Author: Cam Rascoe Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1450095666 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 176
Book Description
Many voices are heard and their feeling shared in this book of short stories, essays, and poetry as Cam Rascoe tackles America’s social issues and ills. Colorful stories making use of vibrant unforgettable characters bring light where there is darkness. Issues that we all struggle with are discussed, exposed, and dealt with in this book. Many a comical criminal tale is shared in this work as Mr. Rascoe shows how shortcuts in life usually lead you further behind where your normal progression would have brought you to. Life lessons, morals, and strong beliefs he offers while challenging the reader to draw his or her own conclusions. A fun, smart read.
Author: William Kennedy Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 0142001732 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 305
Book Description
“Thick with crime, passion, and backroom banter” (The New Yorker), Roscoe is an odyssey of great scope and linguistic verve, a deadly, comic masterpiece from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Ironweed It's V-J Day, the war is over, and Roscoe Conway, after twenty-six years as the second in command of Albany's notorious political machine, decides to quit politics forever. But there's no way out, and only his Machiavellian imagination can help him cope with the erupting disasters. Every step leads back to the past—to the early loss of his true love, the takeover of city hall, the machine's fight with FDR and Al Smith to elect a governor, and the methodical assassination of gangster Jack "Legs" Diamond. William Kennedy’s Albany Cycle of novels reflect what he once described as the fusion of his imagination with a single place. A native and longtime resident of Albany, New York, his work moves from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century, chronicling family life, the city’s netherworld, and its spheres of power—financial, ethnic, political—often among the Irish-Americans who dominated the city in this period. The novels in his cycle include, Legs, Billy Phelan’s Greatest Game, Ironweed, Quinn’s Book, Very Old Bones, The Flaming Corsage, and Roscoe.
Author: Burton Rascoe Publisher: ISBN: Category : Latin language Languages : en Pages :
Book Description
Copy of Collar and Daniell's first year Latin owned by Burton Rascoe when he was in the Class of 1911 at Shawnee High School in Shawnee, Okla. The printed text in the beginning of the book, from the front endpaper through the first 13 pages, is mostly illegible due to cartoons drawn in ink; printed pictures, postage stamps, typed aphorisms, and clippings pasted in; and ink stamps. Rascoe also added his initials at the end of the table of contents (with a note in pencil that says "my initials in blood") and pasted a picture, possibly his own, over the face of a sculpture of a Roman orator, writing beneath it, "Burtonius Racoius." The pencil notes in the rest of the book mostly concern Latin grammar, with a few more cartoons and extracurricular notes, such as athletic scores. The leaves at the end of the book include more cartoons, drawings, clippings, and cigarette cards.
Author: Cam Rascoe Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1450095585 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 128
Book Description
"Life as a Pine Hills youth can sometimes be a challenging one, each life decision is paramount. There are many pitfalls and traps that lay in wait for the undisciplined. Young Cane has big dreams of fulfilling his destiny of becoming a celebrated athlete and future leader of his beloved Pine Hills. His dream is obtainable if he doesnt allow youthful indiscretions to derail him. Loyalty to what he thinks is real can alter his life forever. Luckily he gains two mentors along the way (Ras Cat and Adam) to help him break the cycle of violence, drug abuse and incarceration. Will they succeed? Or will Cane be one of the many to fall to The Perils of the Peoples of Pine Hills?"
Author: Jane Leslie Conly Publisher: Harper Collins ISBN: 0064402452 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 292
Book Description
‘Racso, a brash and boastful little rodent, is making his way to Thorn Valley, determined to learn how to read and write and become a hero. His bragging and lies get him off to a bad start, but a crisis gives him the opportunity to prove his mettle. A worthy successor [to Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, a Newbery Medal winner by the author's father].' 'BL. 1986 Children's Editors' Choices (BL) Children's Choices for 1987 (IRA/CBC) Notable 1986 Childrens' Trade Books in Social Studies (NCSS/CBC) 1986 Children's Books (NY Public Library) Best Science Fiction/Fantasy 1986 (VOYA)
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