle class pleasures and good educations for their children. “Along the river and in the surrounding hills, I had a Tom Sawyer boyhood,” Brokaw writes; and as he describes his own pilgrimage as it unfolded—from childhood to love, marriage, the early days in broadcast journalism, and beyond—he also reflects on what brought him and so many Americans of his generation to lead lives a long way from home, yet forever affected by it. Praise for A Long Way from Home “[A] love letter to the . . . people and places that enriched a ‘Tom Sawyer boyhood.’ Brokaw . . . has a knack for delivering quirky observations on small-town life. . . . Bottom line: Tom’s terrific.”—People “Breezy and straightforward . . . much like the assertive TV newsman himself.”—Los Angeles Times “Brokaw writes with disarming honesty.”—The Atlanta Journal-Constitution “Brokaw evokes a sense of community, a pride of citizenship, and a confidence in American ideals that will impress his readers.”—Richmond Times-Dispatch
