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Blood Brothers

The Story of the Strange Friendship between Sitting Bull and Buffalo Bill

By: Deanne Stillman

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Blood Brothers

The Story of the Strange Friendship between Sitting Bull and Buffalo Bill

By: Deanne Stillman

Winner of the 2018 Ohioana Book Award for Nonfiction The little-known but uniquely American story of the unlikely friendship of two famous figures of the American West—Buffalo Bill Cody and Sitting Bull—told through the prism of their collaboration in Cody's Wild West show in 1885. “Splendid… Blood Brothers eloquently explores the clash of cultures on the Great Plains that initially united the two legends and how this shared experience contributed to the creation of their ironic political alliance.” —Bobby Bridger, Austin Chronicle It was in Brooklyn, New York, in 1883 that William F. Cody—known across the land as Buffalo Bill—conceived of his Wild West show, an “equestrian extravaganza” featuring cowboys and Indians. It was a great success, and for four months in 1885 the Lakota chief Sitting Bull appeared in the show. Blood Brothers tells the story of these two iconic figures through their brief but important collaboration, in “a compelling narrative that reads like a novel” (Orange County Register). “Thoroughly researched, Deanne Stillman’s account of this period in American history is elucidating as well as entertaining” (Booklist), complete with little-told details about the two men whose alliance was eased by none other than Annie Oakley. When Sitting Bull joined the Wild West, the event spawned one of the earliest advertising slogans: “Foes in ’76, Friends in ’85.” Cody paid his performers well, and he treated the Indians no differently from white performers. During this time, the Native American rights movement began to flourish. But with their way of life in tatters, the Lakota and others availed themselves of the chance to perform in the Wild West show. When Cody died in 1917, a large contingent of Native Americans attended his public funeral. An iconic friendship tale like no other, Blood Brothers is a timeless story of people from different cultures who crossed barriers to engage each other as human beings. Here, Stillman provides “an account of the tragic murder of Sitting Bull that’s as good as any in the literature…Thoughtful and thoroughly well-told—just the right treatment for a subject about which many books have been written before, few so successfully” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).

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Simon and Schuster

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1476773548

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9781476773544

American Confidential

Uncovering the Bizarre Story of Lee Harvey Oswald and his Mother

By: Deanne Stillman

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American Confidential

Uncovering the Bizarre Story of Lee Harvey Oswald and his Mother

By: Deanne Stillman

Deanne Stillman's American Confidential takes the familiar and makes it new - makes it thrilling. You won't believe this story; it resonates with deep American echoes." - Darin Strauss, author of Chang & Eng On the 60th anniversary of the JFK assassination, a critically acclaimed writer presents an astonishing new account of one of the 20th century's most notorious assassins, Lee Harvey Oswald—and the mother who raised him . . . Was Lee Harvey Oswald—as he himself claimed—a patsy? A hired gunman? In this startling account, Deanne Stillman suggests that there was indeed a conspiracy behind the assassination of John F. Kennedy—that of Oswald and his mother, Marguerite, who were locked in a desperate pursuit of fame and recognition. It was a struggle that would erupt on November 22, 1963, with Kennedy’s murder—after which the assassin joined the roster of infamous immortals, while his mother spent the rest of her life seeking the media limelight. American Confidential is a mother-son noir tale that plays out across the Wild West of mid-twentieth century America, delving into Oswald’s nomadic boyhood, and the world of his restless and disillusioned mother, who passed along a legacy of class resentment and a clamorous need to matter. In this new and surprising investigation into the short, troubled life of the ordinary man who would take down an American king, Deanne Stillman also presents a fascinating portrait of Oswald as a predecessor of the many violent young men and boys of America today, who take selfies with their rifles, and have come to define a new era of brutality. Following in the tradition of Joan Didion and Charles Bowden, and continuing her celebrated exploration of America’s shadowlands, Stillman recounts a haunting tale of the promise and failure of the American dream. It held Oswald in its grip until the very end. “Some day,” he once told his wife, “I’d like to have a son. Maybe he’ll grow up to be president.”

