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The Confederate War Bonnet

By: Jack Shakely

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It is 1863, and the United States is in the midst of the Civil War when mixed-blood Jack Gaston is called back from Harvard University to his beloved Creek Nation. He is surprised to find that not only has he been elected to be a chief in the House of Warriors, he has also been conscripted as an officer in the Confederate Army. Gaston soon learns that the Civil War in Indian Territory is more than Confederate against Federal - it is tribe against tribe and family against family. Gaston takes part in most of the major battles of the brutal and bloody conflict, fighting alongside such great Indian army leaders as Stand Watie, Chilly McIntosh, and George Grayson. In trying to reunite his strife-torn people, Gaston discovers an Indian inside himself he didn't know existed. And among the burnt-out stubble of war, he finds love with Mexican-Apache nurse Bonita Ochoa. This little-known corner of the Civil War was played out in the fields of the Creek Nation in what is now eastern Oklahoma. In a rich portrayal of period and place, The Confederate War Bonnet is an evocative historical novel that helps to answer how Indians became involved in the Civil War, why they joined Confederate forces, and how the experience shaped their future in America.

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Strider Nolan Media

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1932045244

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9781932045246

Che Guevara's Marijuana & Baseball Savings & Loan

A Novel of the Early Days of the Peace Corps

By: Jack Shakely

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Che Guevara's Marijuana & Baseball Savings & Loan

A Novel of the Early Days of the Peace Corps

By: Jack Shakely

Sex, drugs, revolution and the dawn of the Peace Corps. In 1963 volunteer Jack Harjo sits in the jungles of Costa Rica pondering three questions: is there a greater good; does it apply here; and can you really trademark Panama Red, Acapulco Gold and Maui Wowie? Che Guevaras Marijuana and Baseball Savings and Loan reveals the writer at his artistic best. Jack Shakely captures those rich, wild and crazy 1960s as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Costa Rica, bringing us a deep understanding of all the unexpected, random craziness and adventure that comes to those willing to try and make this a better world. A good writer has to be an even better story teller and Shakely excels at both. He moves us through the life of Jack Harjo, growing up with a mixed-blood Creek Indian father and a talented Anglo newspaper columnist mother in the small Oklahoma town of Ardmore. The bonds that inform and shape Shakely are revealed in the role that his mother and Bob Hogan, the editor of the local newspaper, play in developing his love of language and journalism. The convergence of this love, getting at the truth, and his love of baseball are the three chords that hold this song and story together and make it so engaging. Harjos studies at the University of Oklahoma bring us into contact with the coming-of-age craziness of the era, especially as it applies to a big state university in a small, conservative town. Shakely introduces us to a right-wing conservative politician and weaves him, and his rebellious daughter, into and through the story in a way that makes the reader wonder if this were the 1960s or today. As the story moves into Costa Rica and the upheaval of the 60s in Central America, the reader is given a quick primer on how so many of the pieces of the puzzle fit togetherCastro, Cuba, Nicaragua, poverty, revolutionand how those forces are still at work today. The pure excitement of Kennedy and the creation of the Peace Corps and why it was so widely embraced has never been better explained. Whether this is auto-biographical or pure fiction, we are all better for the quality of writing that Shakely shares with us. You will be rewarded by reading it. Steve Vetter President, CEO Partners for the Americas

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Xlibris Corporation

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1483649288

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9781483649283

Give Me a Log with You at One End

By: Jack Shakely

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Give Me a Log with You at One End

By: Jack Shakely

Mr. Shakely identifies nine different roles that Philanthropy plays in society. Philanthropy provides an enormously important extra dimension in our pursuit of happiness and protection of inalienable rights. Its impact is clear in just about every field of endeavor, included fields as varied as architecture, health, human rights, historic preservation, international understanding, the arts, neighborhoods, empowerment, patriotism, agriculture, rocketry, physics and astronomy"--Publisher description.

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0966926358

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9780966926354

Give Me a Log with You at One End

By: Jack Shakely

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Give Me a Log with You at One End

By: Jack Shakely

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0966926358

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Pretty Boy Floyd's Clarinet and Other Tall Tales of Oklahoma

By: Jack Shakely

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Pretty Boy Floyd's Clarinet and Other Tall Tales of Oklahoma

By: Jack Shakely

Award-winning author Jack Shakely presents a collection of nineteen stories and essays. Although many are set in or around Oklahoma, this collection presents a nostalgic look at America - and Americana - through the decades. From the Civil War to the Iraq War, from Creek Indians to young orphans from New York City, these tall tales, fact-based anecdotes, and real life memoirs present a time capsule of the history of the United States.

