Author: Maureen Lander
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1329440617
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Bijou's War is a true WWII story of one French teenager's reckless resistance to her despised occupiers. Born in Cherbourg in 1926, Claire-Marie LeVeel, or Bijou to her family was sent to the relative safety of the Normandy countryside with her mother, sister, grandmothers, and great aunt. Her beloved Papa stayed behind in his job as the harbormaster/chief engineer of Cherbourg harbor, using his favored status to help downed Allied pilots return to England. The story's conversational tone belies the life-threatening forces bearing down on the LeVeel family. Bijou persists in cutting telegraph wires, breaking into barracks, and defying orders even as tensions mount in the events leading up to D-Day. When the hoped-for Allied landing finally happens, Bijou's Papa is cut off from all communication, trapped at the port whose recapture is a prime objective of the Allies. Not knowing what the Germans will do when all is lost, the family comes to fear what they long for most - their liberation.
Bijou's War
Author: Maureen Lander
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1329440617
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Bijou's War is a true WWII story of one French teenager's reckless resistance to her despised occupiers. Born in Cherbourg in 1926, Claire-Marie LeVeel, or Bijou to her family was sent to the relative safety of the Normandy countryside with her mother, sister, grandmothers, and great aunt. Her beloved Papa stayed behind in his job as the harbormaster/chief engineer of Cherbourg harbor, using his favored status to help downed Allied pilots return to England. The story's conversational tone belies the life-threatening forces bearing down on the LeVeel family. Bijou persists in cutting telegraph wires, breaking into barracks, and defying orders even as tensions mount in the events leading up to D-Day. When the hoped-for Allied landing finally happens, Bijou's Papa is cut off from all communication, trapped at the port whose recapture is a prime objective of the Allies. Not knowing what the Germans will do when all is lost, the family comes to fear what they long for most - their liberation.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1329440617
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Bijou's War is a true WWII story of one French teenager's reckless resistance to her despised occupiers. Born in Cherbourg in 1926, Claire-Marie LeVeel, or Bijou to her family was sent to the relative safety of the Normandy countryside with her mother, sister, grandmothers, and great aunt. Her beloved Papa stayed behind in his job as the harbormaster/chief engineer of Cherbourg harbor, using his favored status to help downed Allied pilots return to England. The story's conversational tone belies the life-threatening forces bearing down on the LeVeel family. Bijou persists in cutting telegraph wires, breaking into barracks, and defying orders even as tensions mount in the events leading up to D-Day. When the hoped-for Allied landing finally happens, Bijou's Papa is cut off from all communication, trapped at the port whose recapture is a prime objective of the Allies. Not knowing what the Germans will do when all is lost, the family comes to fear what they long for most - their liberation.
All Together Once More
Author: Wilson Rose
Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing
ISBN: 1457511436
Category : Union County (S.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
In 1833, the English family of George Poulton set sail, intent on claiming land in Canada.Their tale of crossing New York on an Erie Canal packet boat ends in tragedy as the father dies in Lockport, leaving a wife and five young children with a claim to land no longer valid. In desperation, the mother places her two youngest children in adoptive homes and enrolls the two eldest in the Emma Willard Academy, Troy, New York. Later, one daughter marries the son of Niagara Falls architect John Latshaw and another marries Judge Thomas Dawkins who, in the waning years of the Confederacy, risks life and fortune to provide sanctuary to the South Carolina government of Andrew Magrath. Leading the family into the turn of the century is George Edward Ladshaw who partners with a brother to found Ladshaw & Ladshaw, a civil and hydraulic engineering firm that rides the wave of the burgeoning Carolina cotton mill industry. Overshadowing this success is the tragic story of the eldest Poulton child who inherits the scourge of bipolar disorder and dies in a South Carolina mental institution. Eventually, the entire family that had sailed from English shores settles in South Carolina and becomes "All Together Once More." This true story of an immigrant family in America is intertwined with a narrative of hope, despair, and success and is based upon letters, a diary and family bible, Emma Willard Academy records, family accounts, and legal documents. The book is generously illustrated and fully annotated.
Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing
ISBN: 1457511436
Category : Union County (S.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
In 1833, the English family of George Poulton set sail, intent on claiming land in Canada.Their tale of crossing New York on an Erie Canal packet boat ends in tragedy as the father dies in Lockport, leaving a wife and five young children with a claim to land no longer valid. In desperation, the mother places her two youngest children in adoptive homes and enrolls the two eldest in the Emma Willard Academy, Troy, New York. Later, one daughter marries the son of Niagara Falls architect John Latshaw and another marries Judge Thomas Dawkins who, in the waning years of the Confederacy, risks life and fortune to provide sanctuary to the South Carolina government of Andrew Magrath. Leading the family into the turn of the century is George Edward Ladshaw who partners with a brother to found Ladshaw & Ladshaw, a civil and hydraulic engineering firm that rides the wave of the burgeoning Carolina cotton mill industry. Overshadowing this success is the tragic story of the eldest Poulton child who inherits the scourge of bipolar disorder and dies in a South Carolina mental institution. Eventually, the entire family that had sailed from English shores settles in South Carolina and becomes "All Together Once More." This true story of an immigrant family in America is intertwined with a narrative of hope, despair, and success and is based upon letters, a diary and family bible, Emma Willard Academy records, family accounts, and legal documents. The book is generously illustrated and fully annotated.
Bijou's Big Adventure
Author: Frances Ann Ladd
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
ISBN: 9780439542357
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Boss would like Bijou to come and play with the other Ham-Hams, but the little white hamster is afraid to leave her cage until Hamtaro and Oxnard come for a visit.
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
ISBN: 9780439542357
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Boss would like Bijou to come and play with the other Ham-Hams, but the little white hamster is afraid to leave her cage until Hamtaro and Oxnard come for a visit.
The Bijou Lessons: Everything I Need to Know I Learned from my Puppy
Author: Carol G. Huff
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 147716202X
Category : Pets
Languages : en
Pages : 175
Book Description
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 147716202X
Category : Pets
Languages : en
Pages : 175
Book Description
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Languages : en
Pages : 772
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Languages : en
Pages : 772
Book Description
The Idol's Eye. Being Adventures in Search of a Big Diamond
Author: William Stephens Hayward
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385328586
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385328586
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.
Final Bow at the Bijou
Author: Amy E. Lilly
Publisher: Old Crow Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
She was a mere stage performer. Until she pulled the disappearing act of a lifetime… Evie Harris knows all about grief and despair. After losing her brother to WWI and her mother to the Spanish Flu, she’s spent the past four years simply getting by, not scared of much but not looking forward to anything either. Enter world-renowned magician and famous escape artist Harry Houdini and his friend Jack Thompson. The two men approach Evie’s father with an unusual request: They want his help to locate Jack’s missing sister, Flora Thompson. A magician’s assistant who just happened to step into the disappearing cabinet and vanish for good. Leaving behind her quiet life, Evie disguises herself and goes undercover, becoming the new magician's assistant of the traveling vaudeville show. She is sure Flora is no runaway. But she’ll have to maneuver her way out of illusion and misdirection to uncover the truth. Can she do that without arousing suspicion, or will the show’s final trick be played on her?
Publisher: Old Crow Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
She was a mere stage performer. Until she pulled the disappearing act of a lifetime… Evie Harris knows all about grief and despair. After losing her brother to WWI and her mother to the Spanish Flu, she’s spent the past four years simply getting by, not scared of much but not looking forward to anything either. Enter world-renowned magician and famous escape artist Harry Houdini and his friend Jack Thompson. The two men approach Evie’s father with an unusual request: They want his help to locate Jack’s missing sister, Flora Thompson. A magician’s assistant who just happened to step into the disappearing cabinet and vanish for good. Leaving behind her quiet life, Evie disguises herself and goes undercover, becoming the new magician's assistant of the traveling vaudeville show. She is sure Flora is no runaway. But she’ll have to maneuver her way out of illusion and misdirection to uncover the truth. Can she do that without arousing suspicion, or will the show’s final trick be played on her?
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1260
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1260
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Languages : en
Pages : 1356
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Saturday Afternoon at the Bijou
Author: David H. Zinman
Publisher: Arlington House Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
This book looks at some of the most popular movie series made. It includes the background of each series, information on the characters and the actors who portrayed them.
Publisher: Arlington House Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
This book looks at some of the most popular movie series made. It includes the background of each series, information on the characters and the actors who portrayed them.