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Better Readin' and Writin' with Journalism, by Louise Butts Hendrix

Hardcover: 195 pages
Publisher: Vantage Press; 1st ed edition (1974)
Language: English

Better Readin' and Writin' with Journalism Past Appeal Democrat journalist lays out a powerful progam for developing reading and writing skills through the process of journalism. The progam is set at a Junior High Level and can be easily adapted for other age groups.

 

 

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Hearts West, by Chris Enss
True Stories of Mail-Order Brides on the Frontier

Paperback: 128 pages
Publisher: TwoDot an Imprint of Falcon (June 01, 2005)
ISBN: 076272756X
Price: $10.95

hearts_west.jpgWANTED: A girl who will love, honest, true and not sour; a nice little cooing dove, and willing to work in flour.


Desperate to strike it rich during the Gold Rush, thousands of men traveled West to the emerging frontier, where they outnumbered women twelve to one. Only after they arrived did some of them realize how much they missed female companionship.

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Hammonton & Marigold: Volume 2, 1904-2006, by Robert Criddle

Paperback: Not paginated
Publisher: Self
ISBN: None

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Out of the Fire, by David Hobbs

Paperback: 382 pages
Publisher: 4 L Press; 2nd edition (2007)
ISBN: 1599716615

Out of the Fire, by David HobbsWhen a young Midwesterner leaves home for college in California and adventure with the U.S. Forest Service, he finds a lot more than he bargained for: from catastrophic wildfires to gut-wrenching affairs of the heart; from crewman on cutting edge helicopters and the elite Rouge River Hotshots, to a summer in Berkeley at the height of the hippie craze. Join David Hobbs on this unvarnished autobiographical odyssey as he struggles to find out what life is all about and discover the surprise ending that changes his life completely.

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