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Strider Nolan Publishing

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1932045732

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9781932045734

POWs at Chigger Lake

By: Jack Shakely

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POWs at Chigger Lake

By: Jack Shakely

1943. The Allies have captured Tripoli from the Italian forces. The Germans have surrendered at Stalingrad. And the British suddenly find themselves with hundreds of thousands of prisoners of war without the ability to feed and house them. The solution? Send more than 350,000 prisoners of war to the United States. Lieutenant Tom Gregory-whose family came from Italy-is assigned the responsibility for opening and running a camp for Italian POWs. The new camp is set smack dab in tiny Weleetka, Oklahoma in a spot named Chigger Lake. Although German prisoners tended to be well-disciplined, the boisterous, fun-loving and decidedly un-soldierly Italians proved another matter entirely. Lieutenant Tom Gregory is aided in his task by a motley cast of characters: Floyd Breedlove, the handyman who introduces Tom and his friends to the culture of the Creek Indians; Private Murray Lipton, the high strung boy genius; Oklahoma Garland, the no-nonsense owner of the local newspaper; Vito D'Amico, the POW born in Italy, raised in Brooklyn, then drafted and stuck between both allegiances; and Lieutenant Connie Ballard, the nurse who winds up taking Tom's heart prisoner. During his days at Camp Chigger Lake, Tom learns that most of the Italian prisoners, forced into service by Mussolini, are actually quite happy to be in America; that many Italian-Americans are less than enthusiastic about how their own country treated them; and that sometimes the wrong people are found outside the prison walls.

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286

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Strider Nolan Publishing

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1932045201

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9781932045208

The Lighthorsemen

By: Jack Shakely

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The Lighthorsemen

By: Jack Shakely

In the twilight years of Indian Territory, young mixed-blood Edward Perryman realizes his dream of becoming a member of the Lighthorsemen, the Creek police. As they face cattle rustlers, bootleggers and thieves they are stalked by a distant foe-the United States Congress and the Dawes Act.

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Strider Nolan Publishing

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1932045376

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9781932045376

Jack and Jack

By: Jack & Jack

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Jack and Jack

By: Jack & Jack

Vine royalty, YouTube megastars, hip-pop sensations, and best friends, Jack & Jack bring their own brand of irreverent comedy, on-point style, and heartfelt life advice to You Don't Know Jacks. Jack & Jack: You Don't Know Jacks is a 240-page, full-colour behind-the-scenes look at the lives of Jack Gilinsky and Jack Johnson, two of the hottest stars performing today. The book details the rise of two best friends growing up in Nebraska, posting Nerd Vandals Vines, to becoming iTunes bestselling rap-rock stars. Full of exclusive photographs, backstage antics, and hilarious anecdotes, it's perfect for any fan who's ever dreamed of someday being famous.

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1786480638

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9781786480637

The Human Drift And Other Stories

in large print

By: Jack London

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The Human Drift And Other Stories

in large print

By: Jack London

Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.

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141

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3387011784

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9783387011784

Patsy an American Tragedy

By: Jack Lee

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Patsy an American Tragedy

By: Jack Lee

The deaths of Marilyn Monroe, Jack Kennedy and his brother Robert Kennedy became the subject of many conspiracy theories. Jack Lee's play, written in the form of a musical, presents an imaginative version of those events, which is closely based on reports of the time. The tight web of conflicting purposes and conspiring factions is woven into a terse drama presided over by the fates, in which the unwary dreamers, Marilyn Monroe, Lee Harvey Oswald and the would-be big-shot Jack Ruby are as much victims as the assassinated politicians.

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Lulu.com

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0578030012

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9780578030012

The Jack Harvey Novels

By: Jack Harvey,Ian Rankin

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The Jack Harvey Novels

By: Jack Harvey,Ian Rankin

WITCH HUNT, BLEEDING HEARTS, BLOOD HUNT: Three thrillers by mega-seller Ian Rankin, writing as Jack Harvey ¿Rankin¿s ability to create a credible character, delivering convincing dialogue to complement sinister and hard-hitting plots against vividly detailed atmosphere, is simply awesome¿ Time Out ¿His fiction buzzes with energy ¿ Essentially he is a romantic storyteller in the tradition of Robert Louis Stevenson ¿ His prose is as vivid and terse as the next man¿s yet its flexibility and rhythm give it a potential for lyrical expression which is distinctively Rankin¿s own ¿ Rankin controls the material with extraordinary authority and even delicacy ¿ Rankin ranks alongside P.D. James and Michael Dibdin as Britain¿s finest detective novelist¿ Scotland on Sunday ¿Rankin¿s prose is understated, yet his canvas of Scotland¿s criminal underclass has a panoramic breadth. His ear for dialogue is as sharp as a switchblade. This is, quite simply, crime writing of the highest order¿ Daily Express

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0752837885

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9780752837888

Book's by Jack Shakely

The Confederate War Bonnet

The Confederate War Bonnet

Che Guevara's Marijuana & Baseball Savings & Loan

Che Guevara's Marijuana & Baseball Savings & Loan

Give Me a Log with You at One End

Give Me a Log with You at One End

Give Me a Log with You at One End

Give Me a Log with You at One End

Pretty Boy Floyd's Clarinet and Other Tall Tales of Oklahoma

Pretty Boy Floyd's Clarinet and Other Tall Tales of Oklahoma

POWs at Chigger Lake

POWs at Chigger Lake

The Lighthorsemen

The Lighthorsemen

Jack and Jack

Jack and Jack

The Human Drift And Other Stories

The Human Drift And Other Stories

Patsy an American Tragedy

Patsy an American Tragedy

The Jack Harvey Novels

The Jack Harvey Novels

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