Jack Kelly
Author
Publisher
Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
In the first of these stories from the Catskill Mountains, a superstitious schoolmaster encounters a headless horseman; in the second, a man sleeps for twenty years, waking to a much-changed world.
4) The edge of anarchy: the railroad barons, the Gilded Age, and the greatest labor uprising in America
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
The Edge of Anarchy by Jack Kelly offers a vivid account of the greatest uprising of working people in American history. At the pinnacle of the Gilded Age, a boycott of Pullman sleeping cars by hundreds of thousands of railroad employees brought commerce to a standstill across much of the country. Famine threatened, riots broke out along the rail lines. Soon the U.S. Army was on the march and gunfire rang from the streets of major cities. This epochal...
5) Commandos
Publisher
Digiview Productions
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
In 1942, Commandos are ordered to capture an oasis controlled by the Italians and hold it until the Allies land.
Series
Publisher
World Music Network
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
From the classic sounds of the jug band heyday to the earthy blues straight from the Mississippi Delta, Memphis was at the very epicentre of the 1920s country blues explosion. This Rough Guide charts the city's huge influence with classic tracks by blues legends Memphis Minnie, Furry Lewis, Sleepy John Estes and many more.
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Casablanca express: "It is 1942 and the conflict between the U.S. and Germany is getting heated. Winston Churchill is kidnapped by Nazi paratroopers. Now Al Cooper must rescue him"--Container. Cold war killers: "When a plane carrying extremely valuable cargo crashed into a lake, it is still sought after twenty-seven years later. The contents of the plane are not only of interest to Russian Intelligence but of England's defense staff as well. Both...