Author: Bernie Fuchs
Publisher: Blue Sky Press (AZ)
ISBN: 9780439266451
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
In Nevada in 1861, a young Pony Express rider races for his life, pursued by seven Paiute warriors who are determined to drive white settlers out of their territory.
Ride Like the Wind
Author: Bernie Fuchs
Publisher: Blue Sky Press (AZ)
ISBN: 9780439266451
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
In Nevada in 1861, a young Pony Express rider races for his life, pursued by seven Paiute warriors who are determined to drive white settlers out of their territory.
Publisher: Blue Sky Press (AZ)
ISBN: 9780439266451
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
In Nevada in 1861, a young Pony Express rider races for his life, pursued by seven Paiute warriors who are determined to drive white settlers out of their territory.
Ride the Wind
Author: Lucia St. Clair Robson
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 0345325222
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 606
Book Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The story of Cynthia Ann Parker and the last days of the Comanche In 1836, when she was nine years old, Cynthia Ann Parker was kidnapped by Comanche Indians from her family's settlement. She grew up with them, mastered their ways, and married one of their leaders. Except for her brilliant blue eyes and golden mane, Cynthia Ann Parker was in every way a Comanche woman. They called her Naduah—Keeps Warm With Us. She rode a horse named Wind. This is her story, the story of a proud and innocent people whose lives pulsed with the very heartbeat of the land. It is the story of a way of life that is gone forever. It will thrill you, absorb you, touch your soul, and make you cry as you celebrate the beauty and mourn the end of the great Comanche nation.
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 0345325222
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 606
Book Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The story of Cynthia Ann Parker and the last days of the Comanche In 1836, when she was nine years old, Cynthia Ann Parker was kidnapped by Comanche Indians from her family's settlement. She grew up with them, mastered their ways, and married one of their leaders. Except for her brilliant blue eyes and golden mane, Cynthia Ann Parker was in every way a Comanche woman. They called her Naduah—Keeps Warm With Us. She rode a horse named Wind. This is her story, the story of a proud and innocent people whose lives pulsed with the very heartbeat of the land. It is the story of a way of life that is gone forever. It will thrill you, absorb you, touch your soul, and make you cry as you celebrate the beauty and mourn the end of the great Comanche nation.
Ride Like the Wind-His Story
Author: E. Leona Wallace
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1628383623
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
When David moves to a small town in the mountains, he's looking for stability and a fresh start for his children. What he stumbles into instead is a lakeside murder investigation. Meanwhile, his debauched, soon-to-be-ex wife Tara becomes entangled in the dark world of illicit substances, black market remedies, and a mysterious stranger named Johnnie. Who is this man and why is he so interested in Tara and her children? What did David witness on the lake the night he arrived and how is it connect
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1628383623
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
When David moves to a small town in the mountains, he's looking for stability and a fresh start for his children. What he stumbles into instead is a lakeside murder investigation. Meanwhile, his debauched, soon-to-be-ex wife Tara becomes entangled in the dark world of illicit substances, black market remedies, and a mysterious stranger named Johnnie. Who is this man and why is he so interested in Tara and her children? What did David witness on the lake the night he arrived and how is it connect
Riding Like the Wind
Author: Iris Jamahl Dunkle
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520395441
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 415
Book Description
This saga of a writer done dirty resurrects the silenced voice of Sanora Babb, peerless author of midcentury American literature. In 1939, when John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath was published, it became an instant bestseller and a prevailing narrative in the nation's collective imagination of the era. But it also stopped the publication of another important novel, silencing a gifted writer who was more intimately connected to the true experiences of Dust Bowl migrants. In Riding Like the Wind, renowned biographer Iris Jamahl Dunkle revives the groundbreaking voice of Sanora Babb. Dunkle follows Babb from her impoverished childhood in eastern Colorado to California. There, she befriended the era's literati, including Ray Bradbury and Ralph Ellison; entered into an illegal marriage; and was blacklisted by the House Un-American Activities Committee. It was Babb's field notes and oral histories of migrant farmworkers that Steinbeck relied on to write his novel. But this is not merely a saga of literary usurping; on her own merits, Babb's impact was profound. Her life and work feature heavily in Ken Burns's award-winning documentary The Dust Bowl and inspired Kristin Hannah in her bestseller The Four Winds. Riding Like the Wind reminds us with fresh awareness that the stories we know—and who tells them—can change the way we remember history.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520395441
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 415
Book Description
This saga of a writer done dirty resurrects the silenced voice of Sanora Babb, peerless author of midcentury American literature. In 1939, when John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath was published, it became an instant bestseller and a prevailing narrative in the nation's collective imagination of the era. But it also stopped the publication of another important novel, silencing a gifted writer who was more intimately connected to the true experiences of Dust Bowl migrants. In Riding Like the Wind, renowned biographer Iris Jamahl Dunkle revives the groundbreaking voice of Sanora Babb. Dunkle follows Babb from her impoverished childhood in eastern Colorado to California. There, she befriended the era's literati, including Ray Bradbury and Ralph Ellison; entered into an illegal marriage; and was blacklisted by the House Un-American Activities Committee. It was Babb's field notes and oral histories of migrant farmworkers that Steinbeck relied on to write his novel. But this is not merely a saga of literary usurping; on her own merits, Babb's impact was profound. Her life and work feature heavily in Ken Burns's award-winning documentary The Dust Bowl and inspired Kristin Hannah in her bestseller The Four Winds. Riding Like the Wind reminds us with fresh awareness that the stories we know—and who tells them—can change the way we remember history.
