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Four against the West : the true saga of a frontier family that reshaped the nation--and created a legend / by Pappalardo, Joe,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A thrilling true saga of legendary Texas figure Judge Roy Bean and his brothers-and their violent adventures in Wild West America. Roy Bean was an American saloon-keeper and Justice of the Peace in Texas, who called himself "The Only Law West of the Pecos." He and his three brothers set out from Kentucky in the mid 1840s, heading into the American frontier to find their fortunes. Their lifetimes of triumphs, tragedies, laurels and scandals will play out on the battlefields of Mexico, in shady dealings in California city halls, inside eccentric saloon courtrooms of Texas, and along the blood-soaked Santa Fe Trail from Missouri to New Mexico. They will kill men, and murder will likewise stalk them. The Beans chase their American dreams as the nation reinvents itself as a coast-to-coast powerhouse, only to be tested by the Civil War. During their saga, the brothers become soldiers, judges, husbands, guerillas, lawmen, entrepreneurs, refugees, fathers, politicians, pioneers and-in Judge Roy Bean's case-one of the Old West's best known but least understood scoundrels. Using new information gleaned from exhaustive research, Four Against the West is an unprecedented and vivid telling of the intertwined stories of all four Bean brothers, exploring for the first time how their relentless ambitions helped create a new America"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Bean, Roy, -1903; Bean, Roy, -1903.; Bean family.; Brothers; Frontier and pioneer life; Outlaws; Soldiers;
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The Davenports / by Marquis, Krystal,author.;
The Davenports are one of the few Black families of immense wealth and status in 1910 Chicago, and the two daughters, Olivia and Helen, are finding their way and finding love--even where they are not supposed to.012+.Grades 7-9.
Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Novels.; African Americans; Families; Love; Rich people; African Americans; Family life; Families; Love; Rich people;
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A moment in time / by Peterson, Tracie.;
"With so many obstacles in her path, will Alice Chesterfield find sanctuary in her new life on the 1890s Texas frontier--and a chance at love?"-- Provided by publisher.LSC
Subjects: Love stories.; Western stories.; Christian fiction.; Single women; Family secrets; Frontier and pioneer life;
© c2014., Bethany House,
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Lucrezia Borgia : life, love, and death in Renaissance Italy / by Bradford, Sarah,1938-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Borgia, Lucrezia, 1480-1519.; Alexander VI, Pope, 1431-1503; Nobility;
© c2004., Viking,
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The Boleyns [videorecording] : a scandalous family / by Brodie, Philip,actor.; Conn, Shelley,1976-narrator.; Curson Smith, Richard,television director,television producer.; Doran, Susan,commentator.; Dowler, Max,actor.; Ellinger, Kathryn,television producer.; Frank, Emma,television director,television producer.; Greening, Katie,television director,television producer.; Mackay, Lauren,1986-commentator.; McCafferty, Elizabeth,actor.; BBC Studios,production company.; British Broadcasting Corporation,production company.; PBS Distribution (Firm),film distributor.; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.),production company,publisher.;
Narrator, Shelley Conn ; commentators, Lauren Mackay, Susan Doran.Elizabeth McCafferty, Max Dowler, Philip Brodie, Rafaelle Cohen, Roger Evans.Originally broadcast as single episodes of a television program in 2022.An epic three-part series that charts the rise and fall of the Boleyn family. This story of love, sex, betrayal and obsession is told from the unique perspective of the Boleyn family.E.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; 5.1 surround.
Subjects: Biographical television programs.; Fiction television programs.; Historical television programs.; Television mini-series.; Television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Anne Boleyn, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1507-1536; Bolen family;
For private home use only.
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Riding for the flag : a novel of the Civil War / by Woolard, Jim R.,1941-;
Subjects: Historical fiction.;
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I must betray you / by Sepetys, Ruta.;
Includes bibliographical references.In a country governed by isolation, fear, and a tyrannical dictator, seventeen-year-old Cristian Florescu is blackmailed by the secret police to become an informer, but he decides to use his position to try to outwit his handler, undermine the regime, give voice to fellow Romanians, and expose to the world what is happening in his country. Includes author's note.LSC
Subjects: Spy stories.; Historical fiction.; Political fiction.; Families; Dictatorship; Revolutions;
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The attic child : a novel / by Jaye, Lola,author.;
Two children trapped in the same attic, almost a century apart, bound by a shared secret. Early 1900s London: Taken from his homeland, twelve-year-old Celestine spends most of the time locked away in the attic of a large house by the sea. The only time Celestine isn't bound by confines of the small space is when he is acting as an unpaid servant to English explorer Sir Richard Babbington, As the years pass, he desperately clings on to memories of his family in Africa, even as he struggles to remember his mother's face, and sometimes his real name ... 1974: Lowra, a young orphan girl born into wealth and privilege whose fortunes have now changed, finds herself trapped in the same attic. Searching for a ray of light in the darkness of the attic, Lowra finds under the floorboards an old-fashioned pen, a porcelain doll, a beaded necklace, and a message carved on the wall, written in an unidentifiable language. Providing comfort for her when all hope is lost, these clues will lead her to uncover the secrets of the attic.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Africans; Attics; Child slaves; Family secrets; Imprisonment; Orphans; Slavery;
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Hidden Valley Road : inside the mind of an American family / by Kolker, Robert,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Don and Mimi Galvin seemed to be living the American dream. After World War II, Don's work with the Air Force brought them to Colorado, where their twelve children perfectly spanned the baby boom: the oldest born in 1945, the youngest in 1965. In those years, there was an established script for a family like the Galvins--aspiration, hard work, upward mobility, domestic harmony--and they worked hard to play their parts. But behind the scenes was a different story: psychological breakdown, sudden shocking violence, hidden abuse. By the mid-1970s, six of the ten Galvin boys, one after the other, were diagnosed as schizophrenic. How could all this happen to one family? What took place inside the house on Hidden Valley Road was so extraordinary that the Galvins became one of the first families to be studied by the National Institutes of Mental Health. Their story offers a shadow history of the science of schizophrenia, from the era of institutionalization, lobotomy, and the schizophrenogenic mother, to the search for genetic markers for the disease, always amidst profound disagreements about the nature of the illness itself. And unbeknownst to the Galvins, samples of their DNA informed decades of genetic research that continues today, offering paths to treatment, prediction, and even eradication of the disease for future generations. With clarity and compassion, bestselling and award-winning author Robert Kolker uncovers one family's unforgettable legacy of suffering, love and hope"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Schizophrenics; Schizophrenia; Schizophrenia; Schizophrenics; Mentally ill;
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Causeway : a passage from innocence / by MacIntyre, Linden;
Subjects: MacIntyre, Linden; MacIntyre family.;
© c2006., HarperCollins,
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