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- American demon : Eliot Ness and the hunt for America's Jack the Ripper / by Stashower, Daniel,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."New York Times bestselling author and Edgar Award-winner Daniel Stashower returns with American Demon, a historical true crime starring legendary lawman Eliot Nes."--- Subjects: True crime stories.; Ness, Eliot.; Homicide investigation; Serial murders;
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- The elders are watching / by Bouchard, David,1952-; Vickers, Roy Henry,1946-;
LSC- Subjects: Indians of North America; First Nations;
- © 2003., Raincoast Books,
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- Graveyard of the Pacific : shipwreck and survival on America's deadliest waterway / by Sullivan, Randall,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."A vivid portrait of the Columbia River Bar that combines maritime history, adventure journalism, and memoir, bringing alive the history--and present--of one of the most notorious stretches of water in the world. Off the coast of Oregon, the Columbia River flows into the Pacific Ocean and forms the Columbia River Bar: a watery collision so turbulent and deadly that it's nicknamed the Graveyard of the Pacific. Two thousand ships have been wrecked on the bar since the first European ship dared to try to cross it in the late eighteenth century. For decades ships continued to make the bar crossing with great peril, first with native guides and later with opportunistic newcomers, as Europeans settled in Washington and Oregon, displacing the natives and transforming the river into the hub of a booming region. Since then, the commercial importance of the Columbia River has only grown, and despite the construction of jetties on either side, the bar remains treacherous, even today a site of shipwrecks and dramatic rescues as well as power struggles between small fishermen, powerful shipowners, local communities in Washington and Oregon, the Coast Guard, and the Columbia River Bar Pilots--a small group of highly skilled navigators who help guide ships through the mouth of the Columbia. When Randall Sullivan and a friend set out to cross the bar in a two-man kayak, they're met with skepticism and concern. But on a clear day in July when the tides and weather seem right, they embark. As they plunge through the waves, Sullivan ponders the generations of sailors that made the crossing before him-including his own abusive father, a sailor himself who also once dared to cross the bar--and reflects on toxic masculinity, fatherhood, and what drives men to extremes. Rich with exhaustive research and propulsive narrative, Graveyard of the Pacific follows historical shipwrecks through the moment-by-moment details that often determined whether sailors would live or die, exposing the ways in which boats, sailors, and navigation have changed over the decades. As he makes his way across the bar, floating above the wrecks and across the same currents that have taken so many lives, Randall Sullivan faces the past, both in his own life and on the Columbia River Bar"--- Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Sullivan, Randall.; Shipwrecks;
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- On my honor : the secret history of the Boy Scouts of America / by Christensen, Kim,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Today, more than 82,000 former Boy Scouts have filed claims alleging they were sexually abused -- seven times the number of similar allegations that rocked the Catholic Church two decades ago. Continuing his decades-long investigation, Kim Christensen untangles the full story of the Boy Scouts of America, tracking its creation, growth, influence, and the massive generational trauma it has caused.- Subjects: Boy Scouts of America.; Boy Scouts.; Child sexual abuse;
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- Smokejumper : a memoir by one of America's most select airborne firefighters / by Ramos, Jason A.; Smith, Julian,1972-;
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- Subjects: Ramos, Jason A.; Smokejumpers; Smokejumping;
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- A field guide to edible wild plants : Eastern and central North America / by Peterson, Lee.; Peterson, Roger Tory,1908-1996; National Audubon Society; National Wildlife Federation;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-314) and index.- Subjects: Wild plants, Edible; Wild Plants, Edible;
- © c1977., Houghton Mifflin,
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- A field guide to wildflowers of Northeastern and North-Central North America : a visual approach arranged by color, form, and detail / by Peterson, Roger Tory,1908-1996; McKenny, Margaret.;
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- Subjects: Wild flowers; Wild flowers;
- © 1968., Houghton Mifflin,
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- Walk in my combat boots : true stories from America's bravest warriors / by Patterson, James,1947-author.; Eversmann, Matt,author.; Mooney, Chris,author.;
Shares firsthand wartime accounts describing the courageous battlefield sacrifices of men and women from every branch and operational specialty of the U.S. military, from the Vietnam War through the present.- Subjects: Biographies.; Soldiers; Military biography;
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- The last kilo : Willy Falcon and the cocaine empire that seduced America / by English, T. J.,1957-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."From true-crime legend T. J. English, the epic, behind-the-scenes saga of "Los Muchachos," one of the most successful cocaine trafficking organizations in American history -- a story of glitz, glamour, and organized crime set against 1980's Miami"--- Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; True crime stories.; Falcón, Willy.; Cocaine industry; Drug traffic;
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- Earning the Rockies : how geography shapes America's role in the world / by Kaplan, Robert D.,1952-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.- Subjects: Kaplan, Robert D., 1952-; Landscapes; City and town life; Imperialism; National characteristics, American.;
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