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For Pete's Sake

A Son Reflects on His Father's Forty-Seven Year Confinement with Mental Illness

By: Gene Gilbreath

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For Pete's Sake

A Son Reflects on His Father's Forty-Seven Year Confinement with Mental Illness

By: Gene Gilbreath

TLC? Tender loving care, remember? Tender loving care about those in hospitals, nursing homes, mental facilities, schools, disconnected families, underprivileged children, an abandoned spouse, and all we who face our limitations and dont know where to turn? A Nigerian proverb says, Not to know is bad. Not to want to know is worse. Not to hope is unthinkable. Not to care is unforgiveable. Let me tell you about Pete, my Dad, so that you may know him. I wrote this book feeling that maybe you would want to know about this mental patient who spent forty-seven years in confinement. His life seemed worthless, of no value to society. After his death at eighty-seven, I thought again, this time with hope that there was a way to redeem his existence. FOR PETES SAKE helps you to become aware of mental health issues in our ordinary circumstances. From my g-g-grandparents conception, through our childhood and schooling in rural Sullivan County, Indiana, through the State hospital and nursing home experiences of Pete, through the triumph of my Mom, through questions of faith, purpose, and meaning, we learned to hope and care. Meet PETE as Rip Van Winkle II and learn, hope, and care about the mentally ill and their families.

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Destruction of the Steamboat Sultana

The Worst Maritime Disaster in American History

By: Gene E Salecker

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Destruction of the Steamboat Sultana

The Worst Maritime Disaster in American History

By: Gene E Salecker

The Sultana was a sidewheel Mississippi steamboat carrying almost two thousand recently-released Union prisoners-of-war back north at the end of the Civil War. At 2:00 a.m. on April 27, 1865, when the boat was seven miles above Memphis, her boilers exploded. Almost 1,200 people perished in the worst maritime disaster in United States history. Gene Eric Salecker covers this disaster in detail and dispels the many myths that have been connected to the Sultana for too long. Almost every author who has written about the Sultana has relied on the words of a few survivors or referred to the works of previous authors to get their story. Advancing the scholarship, the author has visited the National Archives in Washington, DC, to comb through the handwritten transcripts of the three investigative bodies that looked into the disaster or poured over the handwritten testimony from the court-martial trial of Capt. Frederic Speed, the only person tried for the overcrowding of the vessel. In 1996, after extensive research and using the most current sources available at that time, Salecker wrote Disaster on the Mississippi: The Sultana Explosion, April 27, 1865. Still, there were inevitable omissions. After almost twenty-five years of continued research on the Sultana, and all those involved in the disaster, Salecker has gleaned unparalleled knowledge into every aspect of the disaster. His research, covering the National Archives, and thousands of pages of newspapers from around the world and government documents, including pension records and service records, has allowed Gene to tell the story of the Sultana as completely as possible. By bringing his research back to primary sources, Salecker dispels myths and adds to the story of the Sultana. In Destruction of the Steamboat Sultana: The Worst Maritime Disaster in American History paroled prisoners, civilian passengers, guards, crew members, rescuers, and eyewitnesses tell their stories in their own words. The true, and complete, story about the Sultana and the disaster has finally, and fully, been told.

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Naval Institute Press

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1682477444

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Florence's Standard Baseball Card Price Guide

By: Gene Florence

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Florence's Standard Baseball Card Price Guide

By: Gene Florence

An easy-to-use guide for anyone interested in baseball cards. Over 60,000 alphabetical listings include the new 1992 rookie players. A color section showing both the front and back of the card identifies these collectibles throughout the years. Prices are included for cards in mint, extra fine, and very good condition.

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0891455086

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Cct-The Eye of the Storm

Volume Ii – the Gwot Years

By: Gene Adcock

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Cct-The Eye of the Storm

Volume Ii – the Gwot Years

By: Gene Adcock

Almost as soon as the second hijacked 767 struck the south tower of the world trade center, Air Force Combat Controllers began to report to their bases and pack their gear. Spread around the world in special tactics squadrons, these airmen would provide the lightly armed U.S. Army Special Forces teams with a number of capabilities that would turn them into world-class killing machines." John D. Gresham Author, "Air Force Combat Controllers at War" Afghanistan 2001 "These single Americans had the power to conjure lightning bolts out of the sky......... ....what happened in Afghanistan is one of the most extraordinary stories in military history." Mark Bowden Author, "Blackhawk Down" Somalia, 1999 "Individually, they are specially selected, specially trained, and, in support of special operations, almost daily bring American airpower to bear on our nations enemies. Indeed, they are very remarkable warriors, and this book will help many understand why so many of us hold our Combat Controllers in such incredibly high regard." Dr. James G. Roche Secretary of the United States Air Force 2001 - 2005 "if you asked what tool of the trade would be the very last they would leave behind, you might be surprised at the answer. You would likely hear that it is not a tool that makes one nervous when it isnt there, but rather a capability that is not organic to a troop of Delta Operators or Navy SEALs" "Just because you are the best of the best does not mean you are the best at everything. Any Delta operator can vouch for the capabilities of the air force combat controllers, and very rarely goes on a hit without the men who wear the scarlet berets." Dalton Fury Delta Force Commander, Tora Bora, December 2001 Author, "Kill Bin Laden" - 2008

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1477269975

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The Standard Baseball Card Price Guide

By: Gene Florence

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The Standard Baseball Card Price Guide

By: Gene Florence

The beginner as well as the advanced collector can find any card in less than 30 seconds, making this book--with more than 45,000 listings--a must for anyone interested in baseball cards.

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0891454136

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Collectible Glassware from the 40's, 50's, 60's--

An Illustrated Value Guide

By: Gene Florence

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Collectible Glassware from the 40's, 50's, 60's--

An Illustrated Value Guide

By: Gene Florence

Covering collectible glassware made after the Depression era, this is the only book available that deals exclusively with the mass-produced and handmade glassware from this period. For this new edition, 32 pages of patterns and information have been added, making a total of 67 patterns described, dated, sized, valued, and illustrated. Color photos throughout.

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0891456627

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For Pete's Sake

A Son Reflects on His Father's Forty-Seven Year Confinement with Mental Illness

By: Gene Gilbreath

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A Son Reflects on His Father's Forty-Seven Year Confinement with Mental Illness

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For Pete's Sake

For Pete's Sake

Destruction of the Steamboat Sultana

Destruction of the Steamboat Sultana

Florence's Standard Baseball Card Price Guide

Florence's Standard Baseball Card Price Guide

Cct-The Eye of the Storm

Cct-The Eye of the Storm

The Standard Baseball Card Price Guide

The Standard Baseball Card Price Guide

Collectible Glassware from the 40's, 50's, 60's--

Collectible Glassware from the 40's, 50's, 60's--

For Pete's Sake

For Pete's Sake

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