Edith Louisa Cavell was an English nurse serving in Brussels during WWI who assisted many British, French, and Belgian soldiers to cross the border into neutral Holland. She was betrayed and arrested. The outcome of her court martial is well-known and well-preserved.
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A skillful, and frequently hilarious, comparison of Mark Twain and the author, Richard Bissell. Part commentary and part autobiography, Bissell deftly interweaves family history, anecdotes, and career paths into an unforgettable linking of two outstanding authors and river boat buffs living almost a century apart.
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A collection of biographical portraits of twenty-one legendary Americans whose lives and contributions were duly noted and recorded by the canny eye and descriptive pen of an equally remarkable American author.
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Matt Masters is planning revenge on his father for the automobile crash that killed his wife and son. John Mahon takes you on his journey with a few twists and turns including travel, millions of dollars, a beautiful blond, a mafia boss and a gunfight.
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The second in a collection of three children's stories about rural life in Pittsburg, Iowa in the early 1900s. Based on the author's experiences on his grandparents' farm, each story wraps the reader in the humor, kindness, warmth, and simplicity of rural life in the Midwest.
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