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Author: Alan J. Pollock
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Published: 2012-04-03
Total Pages: 421
ISBN-13: 081735722X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Indianapolis Clowns, sometimes referred to as the Harlem Globetrotters of baseball, they captured the affection of Americans of all ethnicities and classes
Author: Ari Hallmark
Publisher: eBooks2go, Inc.
Published: 2016-09-30
Total Pages: 40
ISBN-13: 1937089592
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →To heaven after the storm is Ari Hallmark's account of her encounter with the heavens. During the April 2011 tornadoes in Arab, Alabama, Ari's parents', grandparents' and cousin's lives were taken, and Ari was knocked unconscious. While her physical body was unconscious, her spirit was invited by angels to go on a journey to the heavens. This book, transcribed by grief counselor Lisa Reburn, is about Ari's journey to and from heaven. Her story is profound and beautiful and continues to awe and inspire those around her.
Author: Everest Media,
Publisher: Everest Media LLC
Published: 2022-06-30T22:59:00Z
Total Pages: 31
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The town of Gander, NL, was a hub for American planes crossing the North Atlantic during World War II. It was not uncommon to see movie stars or maharajahs strolling through the airport. With the introduction of long-range jets, Gander lost its international business. #2 I grew up in a small town in Newfoundland, Canada, in the 1950s. I had a loving mother and a wonderful grandmother. I was not a devoted follower of Christ, but I did what I had to do. #3 I was fascinated with aircraft from a young age. I loved the roar of the engines, the sight of a float plane skimming the surface of the water, and the grace of an eagle. I was in love with aviation. #4 I had the privilege of working with some of the finest old-time aviators, the last of a dying breed. I flew everything I could get my hands on. The days of barnstorming may have been over, but I tasted that rare joy of looking at a new horizon every morning.
Author: Jack Cox
Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2019-07-30
Total Pages: 177
ISBN-13: 164349161X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Imagine you are a fifteen-year-old boy learning to fly over the mountains and plains of Colorado. Then the bombs fall on Pearl Harbor and suddenly you are a nineteen-year-old instructor pilot, teaching other young men to fly heavy bombers. Only a few months later, you are flying in a night sky, thousands of feet above the South Pacific over an island you had never heard of a few weeks before. A handful of years later, you are piloting a private plane holding your wife and children as the five of you travel the United States preaching the word of God. How did the young pilot from landlocked Oklahoma manage to find the previously unseen island of Hawaii on his first flight over the ocean? Was the process something like how faith works? How do the heavens declare the glory of God? What must it be like to "mount up with wings as eagles?" Inside the pages of this book, readers will discover how those wide-ranging experiences can open their eyes to the beauty and order of the world God spoke into existence and discover the biblical truths everyone needs to understand in order to prepare for heaven. Majestic visual pictures and fascinating stories from a World War II pilot lead the reader into a world of wonder, which allows him to plainly see the lessons learned by this godly man as he traveled the world. What does heaven look like from God's point of view? Find out by looking at Heaven from a Pilot's Point of View.
Author: Max Aley
Publisher:
Published: 2009-05
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9781104479640
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Author: Patti Gully
Publisher:
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 436
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In the late 1930s, as the world moved closer to war, three vivacious Chinese women defied gender perceptions by becoming pilots. Driven by a fierce independent spirit, they realized their dream of flying, completed barnstorming goodwill missions across the Western Hemisphere, and captured the imagination of all those whose lives they touched. They were Hilda Yan, once China's representative at the League of Nations; Li Xiaqing, known as film actress Li Dandan before becoming China's "First Woman of the Air"; and Jessie Zheng, the only commissioned female officer in the Chinese Air Force. In a story almost forgotten to history, Patti Gully's exhaustive research delves into the personal lives of these women, uncovering their fascinating personalities, loves, passions, and above all their overwhelming sense of patriotism and duty. In a time when no Chinese woman could even drive a car, these aviatrixes used flight as a metaphor for their own freedom as well as a symbol of empowerment. Gully shows how, despite their success, their relationships with men were checkered and stormy, leaving behind the wreckage of broken marriages and the children they abandoned--the price they ultimately paid to realize their dream of flying. With an uncanny eye for detail and technical accuracy, Sisters of Heaven offers a rare look at a lost era in aviation history, gender studies, and the history of China and the West. Patti Gully is a graduate of the University of Winnipeg. She holds a BA in arts with an emphasis on English, religious studies, and classics. She also holds an MLIS from the University of British Columbia. She is an amateur pilot and aviation history scholar and lives in Vancouver.
