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Race, religion, physical deformities, geographical locations, and a countless number of other differences that people have from one another can be the breeding grounds for mistrust, fear, misunderstanding, and often lead to hatred. There have been numerous examples through history where a group of people has felt the only way they will survive is to eliminate those that are viewed as different and therefore, inferior. This has led humans to be...
Chicken Sniffer will have you laughing out loud as Leo Ward shares anecdotes of his life with you. You will learn why it's not a good idea to test out scissors on your mother's new coat, why to check and see if the peanut butter in your sandwich is still there after you leave the kitchen, and several more humorous stories that will not improve the quality of your life one bit! One final note before you buy this book - it was written by Leo War...
Schuylkill County in east central Pennsylvania was built from the rich southern fields of anthracite coal.The era when coal was king has long since passed, but the story of the development of the anthracite coal industry that fueled the Industrial Revolution in the U.S. has not been lost, and its legacy still influences our modern world. When Broad Mountain was conquered by the railroads and the Mahanoy plane was built, coal could be brought u...
Rare and vintage photographs document the daily lives of coal miners and the citizens of Pottsville.The photographs in this book bring to life a bygone era, when Coal was King, and almost everyone who lived between Pottsville, Hazelton, Wilkes-Barre, and Scranton was affected by the daily activity of coal mining. The development of the anthracite coal industry began in 1822 causing the Coal Rush of the 1820s and '30s and drawing thousands of n...
Excerpt from Strictly Temperance
Scene. - Parlor full depth, table R., chairs at table, reading lamp on table, sofa against flat l., door c., with curtains. Frank at table, reading paper, Grace on sofa, l.
Frank, {looking up) I sec by the paper, Grace, that they had another temperance meeting last night, hundred and fifty converts. Ah! it's a fine thing to be able to say "We are strictly temperance."
Grace. Yes! 'tis a good cause, and it se...
Dr. Shari Thomas has it all. She has a thriving medical practive, a renowned Cardiologist love interest, Kevin Mason, and a young son that means the world to her. Derrick rawlings is a successful businessman who is forced to return to town to run the family business, Rawlings Industries, a prominent computer business, after his father becomes ill. Shari and Derrick haven't seen each other in more than five years, but a chance encounter at a fu...
After sixteen years of military service to his country, Lieutenant Colonel Victor Sexton of the Army Criminal Investigation Division (CID) is looking forward to retiring in seven days, but when an army nurse is found murdered in the officer's quarters, time is against him to find the killer.Captain Dominique Frazier is an army nurse and hasn't seen Victor Sexton since spending two romantic weeks with him in Europe that left a devastating betra...
After two years of college, Kayla Perry runs out of money and joins the army to complete nursing school. Kayla's focus is on school, and she doesn't have time for a relationship, but faith has a way of stepping in when we least expect it, and she meets Sergeant Paul Lake, a determined soldier who not only plans to go after his own military dream, but also go after Kayla. Specialist Marissa Poe is a white girl from a small in Idaho. At this poi...
FAREWELL 1899! WELCOME 1900! was the headline in the Pottsville Republican on January 1, 1900. The people of Pottsville ushered in the new century in the usual manner with noisy gatherings and crowded churches. Coal was king in Schuylkill County during the nineteenth century, but the demise of the coal industry had already begun by 1900. Bitter strikes between coal operators and miners, especially the great strike of 1902, caused consumers to ...
The photographs in this book bring to life a bygone era, when Coal was King, and almost everyone who lived between Pottsville, Hazelton, Wilkes-Barre, and Scranton was affected by the daily activity of coal mining. The development of the anthracite coal industry began in 1822 causing the "Coal Rush" of the 1820s and '30s and drawing thousands of new people to the area. The outstanding images contained in this visual history have been mined by ...
Schuylkill County is located in east central Pennsylvania in the rich southern fields of anthracite coal. The era when "coal was king" has long since passed, but the story of the development of the anthracite coal industry that fueled the Industrial Revolution in the U.S. has not been lost. The vivid details and nuances of local community life from the 1850s to the 1920s are brought to light in this wonderful collection. When Broad Mountain wa...
