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Sonny and Little Cloud

By: Carol Wilson Covington

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Sonny is very frightened of storms! He shows his fear much like many young children. One very stormy day, Sonny learns that the things that scare him the most actually have a very positive impact on our world and can also be fun for him. Come along with us as Sonny learns from his new friend, Little Cloud, exactly what makes a storm. He learns he can actually enjoy some parts of a storm and that he should be cautious of others. Share this fun and educational trip by way of one child's vivid imagination and a happy and cute little storm cloud that has his own imagination. Read how Little Cloud explains thunder, wind, rain, and lightning to his new young friend. Charming characters bring this book to life. It will surely become a favorite that you will enjoy each time you share Sonny and Little Cloud with your child.

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Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.

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1642586064

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9781642586060

Freedom at Risk

The Kidnapping of Free Blacks in America, 1780-1865

By: Carol Wilson

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Freedom at Risk

The Kidnapping of Free Blacks in America, 1780-1865

By: Carol Wilson

Kidnapping was perhaps the greatest fear of free blacks in pre-Civil War America. Though they may have descended from generations of free-born people or worked to purchase their freedom, free blacks were not able to enjoy the privileges and opportunities of white Americans. They lived with the constant threat of kidnapping and enslavement, against which they had little recourse. Most kidnapped free blacks were forcibly abducted, but other methods, such as luring victims with job offers or falsely claiming free people as fugitive slaves, were used as well. Kidnapping of blacks was actually facilitated by numerous state laws, as well as the federal fugitive slave laws of 1793 and 1850. Greed motivated kidnappers, who were assured high profits on the sale of their victims. As the internal slave trade increased in the early nineteenth century, so did kidnapping. If greed provided the motivation for the crime, racism helped it to continue unabated. Victims usually found it extremely difficult to regain their freedom through a legal system that reflected society's racist views, perpetuated a racial double standard, and considered all blacks slaves until proven otherwise. Fortunate was the victim who received assistance, sometimes from government officials, most often from abolitionists. Frequently, however, the black community was forced to protect its own and organized to do so, sometimes by working within the law, sometimes by meeting violence with violence. Mining newspaper accounts, memoirs, slave narratives, court records, letters, abolitionist society minutes, and government documents, Carol Wilson has provided a needed addition to our picture of free black life in the United States.

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211

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University Press of Kentucky

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0813184525

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9780813184524

Explorer's Guide Georgia (Second Edition)

By: Carol Thalimer,Dan Thalimer

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Explorer's Guide Georgia (Second Edition)

By: Carol Thalimer,Dan Thalimer

Georgia is one of the top domestic travel destinations in the U.S. From ancient mountains and winding rivers to charming towns, plush coastal island communities, and the lively metropolis of Atlanta, Georgia: An Explorer's Guide offers a vast variety of opportunities for travelers of many interests. In this all-new guide, veteran travel writers Carol and Dan Thalimer lead you on the ultimate exploration of the Peach Tree State, showing you where to find the best barbeque, white-water rafting, historic battlefields, cultural opportunities, and much more. This revised edition includes hundreds of dining recommendations, from roadside eateries to fine cuisine. Opinionated listings of inns, B&Bs, hotels, vacation cabins, and campgrounds are also featured. Other features include: 15 up-to-date regional and city maps; an alphabetical “What's Where” guide for trip planning; handy icons that point out best values, wheelchair access, family- and pet-friendly activities and establishments.

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539

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The Countryman Press

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1581577745

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9781581577747

Raymond Carver

A Writer's Life

By: Carol Sklenicka

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Raymond Carver

A Writer's Life

By: Carol Sklenicka

The first biography of america’s best-known short story writer of the late twentieth century. The London Times called Raymond Carver "the American Chekhov." The beloved, mischievous, but more modest short-story writer and poet thought of himself as "a lucky man" whose renunciation of alcohol allowed him to live "ten years longer than I or anyone expected." In that last decade, Carver became the leading figure in a resurgence of the short story. Readers embraced his precise, sad, often funny and poignant tales of ordinary people and their troubles: poverty, drunkenness, embittered marriages, difficulties brought on by neglect rather than intent. Since Carver died in 1988 at age fifty, his legacy has been mythologized by admirers and tainted by controversy over a zealous editor’s shaping of his first two story collections. Carol Sklenicka penetrates the myths and controversies. Her decade-long search of archives across the United States and her extensive interviews with Carver’s relatives, friends, and colleagues have enabled her to write the definitive story of the iconic literary figure. Laced with the voices of people who knew Carver intimately, her biography offers a fresh appreciation of his work and an unbiased, vivid portrait of the writer.

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782

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Simon and Schuster

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1439160589

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9781439160589

Taking Heart

A Novel

By: Carol Doumani

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Taking Heart

A Novel

By: Carol Doumani

A heart-transplant leads to love in this novel. When Emily Barnes agrees to donate her dead husband's heart she does not know who will receive it. But Sam Sampson, the recipient, learns her identity and goes to see her.

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Wave Publishing

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0964235919

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9780964235915

The Underground Railroad in Michigan

By: Carol E. Mull

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The Underground Railroad in Michigan

By: Carol E. Mull

Though living far north of the Mason-Dixon line, many mid-nineteenth-century citizens of Michigan rose up to protest the moral offense of slavery; they published an abolitionist newspaper and founded an anti-slavery society, as well as a campaign for emancipation. By the 1840s, a prominent abolitionist from Illinois had crossed the state line to Michigan, establishing new stations on the Underground Railroad. This book is the first comprehensive exploration of abolitionism and the network of escape from slavery in the state. First-person accounts are interwoven with an expansive historical overview of national events to offer a fresh examination of Michigan's critical role in the movement to end American slavery.

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McFarland

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0786455632

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9780786455638

Book's by Carol Wilson Covington

Sonny and Little Cloud

Sonny and Little Cloud

Freedom at Risk

Freedom at Risk

Explorer's Guide Georgia (Second Edition)

Explorer's Guide Georgia (Second Edition)

Raymond Carver

Raymond Carver

Taking Heart

Taking Heart

The Underground Railroad in Michigan

The Underground Railroad in Michigan

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