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Melville House

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1685890695

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9781685890698

Mustang

The Saga of the Wild Horse in the American West

By: Deanne Stillman

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Mustang

The Saga of the Wild Horse in the American West

By: Deanne Stillman

“A fascinating narrative with all the grace and power embodied in the wild horses that once populated the Western range . . . [A] magnificently told saga.” —Albuquerque Journal A Los Angeles Times Best Nonfiction Book of the Year Mustang is the sweeping story of the wild horse in the culture, history, and popular imagination of the American West. It follows the wild horse across time, from its evolutionary origins on this continent to its return with the conquistadors, its bloody battles on the old frontier, its iconic status in Buffalo Bill shows and early westerns, and its plight today as it makes its last stand on the vanishing range. With the Bureau of Land Management proposing to euthanize thousands of horses and ever-encroaching development threatening the land, the mustang’s position has never been more perilous. But as Stillman reveals, the horses are still running wild despite all the obstacles, with spirit unbroken. Hailed by critics nationwide, Mustang is “brisk, smart, thorough, and surprising” (Atlantic Monthly). “Like the best nonfiction writers of our time (Jon Krakauer and Bruce Chatwin come to mind), Stillman’s prose is inviting, her voice authoritative and her vision imaginative and impressively broad.” —Los Angeles Times “Powerful . . . Stillman’s talent as a writer makes this impossible [to stop reading], to the mustang’s benefit.” —Orion “A circumspect writer passionate about her purpose can produce a significant gift for readers. Stillman’s wonderful chronicle of America’s mustangs is an excellent example.” —The Seattle Times

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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054752613X

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9780547526133

Desert Reckoning

A Town Sheriff, a Mojave Hermit, and the Biggest Manhunt in Modern California History

By: Deanne Stillman

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Desert Reckoning

A Town Sheriff, a Mojave Hermit, and the Biggest Manhunt in Modern California History

By: Deanne Stillman

North of Los Angeles - the studios, the beaches, Rodeo Drive - lies a sparsely populated region that comprises fully one half of Los Angeles County. Sprawling across 2200 miles, this shadow side of Los Angeles is in the high Mojave Desert. Known as the Antelope Valley, it's a terrain of savage dignity, a vast amphitheatre of startling wonders that put on a show as the megalopolis burrows northward into the region's last frontier. Ranchers, cowboys, dreamers, dropouts, bikers, hikers, and felons have settled here - those who have chosen solitude over the trappings of contemporary life or simply have nowhere else to go. But in recent years their lives have been encroached upon by the creeping spread of subdivisions, funded by the once easy money of subprime America. McMansions - many empty now - gradually replaced Joshua trees; the desert - America's escape hatch - began to vanish as it became home to a latter-day exodus of pilgrims. It is against the backdrop of these two competing visions of land and space that Donald Kueck - a desert hermit who loved animals and hated civilization - took his last stand, gunning down beloved deputy sheriff Steven Sorensen when he approached his trailer at high noon on a scorching summer day. As the sound of rifle fire echoed across the Mojave, Kueck took off into the desert he knew so well, kicking off the biggest manhunt in modern California history until he was finally killed in a Wagnerian firestorm under a full moon as nuns at a nearby convent watched and prayed. This manhunt was the subject of a widely praised article by Deanne Stillman, first published in Rolling Stone, a finalist for a PEN Center USA journalism award, and included in the anthology Best American Crime Writing 2006. In Desert Reckoning she continues her desert beat and uses Kueck's story as a point of departure to further explore our relationship to place and the wars that are playing out on our homeland. In addition, Stillman also delves into the hidden history of Los Angeles County, and traces the paths of two men on a collision course that could only end in the modern Wild West. Why did a brilliant, self-taught rocket scientist who just wanted to be left alone go off the rails when a cop showed up? What role did the California prison system play in this drama? What happens to people when the American dream is stripped away? And what is it like for the men who are sworn to protect and serve?