Where the Spirits Ride the Wind
Author: Felicitas D. Goodman
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253014646
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
“Dr. Goodman has pioneered in the study of bodily postures and altered states of consciousness.” —Stanley Krippner, professor of personal mythology and parapsychology “And suddenly the understanding of my own vision washed over me like a mighty wave . . . For life or for death, I was committed to that mighty realm of which I was shown a brief reminder, the world where all was forever motion and emergence, that realm where the spirits ride the wind.” —from the Prologue Anthropologist and spiritual explorer Felicitas Goodman reexamines our notions of the nature of reality by studying the ritual postures of native art assumed by her subjects during trance states. For readers desiring to discover this world of ancient myths, she has included a practical guide on how to achieve such ecstatic experiences. “The book is clearly written for the general reader and includes many descriptions of trance experiences. It may serve as a good introduction to the nature and appeal of the shamanic revival in modern Western cultures.” —Theological Book Review “A case study in experiential anthropology that offers a unique mix of autobiography, mythology, experiential research, and archaeological data to support a challenging thesis—that certain body postures may help induce specific trance states.” —Shaman’s Drum “This is a spellbinding and exceptionally readable book by an extraordinary woman.” —Yoga Journal
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253014646
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
“Dr. Goodman has pioneered in the study of bodily postures and altered states of consciousness.” —Stanley Krippner, professor of personal mythology and parapsychology “And suddenly the understanding of my own vision washed over me like a mighty wave . . . For life or for death, I was committed to that mighty realm of which I was shown a brief reminder, the world where all was forever motion and emergence, that realm where the spirits ride the wind.” —from the Prologue Anthropologist and spiritual explorer Felicitas Goodman reexamines our notions of the nature of reality by studying the ritual postures of native art assumed by her subjects during trance states. For readers desiring to discover this world of ancient myths, she has included a practical guide on how to achieve such ecstatic experiences. “The book is clearly written for the general reader and includes many descriptions of trance experiences. It may serve as a good introduction to the nature and appeal of the shamanic revival in modern Western cultures.” —Theological Book Review “A case study in experiential anthropology that offers a unique mix of autobiography, mythology, experiential research, and archaeological data to support a challenging thesis—that certain body postures may help induce specific trance states.” —Shaman’s Drum “This is a spellbinding and exceptionally readable book by an extraordinary woman.” —Yoga Journal
Off Like the Wind!
Author: Michael P. Spradlin
Publisher: Walker Childrens
ISBN: 9780802796530
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In 1860, the first Pony Express rider set out on a trail from Missouri to California. With him, he carried a special delivery-the first mail ever carried by hand to the West. Over the next eleven days, he and many other riders would endure harsh weather, dangerous animals, and more, but nothing would diminish their unflagging determination and courage. Meticulously researched and gorgeously illustrated, Michael P. Spradlin and Layne Johnson's Off Like the Wind! brings to life an adventurous journey, full of suspense and excitement, that celebrates America's can-do attitude and pioneering spirit.
Publisher: Walker Childrens
ISBN: 9780802796530
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In 1860, the first Pony Express rider set out on a trail from Missouri to California. With him, he carried a special delivery-the first mail ever carried by hand to the West. Over the next eleven days, he and many other riders would endure harsh weather, dangerous animals, and more, but nothing would diminish their unflagging determination and courage. Meticulously researched and gorgeously illustrated, Michael P. Spradlin and Layne Johnson's Off Like the Wind! brings to life an adventurous journey, full of suspense and excitement, that celebrates America's can-do attitude and pioneering spirit.
