It was a time of wonder and excitement, a time of beginnings: The British have just signed the surrender at Yorktown, and Charles Dupree, uncertain even of his age, has walked away from a French ship and into a new country. Here, no one will care about his background here, in America, all things will be possible for the French street urchin. All he will have to do is work, and that does not frighten Charles. Growing with the nation, Charles moves west, and it is in the rough river town of Nashville that he finds his place and realizes his dream: Bon Marche, an estate devoted to the breeding of race horses. With a scope as broad as the country it portrays, Bon Marche is an epic novel as exciting as its time, filled with grand passion and abiding love. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Charles Dewey is dead. His beloved daughter, Alma May Dewey, runs Bon Marche. Under her firm control, the stud farms and racing string are even more successful that Charles could have hoped. But the 1850s are an unsettled time. Even the illustrious Deweys cannot ignore the debates over states' rights and slavery--especially when the stories are carried on the front pages of their own newspapers. The fires of the Civil War will reach even the pillared portico of Bon Marche. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Country music has been simply a documentation of the American experience. It has dealt with human happiness and tragedy of true love and infidelity, and adversity. This book offers brief profiles of some of country music's most influential performers, including Hank Williams, Eddy Arnold, Jim Reeves, Kitty Wells, the Carter family, and Chet Atkins.
Profiles of gospel music's leading performers and composers, from Mahalia Jackson to BeBe and CeCe Wynans, chronicle those who have made gospel one of the most popular musical genres in America. Original.
It was a time of wonder and excitement, a time of beginnings: The British have just signed the surrender at Yorktown, and Charles Dupree, uncertain even of his age, has walked away from a French ship and into a new country. Here, no one will care about his background here, in America, all things will be possible for the French street urchin. All he will have to do is work, and that does not frighten Charles. Growing with the nation, Charles moves west, and it is in the rough river town of Nashville that he finds his place and realizes his dream: Bon Marche, an estate devoted to the breeding of race horses. With a scope as broad as the country it portrays, Bon Marche is an epic novel as exciting as its time, filled with grand passion and abiding love. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Charles Dewey is dead. His beloved daughter, Alma May Dewey, runs Bon Marche. Under her firm control, the stud farms and racing string are even more successful that Charles could have hoped. But the 1850s are an unsettled time. Even the illustrious Deweys cannot ignore the debates over states' rights and slavery--especially when the stories are carried on the front pages of their own newspapers. The fires of the Civil War will reach even the pillared portico of Bon Marche. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Country music has been simply a documentation of the American experience. It has dealt with human happiness and tragedy of true love and infidelity, and adversity. This book offers brief profiles of some of country music's most influential performers, including Hank Williams, Eddy Arnold, Jim Reeves, Kitty Wells, the Carter family, and Chet Atkins.
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