Author: Piet Meiring
Publisher:
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Category : Barberton (South Africa)
Languages : en
Pages : 212

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Author: Charles Van Onselen
Publisher: Jonathan Ball Publishers
ISBN: 1868426238
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 609

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Johannesburg, South Africa, was ? and is ? the Frontier of Money. Within months of its founding, the mining camp was host to organised crime: the African 'Regiment of the Hills' and 'Irish Brigade' bandits. Bars, brothels, boarding houses and hotels oozed testosterone and violence, and the use of fists and guns was commonplace. Beyond the chaos were clear signs of another struggle, one to maintain control, honour and order within the emerging male and mining dominated culture. In the underworld, the dictum of 'honour among thieves', as well as a hatred of informers, testified to attempts at self-regulation. A 'real man' did not take advantage of an opponent by employing underhand tactics. It had to be a 'fair fight' if a man was to be respected. This was the world that 'One-armed Jack' McLoughlin - brigand, soldier, sailor, mercenary, burglar, highwayman and safe-cracker - entered in the early 1890s to become Johannesburg's most infamous 'Irish' anti-hero and social bandit. McLoughlin's infatuation with George Stevenson prompted him to recruit the young Englishman into his gang of safe-crackers but 'Stevo' was a man with a past and primed for personal and professional betrayal. It was a deadly mixture. Honour could only be retrieved through a Showdown at the Red Lion.

Author: Sandra V. Feder
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
ISBN: 1771381698
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 82

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Daisy loves words, so she is delighted when Miss Goldner teaches the class about alliteration. When her neighbor Grant starts calling her Lazy Daisy, she decides to come up with an alliterative nickname so dazzling it sticks. As Daisy collects D words that describe her, she shows delightful determination in finding the perfect name. Daisy’s Defining Day is book two in the Daisy series. With its fresh, fun characters and engaging, believable stories, the Daisy series introduces children to the satisfaction of independent reading and the joy of playing with language.

Author: American Hampshire Swine Record Association
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hampshire swine
Languages : en
Pages : 1362

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Author: Max Haines
Publisher: Barnes & Noble Publishing
ISBN: 9780760762585
Category : Murder
Languages : en
Pages : 344

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50 Headline-grabbing murders from around the world.

Author: Canadian Shorthorn Association
Publisher:
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Category : Cattle
Languages : en
Pages : 830

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Author: Grif Stockley
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 1604730676
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 352

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A biography of the courageous mentor to the Little Rock Nine

Author: Jonathan C. Kinley
Publisher: Outskirts Press
ISBN: 1977275281
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 436

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For rock, blues, country, and folk musicians and poetry enthusiasts With over 200 sets of lyrics encompassing the genres of rock, blues, country, and folk music this anthology presents a strong artistic presence that will engage readers through its creative word play and expression of emotions and insights. A book for musicians seeking lyrics as well as for lovers of poetry this book touches upon many topics.

Author: Muril Hart
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1449036813
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 246

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The Daisy Chain is a three-part book.Part one is the story of Daisy Petty McIntyre, a courageous mother of four children. Widowed in 1912 in her early 30s, she was forced by circumstances to leave her cozy home in the Ozark Hills of Northwestern Arkansas, where she was surrounded by family and friends to wrest out a living in a large city where she knew few people.She soon learned that the many skills that served her well in the Ozarks had little financial value in earning a living for herself and her children in Kansas City. Daisy faced hardships and destitution, but she did it with great heart and fortitude, never letting her children see the fears and desolation she felt on an almost daily basis. Part two is the author's experiences growing up in the Great Depression years. Part three is a family genealogy.

Author: Judith Bloom Fradin
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618315567
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 204

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Born in a small town in rural Arkansas, Daisy Bates was a journalist and activist who became one of the foremost civil rights leaders in America. In 1957 she mentored the nine black students who were integrated into Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.