She Rides Like the Wind
Author: Joan Negrescolor
Publisher: Little Gestalten
ISBN: 9783899558531
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
It wasn't that long ago that girls were forbidden to ride bicycles. Also, it wasn't long ago that girls had to dress up as boys in order to stand out in society. This is the case of Alfonsina, a girl who loved to ride her bicycle, but had to fight hard for her dream. Alfonsina Strada (1891-1959) was the first woman to compete in Giro d'Italia, in 1924. The Queen of the Pedal, as she was called, is, today, a symbol of strength and resilience - which also led to her nickname devil in a dress.
Publisher: Little Gestalten
ISBN: 9783899558531
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
It wasn't that long ago that girls were forbidden to ride bicycles. Also, it wasn't long ago that girls had to dress up as boys in order to stand out in society. This is the case of Alfonsina, a girl who loved to ride her bicycle, but had to fight hard for her dream. Alfonsina Strada (1891-1959) was the first woman to compete in Giro d'Italia, in 1924. The Queen of the Pedal, as she was called, is, today, a symbol of strength and resilience - which also led to her nickname devil in a dress.
ONCE THEY MOVED LIKE THE WIND: COCHISE, GERONIMO,
Author: David Roberts
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451639880
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 527
Book Description
During the westward settlement, for more than twenty years Apache tribes eluded both US and Mexican armies, and by 1886 an estimated 9,000 armed men were in pursuit. Roberts (Deborah: A Wilderness Narrative) presents a moving account of the end of the Indian Wars in the Southwest. He portrays the great Apache leaders—Cochise, Nana, Juh, Geronimo, the woman warrior Lozen—and U.S. generals George Crock and Nelson Miles. Drawing on contemporary American and Mexican sources, he weaves a somber story of treachery and misunderstanding. After Geronimo's surrender in 1886, the Apaches were sent to Florida, then to Alabama where many succumbed to malaria, tuberculosis and malnutrition and finally in 1894 to Oklahoma, remaining prisoners of war until 1913. The book is history at its most engrossing. —Publishers Weekly
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451639880
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 527
Book Description
During the westward settlement, for more than twenty years Apache tribes eluded both US and Mexican armies, and by 1886 an estimated 9,000 armed men were in pursuit. Roberts (Deborah: A Wilderness Narrative) presents a moving account of the end of the Indian Wars in the Southwest. He portrays the great Apache leaders—Cochise, Nana, Juh, Geronimo, the woman warrior Lozen—and U.S. generals George Crock and Nelson Miles. Drawing on contemporary American and Mexican sources, he weaves a somber story of treachery and misunderstanding. After Geronimo's surrender in 1886, the Apaches were sent to Florida, then to Alabama where many succumbed to malaria, tuberculosis and malnutrition and finally in 1894 to Oklahoma, remaining prisoners of war until 1913. The book is history at its most engrossing. —Publishers Weekly
Ride Like the Wind
Author: Stan Berenstain
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780375912733
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Love at first sight! That's what happens when Sister Bear sees the horses at Miss Toni's Riding School and Stable. Sister goes horse crazy! She dreams about horses. She writes stories about horses. She even finds a way to work horses into her math homework! Her dreams soon come true when she gets to take riding lessons with Old Bess, a sweet, slow mare. She may not be the fastest horse in the stable but when Old Bess veers off the beaten track, Sister is in for the ride of a lifetime!
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780375912733
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Love at first sight! That's what happens when Sister Bear sees the horses at Miss Toni's Riding School and Stable. Sister goes horse crazy! She dreams about horses. She writes stories about horses. She even finds a way to work horses into her math homework! Her dreams soon come true when she gets to take riding lessons with Old Bess, a sweet, slow mare. She may not be the fastest horse in the stable but when Old Bess veers off the beaten track, Sister is in for the ride of a lifetime!
Run Like the Wind
Author: Gerald L. Guy
Publisher: Gerld L. Guy
ISBN: 1981837191
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
After watching his father's murder, fourteen-year-old Eongus "Gus" McIntyre suddenly is orphaned and alone in the Black Hills of the Dakota Territory, the wildest and most untamed lands in 1876 America. Luckily he is befriended by a group of cattlemen, who are driving 100 Texas Longhorn steers to Deadwood to feed hungry gold miners. An ornery trail cook, named Toots, and the boss' son, Junior Hamilton, take him under their wing and change is life forever.
Publisher: Gerld L. Guy
ISBN: 1981837191
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
After watching his father's murder, fourteen-year-old Eongus "Gus" McIntyre suddenly is orphaned and alone in the Black Hills of the Dakota Territory, the wildest and most untamed lands in 1876 America. Luckily he is befriended by a group of cattlemen, who are driving 100 Texas Longhorn steers to Deadwood to feed hungry gold miners. An ornery trail cook, named Toots, and the boss' son, Junior Hamilton, take him under their wing and change is life forever.