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1568586914

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Mustang

The Saga of the Wild Horse in the American West

By: Deanne Stillman

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The Saga of the Wild Horse in the American West

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American Confidential

Uncovering the Bizarre Story of Lee Harvey Oswald and his Mother

By: Deanne Stillman

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Uncovering the Bizarre Story of Lee Harvey Oswald and his Mother

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Desert Reckoning

A Town Sheriff, a Mojave Hermit, and the Biggest Manhunt in Modern California History

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A Town Sheriff, a Mojave Hermit, and the Biggest Manhunt in Modern California History

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Blood Brothers

The Story of the Strange Friendship Between Sitting Bull and Buffalo Bill

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The Story of the Strange Friendship Between Sitting Bull and Buffalo Bill

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Documents the unlikely friendship between Buffalo Bill Cody and Sitting Bull, tracing the events of their brief but important collaboration during Cody's 1880s Wild West Show, the impact of Little Big Horn, and Sitting Bull's assassination in 1890.

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Simon and Schuster

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1476773521

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Environmental Hazards

Assessing Risk and Reducing Disaster

By: Keith Smith,Carina J. Fearnley,Deborah Dixon,Deanne K. Bird,Ilan Kelman

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Environmental Hazards

Assessing Risk and Reducing Disaster

By: Keith Smith,Carina J. Fearnley,Deborah Dixon,Deanne K. Bird,Ilan Kelman

The seventh edition of Environmental Hazards provides a much expanded and fully up-to-date overview of all the extreme environmental events that threaten people and what they value in the 21st century globally. It integrates cutting-edge materials to provide an interdisciplinary approach to environmental hazards and their management, illustrating how natural and human systems interact to place communities of all sizes, and at all stages of economic development, at risk. Part 1 defines basic concepts of hazard, risk, vulnerability and disaster and explores the evolution of hazards theory. Part 2 employs a consistent chapter structure to demonstrate how individual hazards occur, their impacts and how the risks can be assessed and managed. This extensively revised edition includes: Fresh perspectives on the reliability of disaster data, disaster risk reduction, risk and disaster perception and communication, and new technologies available to assist with environmental hazard management The addition of several new environmental hazards including landslide and avalanches, cryospheric hazards, karst and subsidence hazards, and hazards of the Anthropocene More boxed sections with a focus on both generic issues and the lessons to be learned from a carefully selected range of up-to-date extreme events An annotated list of key resources, including further reading and relevant websites, for all chapters More colour diagrams and photographs, and more than 1,000 references to some of the most significant and recent published material New exercises to assist teaching in the classroom, or self-learning This carefully structured and balanced textbook captures the complexity and dynamism of environmental hazards and is essential reading for students across many disciplines including geography, environmental science, environmental studies and natural resources.

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Taylor & Francis

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1351261622

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9781351261623

The Shining Ones Ambassadors of a New Age of Light

By: DeAnne Hampton

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The Shining Ones Ambassadors of a New Age of Light

By: DeAnne Hampton

The Shining Ones are known throughout the Cosmos as Master Geneticists - they carry the higher octave harmonics of humanity's attunement to a 5D World. Through the New Human Templates of Love, Harmony, Joy, Unity, Co-Creation, Abundance and Sovereignty, these benevolent, wise and unconditional luminous ones are here to mirror the remembrance now activating in the human DNA. This book follows the introduction of The New Human Paradigm in 2008 via author DeAnne Hampton's previous work, The New Human, Understanding Our Humanity, Embracing Our Divinity. The Shining Ones, Ambassadors of a New Age of Light follows the arc of humanity's evolutionary expansion from 2006 through the 12/21/12 gateway and marks the planetary return of this Advanced Light Race to the human species. This manuscript is light-encoded as an attunement toward the highest potentials of human consciousness now awakening to a New Earth.

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Lulu.com

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1304289265

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9781304289261

Book's by Deanne Stillman

Blood Brothers

Blood Brothers

American Confidential

American Confidential

Mustang

Mustang

Desert Reckoning

Desert Reckoning

Mustang

Mustang

American Confidential

American Confidential

Desert Reckoning

Desert Reckoning

Blood Brothers

Blood Brothers

Environmental Hazards

Environmental Hazards

The Shining Ones Ambassadors of a New Age of Light

The Shining Ones Ambassadors of a New Age of Light

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