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The fishermen and the dragon : fear, greed, and a fight for justice on the gulf coast / by Johnson, Kirk W.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A gripping, twisting account of a small town set on fire by hatred, xenophobia, and ecological disaster--a story that weaves together corporate malfeasance, a battle over shrinking natural resources, a turning point in the modern white supremacist movement, and one woman's relentless battle for environmental justice. By the late 1970s, the fishermen of the Texas Gulf Coast were struggling. The bays that had sustained generations of shrimpers and crabbers before them were being poisoned by nearby petrochemical plants, oil spills, pesticides, and concrete. But as their nets came up light, the white shrimpers could only see one culprit: the small but growing number of newly resettled Vietnamese refugees who had recently started fishing. Turf was claimed. Guns were flashed. Threats were made. After a white crabber was killed by a young Vietnamese refugee in self-defense, the situation became a tinderbox primed to explode, and the Grand Dragon of the Texas Knights of the Ku Klux Klan saw an opportunity to stoke the fishermen's rage and prejudices. At a massive Klan rally near Galveston Bay one night in 1981, he strode over to an old boat graffitied with the words U.S.S. VIET CONG, torch in hand, and issued a ninety-day deadline for the refugees to leave or else "it's going to be a helluva lot more violent than Vietnam!" The white fishermen roared as the boat burned, convinced that if they could drive these newcomers from the coast, everything would return to normal. A shocking campaign of violence ensued, marked by burning crosses, conspiracy theories, death threats, torched boats, and heavily armed Klansmen patrolling Galveston Bay. The Vietnamese were on the brink of fleeing, until a charismatic leader in their community, a highly decorated colonel, convinced them to stand their ground by entrusting their fate with the Constitution. Drawing upon a trove of never-before-published material, including FBI and ATF records, unprecedented access to case files, and scores of firsthand interviews with Klansmen, shrimpers, law enforcement, environmental activists, lawyers, perpetrators and victims, Johnson uncovers secrets and secures confessions to crimes that went unsolved for more than forty years. This explosive investigation of a forgotten story, years in the making, ultimately leads Johnson to the doorstep of the one woman who could see clearly enough to recognize the true threat to the bays--and who now represents the fishermen's last hope"--
Subjects: Ku Klux Klan (1915- ); Fisheries; Refugees; Vietnamese;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Road trip / by Ingalls, Ann.; Gallion, Sue Lowell.; Ceolin, Andre.;
Two hamsters, one named Tip and the other Tucker, one fearful and one fearless, are purchased from a pet store by Mr. Lopez for his classroom.Grades K-1.LSC
Subjects: Hamsters; Teachers; Hispanic Americans; Fear;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Supplication : a novel / by Abi-Nakhoul, Nour,author.;
"A hallucinatory literary horror novel set deeply in the consciousness of a woman exploring a changed and frightening world. Our protagonist wakes up in a basement, tied to a chair, with a man looming over her. But someone has a knife. We follow her as she emerges from captivity into an unnamed, nightmarish city, seeking some meaning to her new reality. As figures emerge from the night, some offer sanctuary, and others judgement, but she keeps moving, making her way through this fever dream of a narrative. SUPPLICATION is a haunting, embodied tale of displacement, fear, and the quest for respite."--
Subjects: Horror fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Alienation (Social psychology); Cities and towns; Fear; Women;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Spark the firefighter / by Krensky, Stephen.; Haley, Amanda.;
Spark's fear of fire has kept him from being a proper dragon, so he takes a job with the Hardscrabble volunteer fire department in hopes of conquering his fear.LSC
Subjects: Dragons; Fire fighters; Fear; Self-realization;
© 2008., Dutton Childrens Books,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Bo the brave / by Elliott, Rebecca.;
Appeals to 1st-2nd graders.Reading level Grade 2.LSC
Subjects: Diary fiction.; Unicorns; Courage; Fear; Camping; Pixies; Magic;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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Peep and Egg : I'm not trick-or-treating / by Gehl, Laura.; Wan, Joyce.;
"Egg is too scared to go trick or treating, until Peep finds a way to help her overcome her fears"--Provided by publisher.LSC
Subjects: Chickens; Eggs; Sisters; Halloween; Fear;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The darkest dark / by Hadfield, Chris,1959-; Fan, Eric.; Fan, Terry.; Fillion, Kate.;
Chris, who loves rockets, planets and pretending to be an astronaut, is afraid of the dark, until he watches the moon landing on television.LSC
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Hadfield, Chris, 1959-; Astronauts; Fear of the dark;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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The Frances audio collection [sound recording (CD)] / by Hoban, Russell; Johns, Glynis.;
In the 1st story Frances, a badger, finds it difficult to go to sleep with the strange noises and menacing shapes that seem to fill her room after dark. In the 2nd, when things change around the house after her baby sister is born, Frances decides to run away--but not too far. In the 3rd, Frances decides she likes to eat only bread and jam at every meal, until to her surprise, her parents grant her wish. In the 4th, Frances is jealous of her sister's birthday, but birthday spirit moves her to reluctantly give her coveted gift.Grades K-3.An ALA notable children's recording
Subjects: Children's audiobooks; Infants; Badgers; Bedtime; Birthdays; Fear of the dark;
© p2006., Harper Children's Audio,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Let's sing a lullaby with the brave cowboy / by Thomas, Jan,1958-;
Brave Cowboy tries to sing his young calf pals to sleep on a dark, dark night, with humorous results."Ages 3-5"--P. [4] of cover.LSC
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Cowboys; Calves; Lullabies; Bedtime; Fear of the dark;
© c2012., Simon & Schuster Children's Pub.,
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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I'm not going out there! / by Bright, Paul,1949-; Cort, Ben.;
Monsters, witches, and even a dragon quake in fear when a prank transforms an ordinary person into a terrible beast.LSC
Subjects: Stories in rhyme.; Monsters; Fear; Brothers and sisters; Humorous stories.;
© c2006., Good Books,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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