Author: Danny Spewak
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2024-03-05
Total Pages: 293
ISBN-13: 1538179938
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The untold story of one of the first Black players for the St. Louis Cardinals, who dreamed of leaving a lasting impact on Major League Baseball. Charlie Peete was poised for greatness. After a meteoric rise through the minor leagues, the rookie outfielder appeared in twenty-three games for the St. Louis Cardinals during the summer of 1956 and established himself as one of the best prospects in the organization—until a cruel twist of fate intervened. On his way to Venezuela to compete in a winter baseball league, Peete and his family died in a plane crash near Caracas. Nearly seven decades later, Cardinal Dreams revitalizes the legacy of Charlie Peete with the most comprehensive account to date of his remarkable life, including personal interviews with those who knew him and played with him. Raised under Jim Crow laws in southeastern Virginia, Peete broke into professional baseball in 1950 with the Negro American League’s Indianapolis Clowns, served his country admirably for two years in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, returned home to help integrate the Class B Piedmont League with the Portsmouth Merrimacs, and then climbed to the top of the St. Louis Cardinals organization at a time of rapid change under new ownership. Had Peete not lost his life in that plane crash, he likely would have become the first Black position player in franchise history to earn a permanent starting job. Charlie Peete’s death stunned the St. Louis Cardinals and left the baseball world to forever wonder what his career might have become. But, despite his premature and tragic ending, Peete changed the world for the better—and left a lasting impact on the sport he spent his life pursuing.
Author: Paul Dickson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2012-04-24
Total Pages: 449
ISBN-13: 0802717780
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Draws on primary sources and more than 100 interviews in a richly detailed portrait of the influential baseball team owner and promoter, providing coverage of such topics as his relationships with his Chicago Cubs president father, his struggles with formidable war injuries and his steadfast advocacy of integration. 40,000 first printing.
Author: James Sturm
Publisher: Drawn & Quarterly
Published: 2021-04-16
Total Pages: 112
ISBN-13: 1770465308
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A new edition of the classic tale of a barnstorming Jewish baseball team during the Great Depression Before penning his acclaimed graphic novel Market Day and founding the Center for Cartoon Studies, James Sturm proved his worth as a master cartoonist with the eloquent graphic novel, The Golem’s Mighty Swing, one of the first breakout graphic novel hits of the twenty-first century. Sturm’s fascination with the invisible America has been the crux of his comics work, exploring the rarely-told or oft-forgotten bits of history that define a country. By reuniting America’s greatest pastime with its hidden history, the graphic novel tells the story of the Stars of David, a barnstorming Jewish baseball team of the depression era. Led by its manager and third baseman, the nomadic team travels from small town to small town providing the thrill of the sport while playing up their religious exoticism as a curio for people to gawk at, heckle, and taunt. When the team’s fortunes fall, the players are presented a plan to get people in the stands. But by placing their fortunes in the hands of a promoter, the Stars of David find themselves fanning the flames of ethnic tensions. Sturm’s nuanced composition is on full display as he deftly builds the climax of the game against the rising anti-semitic fervor of the crowd. Baseball, small towns, racial tensions, and the desperate grasp for the American Dream: The Golem’s Mighty Swing is a classic American novel.
Author: Sarah L. Trembanis
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2014-07-25
Total Pages: 238
ISBN-13: 0786477962
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book is an examination of cultural resistance to segregation in the world of black baseball through an analysis of editorial art, folktales, nicknames, "manhood" and the art of clowning. African Americans worked to dismantle Jim Crow through the creation of a cultural counter-narrative that centered on baseball and the Negro Leagues that celebrated black achievement and that highlighted the contradictions and fallacies of white supremacy in the first half of the twentieth century.
