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A Genealogical Study of the Ancestors & Family Jacob (Stephen) Gruben & Maria Emilie Kršmer

By: Thomas Peter Glass

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A Genealogical Study of the Ancestors & Family Jacob (Stephen) Gruben & Maria Emilie Kršmer

By: Thomas Peter Glass

This book is the genealogical history of the ancestry of Jacob (Stephen) Gruben and Maria Emilie Krmer who came to the United States from Germany in the early 1880's. The book traces each of their ancestries back through German civil registration records and the earlier Catholic Church records to the 17th century. The book includes information about the first generation born in the United States. Similarly the book traces the family of Johann Gottfried (Godfrey) Nienhaus, a nephew of Jacob (Stephen) Gruben, who also came to the United States at about the same time. The book contains information on the first generation of the Nienhaus family that was born in the United States. The book is of wider interest because there is a discussion of the nature of and idiosyncrasies of the German civil registration and Catholic records available in the Dsseldorf / Cologne area of Germany. There is an extensive discussion of a method of determining a family line when faced with the sometimes scant information available in the early Catholic Church records. There are large numbers of collateral relatives listed in the lines of descendants contained in the book with over 1800 people listed, most of whom were born, lived and died in the Dsseldorf / Cologne area of Germany. There is a surname index to the lines of descendants in the Gruben section and a surname index to the lines of descendants in the Krmer section of the book.

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Trafford Publishing

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1466953381

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9781466953383

The Trials & Triumphs of a Regimental Commander During World War II

By: Thomas A. Glass

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The Trials & Triumphs of a Regimental Commander During World War II

By: Thomas A. Glass

This is a memoir by Colonel Thomas A. Glass of his military training and experiences prior to, during and after World War II. It is a very personal account which details what army life was like for a young officer and his wife. As a very junior second lieutenant he served as supply officer and transportation officer for the harbor defenses of Honolulu. In 1940, he reported to the just activated 21st Engineer Aviation Regiment, the first regiment dealing specifically with aviation in the Corps of Engineers. In 1942 he activated and took command of the 816th Engineer Aviation Battalion which built a heavy bomber base at Gosfield in Essex, England. In August of 1943 he was promoted to commanding officer of the newly formed 925th Engineer Aviation Regiment which built heavy bomber bases, air depots and other air facilities in England. The 925th Engineer Aviation Regiment served in Normandy and in the middle of July of 1944, was assigned the mission of supporting and providing the necessary airfield facilities for the XIX Tactical Air Command, the air arm of General Patton's 3rd Army. Except for brief periods in Germany when the 925th was temporarily attached to 1st Army and 7th Army, the 925th remained with 3rd Army. The 925th built the first airfield across the Rhine River at Eudenbach. After the war Colonel Glass served in the Engineers Office, U. S. Headquarters Army Air Force in the Pentagon. He studied major heavy earth moving equipment companies, and then became Chief, Procurement Division, Office Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army. He transferred to the Air Force and supervised the move of MATS (Military Air Transport Service) to Andrews Air Force Base. The book concludes with his resignation from the Air Force in 1949 caused by the conflict of career and family.

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1412062578

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9781412062572

Sweeney Todd

The Barber of Fleet Street

By: Thomas Peckett Prest,James Malcolm Rymer

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Sweeney Todd

The Barber of Fleet Street

By: Thomas Peckett Prest,James Malcolm Rymer

Sweeney Todd: The Barber of Fleet Street (1846-1847) is a penny dreadful novel by British writers James Malcolm Rymer and Thomas Peckett Prest. Originally serialized in cheap volumes, the novel marks the debut of Sweeney Todd, a villain whose story inspired Stephen Sondheim’s legendary musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979), which won a Tony Award for Best Musical and an Olivier Award for Best New Musical before serving as source material for Tim Burton’s 2007 film of the same name. In London in 1785, a young sailor named Lieutenant Thornhill goes missing while on leave. Last seen on Fleet Street while entering the barber shop of Sweeney Todd, his mysterious disappearance inspires Colonel Jeffrey, a friend, to investigate. Discovering that Thornhill was carrying with him a pearl necklace for Johanna Oakley, the lover of a man lost at sea, Jeffrey questions the young girl. Disturbed by his story, and moved by Thornhill’s honorable intentions, Johanna offers her help in his search. Suspicious of Todd, who has recently lost an assistant to a local insane asylum, she dresses as a young boy and goes to his barber shop to apply for the position. There, she begins to uncover Todd’s secret operation, whereby murdering his unsuspecting patrons, he transports their bodies to Mrs. Lovett’s shop to be turned into cheap meat pies. Sweeney Todd: The Barber of Fleet Street is a grisly penny dreadful novel, a quick-witted work of horror that has inspired several successful adaptations. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Sweeney Todd: The Barber of Fleet Street by James Malcolm Rymer and Thomas Peckett Prest is a classic of British horror fiction reimagined for modern readers.

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Graphic Arts Books

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1513276972

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9781513276977

The Parable of Ten Preachers

By: Thomas H. Troeger

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The Parable of Ten Preachers

By: Thomas H. Troeger

A highly creative, entertaining, and thought-provoking way to examine contemporary preaching styles. In this contemporary parable--set in a homiletics classroom--two preachers from a wide diversity of backgrounds preach, debate, and reflect on critical issues facing today's preacher.

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0687300304

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9780687300303

I'm in the Wine Store, Now What?!

By: Peter Morrell,Pam Thomas

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I'm in the Wine Store, Now What?!

By: Peter Morrell,Pam Thomas

All those choices -- and you don't know where to begin? You enjoy wine, you may order wine in a restaurant or buy a bottle at the supermarket. But, now your curiosity has been whetted along with your taste buds, you want some answers before you start buying the real thing. For instance, what's so great about French wines? When should you buy wine that's on sale? Why always serve red wine with meat? What does body mean in terms of wine? How do you know when a wine is mature? This primer to the heady world of wine is your ticket to understanding, buying, serving, and tasting wine in all its basic varieties. For the budding wine connoisseur, a guide as lively and fresh as a good young vintage!

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0760720673

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9780760720677

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From a Far Distant Time & Place

From a Far Distant Time & Place

The Trials & Triumphs of a Regimental Commander During World War II

The Trials & Triumphs of a Regimental Commander During World War II

Sweeney Todd

Sweeney Todd

The Parable of Ten Preachers

The Parable of Ten Preachers

I'm in the Wine Store, Now What?!

I'm in the Wine Store, Now What?!

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