Throughout history, the human condition has been depicted in many forms, including fireside tales, street performances, plays, dramas, poems, short stories and the novel, just to name the most obvious. Every conceivable aspect of human existence has been confronted in multiple episodes of truths, half-truths, as well as fictionalized from the Real. Nothing new, of course, could be written about the many foibles and predicaments of human nature. But, for every tale, there is a different slant, a different set of characters, and a different drama unfolding. In the stories between the covers of this book, are characters who live only in the imagination of the author. Based upon reality, of course, but placed in their own settings, the stories are made up from the fabric of the human raw materials we each carry with us from Life's experiences. For every decision, there is a consequence, a payoff. Some outcomes are desirable and some are undesirable. But, with each decision we make, in large measure, we are creating our own lives. So... BEWARE!!
For more than two decades, readers of The Perth courier eagerly turned to Don Crawford's weekly column to enjoy another tale of days gone by, and this collection brings together for the first time forty of Don's best."--P. 4 of cover.
The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 resulted in a giant wave of American migration westward. In the 1820s and 1830s, Native American Indians were also moved, by the government, from their homelands in the southeastern United States into northwestern Arkansas and the Indian Territory of what is now Oklahoma. These were times of rapid change, conflict and violence on the frontier as America grew westward. Competition for land created conflicts between white settlers, newly arrived Indians, and the tribes that had called this land home for centuries. This is the story of a family whose members were an integral part of this piece of American history. Kentuckian Marshall Crawford and Tennessean Rebecca Sinclair were among those southern immigrants. They married young, in the Arkansas Territory, during its turbulent 1820s, and then moved their family to Texas in 1843. They and their children helped settle the Texas frontier. Their children and their children's descendants spread throughout Texas, and in some cases beyond its boundaries. A History of the Family of Marshall and Rebecca [Sinclair] Crawford helps explain the history of the settlement of this region of America, from the perspective of one family's experiences.
Who doesnt love a good homicide? Murders, Mysteries and History pulls 150 years of forgotten crimes straight from the pages of yesterdays news and stirs them in a historical mix to produce a book like no other. Get the scoop on more than a hundred real-life murders and unsolved killings. Vics, suspects, perps. Judges and juries. Jails and penitentiaries. Hangings, electrocutions and nothing less than simply getting away with murder. Sometimes brutal, often haunting, always entertaining. Murders, Mysteries and History is the perfect reminder that the past was never a gentle place to live.
The presence of drug and chemical residues in food products from animal sources is both a public health problem and a consumer concern. This is the first book to examine and analyze this problem in a scientific, non-partisan way. The twelve contributing authors are all recognized authorities on this topics. An important resource for food scientists and analysts working with meat food products.
Recognizing that everyone can use a little inspiration to "take time to smell the roses," this collection of short, simple, true life stories helps to illustrate "rainbow moments" in our lives - those times when a rainbow appears and, for at least a brief moment, makes us feel better and experience a little ray of sunshine in the monotony of our daily routines. The book is an easy to read gift book. The short narratives provide the reader with food for thought to help focus on the many positive things that happen every day. Each true life story is limited to one page, and each has a corresponding photograph on the opposite page that visually exemplifies the message of the story. Each photo contains a rainbow (obvious or not so obvious, depending on the story). The first story is "Rainbows Are Where You Find Them," which tells the true story that initiated the idea that led to the book; another evokes the nostalgia of a childhood birthday. This is a "feel good" book intended for a broad, wide-ranging audience, including both teens and adults interested in reading uplifting, inspirational stories that will relate to their own lives.Melinda Blanchard Crawford is a retired registered nurse. Don L. Crawford is Professor Emeritus of Microbiology and Environmental Science at the University of Idaho. They live in north Idaho, where they enjoy collaborative writing projects and watching the menagerie of wildlife that frequents their neighborhood.
To investigate the mysterious death of Crown secret agent Joshua Smallman, Marc Edwards goes undercover in the small town of Crawford’s Corners, wading into rumours of sedition and secret societies. It’s 1836 and Ensign Marc Edwards, of His Majesty’s 24th Regiment of Foot, is eager for some adventure and intrigue. Unfortunately he’s been posted to the colonial backwater of Toronto, Upper Canada, and at first glance there doesn’t seem to be much chance for that sort of action. But Marc soon learns that the local population is openly chafing under British Rule, and the surrounding countryside turns out to be a seething hotbed of radicals, Reformers, Yankees, and smugglers. Ensign Edwards is given his very first assignment, to investigate the mysterious death of Crown secret agent Joshua Smallman. Marc goes undercover in the small town of Crawford’s Corners, wading into rumours of sedition and secret societies. He quickly finds another kind of action, seduced by one farmer’s wife, and entranced by another who is just a little too close to the murder for comfort, Edwards’ investigative skills and his loyalty to the Crown are put to the test. Fast-paced and addictive, Turncoat is the first novel of the Marc Edwards mystery series.
This is the story of Peter Blanchard, a French Canadian immigrant, and Mary Haley, an Irish American, who began their lifelong journey together in New Orleans in the 1850s. It is a story of their strength and resilience, of raising a family there through the hard times of the Civil War, and of later moving to Pascagoula, Mississippi, where they established businesses and prospered despite living through events that periodically devastated their community. It is also the story of the families and lives of four generations of their descendants.
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