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Author: Ross Malone Publisher: AuthorHouse ISBN: 1449097162 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 158
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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.
Author: Ross Malone Publisher: AuthorHouse ISBN: 1449097162 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 158
Book Description
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.
Author: Robert Turek Publisher: Independently Published ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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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!
Author: Barbara J. Miner Publisher: The New Press ISBN: 1595588647 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 281
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“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
Author: Mary Collins Barile Publisher: Arcadia Publishing ISBN: 1625841639 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 144
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“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
Author: Cynthia Clampitt Publisher: University of Illinois Press ISBN: 0252096878 Category : Cooking Languages : en Pages : 305
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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.
Author: Gerald Hayes Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 240
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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.
Author: Dennis Edwards Ph.D Publisher: Covenant Books, Inc. ISBN: 1646709837 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 33
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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.
Author: Ross Malone
Author: Ross Malone
Author: Virginia Publishing Corporation
Author: Robert Turek
Author: Barbara J. Miner
Author: Mary Collins Barile
Author: Cynthia Clampitt
Author: Gerald Hayes
Author: Dennis Edwards Ph.D
Author: V. G. Taylor
Author: Mary Barile